# Athletics at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Enrique Figuerola Cuba | 10.2 | Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago | 10.3 | Carl Plaskett U.S. Virgin Islands | 10.5 |
| 200 metres | Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago | 20.8 /20.70? | Carl Plaskett U.S. Virgin Islands | 21.4 /21.21? | Enrique Figuerola Cuba | 21.5 /21.24? |
| 400 metres | Juan Franceschi Puerto Rico | 46.7 /46.77? | Rupert Hoilette Jamaica | 46.9 /47.03? | Rodobaldo Díaz Cuba | 47.0 /47.10? |
| 800 metres | Neville Myton Jamaica | 1:50.2 | Lennox Yearwood Trinidad and Tobago | 1:51.7 | Benedict Cayenne Trinidad and Tobago | 1:54.3 |
| 1500 metres | Álvaro Mejía Colombia | 3:50.3 | Orlando Martínez Puerto Rico | 3:52.4 | José Neri Mexico | 3:52.4 |
| 5000 metres | Álvaro Mejía Colombia | 14:42.6 | José Neri Mexico | 14:56.4 | Valentín Robles Mexico | 15:33.2 |
| 10,000 metres | Álvaro Mejía Colombia | 31:34.0 | Valentín Robles Mexico | 32:11.0 | Juan Martínez Mexico | 32:13.0 |
| Half marathon | Valentín Robles Mexico | 01:13:47 | Pedro Cárdenas Colombia | 01:14:24 | Antonio Ibarra Mexico | 01:17:01 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Hernando Arrechea Colombia | 14.2w | Ray Harvey Jamaica | 14.4w | Juan Morales Cuba | 14.5w |
| 400 metres hurdles | Heriberto Cruz Puerto Rico | 52.4 | Víctor Maldonado Venezuela | 52.5 | Arístides Pineda Venezuela | 53.5 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Flavio Buendía Mexico | 9:32.6 | Rolf Duwe Venezuela | 9:37.8 | Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba | 9:38.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Wellesley Clayton Pablo McNeil Ernest Headley Michael Fray | 40.5 | Trinidad and Tobago Cipriani Phillips Winston Short Henry Noel Edwin Roberts | 40.6 | Cuba Félix Eugellés Juan Morales Manuel Montalvo Enrique Figuerola | 40.6 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Jamaica Clifton Forbes Melville Spence Neville Myton Rupert Hoilette | 3:08.8 | Trinidad and Tobago Ben Cayenne Lennox Yearwood Edwin Skinner Edwin Roberts | 3:09.4 | Puerto Rico Juan Franceschi Rafael Vega José Andino Germán Guenard | 3:10.3 |
| 10,000 metre track walk | José Pedraza Mexico | 51:32.4 | Euclides Calzado Cuba | 51:43.4 | David Jiménez Cuba | 52:17.8 |
| High jump | Teodoro Palacios Guatemala | 2.03 | Anton Norris Barbados | 1.98 | Luis Planchart Venezuela | 1.93 |
| Pole vault | Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico | 4.54 | Rubén Cruz Puerto Rico | 4.30 | Luis Quintero Colombia | 4.15 |
| Long jump | Wellesley Clayton Jamaica | 7.64 | Abelardo Pacheco Cuba | 7.55 | Byron Lewis Jamaica | 7.51 |
| Triple jump | Tim Barrett Bahamas | 15.76 | José Hernández Cuba | 15.72 | Trevor Thomas Jamaica | 15.42 |
| Shot put | Fidel Estrada Cuba | 15.36 | Roy Hollingsworth Trinidad and Tobago | 15.36 | Benigno Hodelín Cuba | 15.34 |
| Discus throw | Roy Hollingsworth Trinidad and Tobago | 52.10 | Javier Moreno Cuba | 48.71 | Dagoberto González Colombia | 48.16 |
| Hammer throw | Enrique Samuells Cuba | 68.11 | Adolfo Martín Cuba | 56.59 | Marcelino Borrero Colombia | 52.38 |
| Javelin throw | Justo Perelló Cuba | 74.74 | Francisco Mena Cuba | 69.57 | Jesús Rodríguez Venezuela | 68.59 |
| Pentathlon | Jorge García Puerto Rico | 3153 | Francisco Mena Cuba | 3467 | Ramón Iriarte Venezuela | 3389 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 11.7 /11.69? | Cristina Hechevarría Cuba | 11.9 /11.79? | Carmen Smith Jamaica | 11.9 /11.86? |
| 200 metres | Una Morris Jamaica | 24.2 | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 24.8 | Vilma Charlton Jamaica | 24.9 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Carmen Smith Jamaica | 11.1 | Doreldeen Pagan Jamaica | 11.6 | Daisy Hechevarría Cuba | 11.6 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Adlin Mair Una Morris Vilma Charlton Carmen Smith | 46.2 | Cuba Irene Martínez Cristina Hechevarría Fulgencia Romay Miguelina Cobián | 46.5 | Barbados Aledene Holder Freida Nicholls Arlene Babb Patsy Callender | 49.5 |
| High jump | Patsy Callender Barbados | 1.65 | Hilda Fabré Cuba | 1.60 | Julia Pérez Cuba | 1.55 |
| Long jump | Irene Martínez Cuba | 5.87 | Beverley Welsh Jamaica | 5.72 | Marcia Garbey Cuba | 5.47 |
| Shot put | Hilda Ramírez Cuba | 12.72 | Guadalupe Lartigue Mexico | 12.23 | Francisca Roberts Venezuela | 12.02 |
| Discus throw | Caridad Agüero Cuba | 43.37 | Joan Gordon Jamaica | 39.84 | Carmen Romero Cuba | 39.07 |
| Javelin throw | Hilda Ramírez Cuba | 39.34 | Blanca Umaña Colombia | 37.39 | María Moreno Cuba | 36.47 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 9 | 11 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Jamaica (JAM) | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Barbados (BAR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Guatemala (GUA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |