# 1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba between 22–24 July.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s) | Juan Núñez Dominican Republic | 10.16 CR NR | Tomás González Cuba | 10.37 | Florencio Aguilar Panama | 10.48 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s) | Juan Núñez Dominican Republic | 20.65 NR | Tomás González Cuba | 20.96 | Fabian Whymns Bahamas | 21.19 |
| 400 metres | Lázaro Martínez Cuba | 45.91 | Agustín Pavó Cuba | 46.74 | Edison Reyes Venezuela | 46.95 |
| 800 metres | Bárbaro Serrano Cuba | 1:47.67 | Oslen Barr Guyana | 1:48.25 | Hilario Barnet Cuba | 1:48.89 |
| 1500 metres | Ignacio Melecio Mexico | 3:46.66 | Jorge Poll Cuba | 3:46.71 | Félix Mesa Cuba | 3:47.59 |
| 5000 metres | Gerardo Alcalá Mexico | 14:11.91 | Germán Peña Colombia | 14:22.45 | Eduardo Navas Venezuela | 14:24.42 |
| 10,000 metres | Gerardo Alcalá Mexico | 31:05.86 | Navel Parra Cuba | 31:10.99 | Eddy Ríos Cuba | 31:16.50 |
| Marathon | Víctor Mora Colombia | 2:58:51 | Héctor Rodríguez Colombia | 2:59:35 | Juan Brito Colombia | 3:01:31 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.5 m/s) | Alejandro Casañas Cuba | 13.61w | Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic | 13.79w | Ángel Bueno Cuba | 13.93w |
| 400 metres hurdles | David Charlton Bahamas | 50.07 CR | Greg Rolle Bahamas | 50.87 | Victor Gómez Cuba | 51.24 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | César Santiago Puerto Rico | 8:48.80 | Rafael Colmenares Venezuela | 8:49.90 | José Cobo Cuba | 8:55.70 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Tomás González Ángel Bueno Israel Alfonso Loreto Valdes | 39.81 | Bahamas Austin Albury Joey Wells Fabian Whymns Ricardo Gray | 40.34 | Venezuela Hipolito Brown Ángel Andrade Alberto Paolo Lugo Franco Francis | 40.64 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Lázaro Martínez Agustín Pavó Carlos Reyté Roberto Ramos | 3:05.12 | Barbados David Charlton Allan Ingraham Greg Rolle Ricardo Gray | 3:07.06 | Venezuela Erick Phillips Aaron Phillips Ramon Edison Reyes ? | 3:08.56 |
| 20 km road walk | David Castro Cuba | 1:29:44 | Querubín Moreno Colombia | 1:29:54 | Marcelino Colín Mexico | 1:33:49 |
| High jump | Jorge Alfaro Cuba | 2.25 =CR | Clarence Saunders Bermuda | 2.19 | Javier Sotomayor Cuba | 2.17 |
| Pole vault | Edgardo Rivera Puerto Rico | 5.20 CR | Brian Morrissette U.S. Virgin Islands | 5.10 | Rubén Camino Cuba | 5.00 |
| Long jump | Juan Felipe Ortíz Cuba | 8.04 CR | Joey Wells Bahamas | 8.04 | Jaime Jefferson Cuba | 8.03 |
| Triple jump | Jorge Reyna Cuba | 16.95 CR | Lázaro Balcindes Cuba | 16.58 | Ernesto Torres Puerto Rico | 15.91 |
| Shot put | Paul Ruiz Cuba | 17.76 | William Romero Venezuela | 16.29 | Marciso Boué Cuba | 15.90 |
| Discus throw | Bradley Cooper Bahamas | 63.26 | Juan Martínez Cuba | 63.12 | Raúl Calderón Cuba | 57.00 |
| Hammer throw | Genovevo Morejón Cuba | 67.60 CR | Vicente Sánchez Cuba | 64.24 | Luis Martínez Puerto Rico | 56.90 |
| Javelin throw | Reinaldo Patterson Cuba | 79.76 | Martín Álvarez Cuba | 76.74 | Juan de la Garza Mexico | 75.22 |
| Decathlon | Pedro Herrera Cuba | 7358 CR | Guillermo Sánchez Mexico | 7224 | Douglas Rosado Puerto Rico | 6974 |
| 50 km road walk | Arturo Bravo Mexico | 4:21:01 CR | Rolando Hernández Cuba | 4:46:36 | Félix Pérez Cuba | 4:53:18 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) | Luisa Ferrer Cuba | 11.52 | Pauline Davis Bahamas | 11.60 | Susana Armenteros Cuba | 11.66 |
| 200 metres | Luisa Ferrer Cuba | 23.38w | Pauline Davis Bahamas | 23.65w | Nilsa París Puerto Rico | 23.70w |
| 400 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba | 52.89 | Mercedes Álvarez Cuba | 53.47 | Oralee Fowler Bahamas | 54.57 |
| 800 metres | Nery McKeen Cuba | 2:04.26 CR | María Ribeaux Cuba | 2:06.84 | Adriana Marchena Venezuela | 2:09.20 |
| 1500 metres | Eloína Kerr Cuba | 4:21.06 CR | Janice Carlo Puerto Rico | 4:25.09 | Adriana Marchena Venezuela | 4:26.57 |
| 3000 metres | Sergia Martínez Cuba | 9:36.75 CR | Fabiola Rueda Colombia | 9:40.10 | María Cuesta Cuba | 9:58.61 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Grisel Machado Cuba | 13.64 CR | Julieta Rosseaux Cuba | 14.19 | Angie Marie Regis Venezuela | 14.23 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Alma Vázquez Mexico | 59.57 | Felicia Candelario Dominican Republic | 60.06 | Vilma París Puerto Rico | 60.84 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Bahamas Pauline Davis Shonel Ferguson Oralee Fowler Joanne Major | 45.26 | Puerto Rico Vilma París Nilsa París Margaret de Jesús Madeline de Jesús | 46.69 | | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Ana Fidelia Quirot Mercedes Álvarez Nery McKeen Mercedes Mesa | 3:34.97 CR | Puerto Rico Vilma París Nilsa París Margaret de Jesús Madeline de Jesús | 3:39.36 | Bahamas | 3:54.37 |
| High jump | Victoria Despaigne Cuba | 1.78 | Amalia Montes Mexico | 1.75 | Eunice Greene Bahamas | 1.75 |
| Long jump | Shonel Ferguson Bahamas | 6.65 CR | Madeline de Jesús Puerto Rico | 6.49 | Adelina Polledo Cuba | 6.23 |
| Shot put | Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba | 17.00 | Laverne Eve Bahamas | 14.75 | Lissete Martínez Cuba | 14.67 |
| Discus throw | Carmen Romero Cuba | 58.58 | Hilda Ramos Cuba | 57.80 | Yunaira Piña Venezuela | 46.04 |
| Javelin throw | Iris de Grasse Cuba | 59.74 CR | María Beltrán Cuba | 56.40 | Mariela Riera Venezuela | 53.84 |
| Heptathlon | Victoria Despaigne Cuba | 5469 CR | Leyda Castro Dominican Republic | 5178 | Genoveva Montano Cuba | 4870 |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Cuba)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB)* | 26 | 15 | 16 | 57 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Bahamas (BAH) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 8 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 40 | 40 | 39 | 119 |