# Athletics at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Rafael Fortún Cuba | 10.58A | Les Laing Jamaica | 10.66A | Raúl Mazorra Cuba | 10.80A |
| 200 metres | Les Laing Jamaica | 21.66A | Jaime Aparicio Colombia | 21.84A | Martin Francis Panama | 21.90A |
| 400 metres | Angel García Cuba | 48.02A | George Rhoden Jamaica | 48.19A | Ovidio de Jesús Puerto Rico | 48.27A |
| 800 metres | Frank Prince Panama | 1:54.47A | George Rhoden Jamaica | 1:55.00A | Eric Waldrom Panama | 1:57.74A |
| 1500 metres | Frank Prince Panama | 4:16.65A | Heliodoro Martínez Mexico | 4:16.81A | Filemón Camacho Venezuela | 4:17.71A |
| 5000 metres | Doroteo Flores Guatemala | 15:57.30A | Eligio Galicia Mexico | 16:04.52A | Francisco Hernández Mexico | 16:07.04A |
| 10,000 metres | Cruz Serrano Mexico | 32:59.63A | Doroteo Flores Guatemala | 33:52.80A | Francisco Hernández Mexico | 34:00.19A |
| Half marathon | Doroteo Flores Guatemala | 1:15:20A | Gustavo Ramírez Colombia | 1:19:00A | Guillermo Rojas Guatemala | 1:19:01A |
| 110 metres hurdles | Samuel Anderson Cuba | 14.3A | Keith Gardner Jamaica | 14.5A | Teófilo Davis Bell Venezuela | 15.2A |
| 400 metres hurdles | Jaime Aparicio Colombia | 53.35A | Juan Leiva Venezuela | 53.98A | Amadeo Francis Puerto Rico | 54.28A |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Eligio Galicia Mexico | 10:22.38A | Víctorio Solares Guatemala | 10:51.49A | José Grenados Mexico | 11:00.80A |
| 4 x 100 m relay | Jamaica Byron LaBeach George Rhoden Keith Gardner Leslie Laing | 41.06A (40.9) | Cuba Israel Mestre Raúl Mazorra Manuel Peñalver Rafael Fortún | 41.56A (41.3) | Mexico Javier de la Torre José M. Abascal Javier Souza Sergio Higuera | 42.04A (41.9) |
| 4 x 400 m relay | Jamaica Leslie Laing Byron LaBeach Keith Gardner George Rhoden | 3:12.25A (3:12.0) | Puerto Rico Amadeo Francis Ismael Delgado Frank Rivera Ovidio de Jesús | 3:17.70A (3:17.4) | Cuba Ángel García Evelio Planas Armando Vázquez Emilio Pestana | 3:17.83A (3:17.7) |
| High jump | Roberto López Cuba | 1.87A | Gaspar Vigo Puerto Rico | 1.87A | Manuel Gómez Venezuela | 1.85A |
| Pole Vault | José Barbosa Puerto Rico | 4.05A | Jorge Aguilera Mexico | 3.90A | Brígido Iriarte Venezuela | 3.90A |
| Long jump | Claudio Cabreja Cuba | 7.46A | Víctor Hernández Cuba | 7.16A | Keith Gardner Jamaica | 7.02A |
| Triple jump | Víctor Hernández Cuba | 14.86A | Claudio Cabreja Cuba | 14.51A | Gilberto Rondón Puerto Rico | 14.18A |
| Shot put | Ramón Rosario Puerto Rico | 14.46A | Eduardo Adriana Netherlands Antilles | 14.45A | Rafael Trompiz Venezuela | 14.38A |
| Discus throw | Mauricio Rodríguez Venezuela | 40.14A | Alfonso Cruz Mexico | 39.00A | Heriberto Alonso Cuba | 38.87A |
| Hammer throw | Luis Betancourt Cuba | 46.96A | Jaime Annexy Puerto Rico | 46.82A | Enrique Lagoyete Colombia | 45.19A |
| Javelin throw | Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico | 67.71A | Carlos Fajer Mexico | 61.79A | Guillermo Pasalacqua Puerto Rico | 54.97A |
| Pentathlon | Brígido Iriarte Venezuela | 2748A | Héctor Román Puerto Rico | 2597A | Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico | 2494A |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Carlota Gooden Panama | 12.32A | Hyacinth Walters Jamaica | 12.34A | Julia Díaz Cuba | 12.52A |
| 80 metres hurdles | Amalia Yubi Mexico | 12.3A | Kathleen Russell Jamaica | 12.5A | Gloria Tait Panama | 13.0A |
| 4 x 100 m relay | Panama Dolores Worrell María Bell Gloria Taite Carlota Gooden | 47.49A (47.3) | Jamaica Kathleen Russell Kathleen Robotham Cynthia Thompson Hyacinth Walters | 48.34A (48.2) | Cuba Nereida Borges Vilma Santos Belkis Rodríguez Berta Díaz | 48.81A (48.7) |
| High jump | Kathleen Russell Jamaica | 1.50A | Kathleen Robotham Jamaica | 1.47A | Sheila Leyva Venezuela | 1.42A |
| Discus throw | Alejandrina Herrera Cuba | 37.18A | Lili Schluter Mexico | 36.04A | Concepción Villanueva Mexico | 35.51A |
| Javelin throw | Ana Mercedes Campos El Salvador | 38.82A | Berta Chiú Mexico | 38.43A | Amalia Yubi Mexico | 37.45A |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM) | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Panama (PAN) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Guatemala (GUA) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | El Salvador (SLV) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |