# Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Tom Robinson Bahamas | 10.41 | Rafael Romero Venezuela | 10.47 | Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela | 10.49 |
| 200 metres | Rafael Romero Venezuela | 21.0 | Arquímedes Herrera Venezuela | 21.3 | Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago | 21.4 |
| 400 metres | George Kerr Jamaica | 45.9 | Hortensio Fucil Venezuela | 47.3 | Malcolm Spence Jamaica | 47.4 |
| 800 metres | George Kerr Jamaica | 1:51.0 | Melville Spence Jamaica | 1:53.0 | José Neira Colombia | 1:54.8 |
| 1500 metres | Álvaro Mejía Colombia | 3:51.4 | Ralph Gomes Guiana | 3:52.5 | José Neira Colombia | 3:52.6 |
| 5000 metres | Eligio Galicia Mexico | 14:46.6 | Marciano Castillo Mexico | 15:06.2 | Felipe Prado Mexico | 15:11.0 |
| 10,000 metres | Eligio Galicia Mexico | 30:55.2 | Asencio Escalona Mexico | 31:40.8 | Marciano Castillo Mexico | 31:44.4 |
| Half marathon | Hernán Barreneche Colombia | 01:11:49 | Fidel Negrete Mexico | 01:12:27 | Víctor Peralta Mexico | 01:13:21 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Lázaro Betancourt Cuba | 14.2 | Heriberto Cruz Puerto Rico | 14.5 | Lancelot Bobb Venezuela | 14.7 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Víctor Maldonado Venezuela | 51.6 | Juan Montes Puerto Rico | 53.0 | Jorge Cumberbatch Cuba | 53.2 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Erasmo Prado Mexico | 9:19.8 | Elías Mendoza Mexico | 9:23.6 | Pedro Mariani Puerto Rico | 9:31.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Venezuela Arquímides Herrera Lloyd Murad Rafael Romero Horacio Esteves | 40.0 | Trinidad and Tobago Cipriani Phillips Vincent Ackoon Wilton Jackson Edwin Roberts | 40.7 | Jamaica Pablo McNeil Patrick Robinson Lindley Headley Dennis Johnson | 40.8 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Jamaica Melville Spence Gilwyn Williams Malcolm Spence George Kerr | 3:11.6 | Trinidad and Tobago Roderick Manswell Juan Betancourt Wilton Jackson Edwin Roberts | 3:12.5 | Puerto Rico Germán Guenard José Villalonga Gilberto Faberlle Ovidio de Jesús | 3:15.8 |
| High jump | Teodoro Palacios Guatemala | 2.00 | Anton Norris Barbados | 1.98 | Ernle Haisley Jamaica | 1.94 |
| Pole vault | Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico | 4.72 | Rubén Cruz Puerto Rico | 4.26 | Luis Quintero Colombia | 3.81 |
| Long jump | Juan Muñoz Venezuela | 7.68 | Wellesley Clayton Jamaica | 7.60 | Abelardo Pacheco Cuba | 7.16 |
| Triple jump | Mahoney Samuels Jamaica | 15.52 | Ramón López Cuba | 15.33 | Perry Christie Bahamas | 14.98 |
| Shot put | Lambertus Rebel Netherlands Antilles | 14.64 | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 14.46 | Ramón Rosario Puerto Rico | 13.96 |
| Discus throw | Dagoberto González Colombia | 48.66 | Lambertus Rebel Netherlands Antilles | 47.44 | Daniel Cereali Venezuela | 46.97 |
| Hammer throw | Enrique Samuells Cuba | 54.15 | Daniel Cereali Venezuela | 52.85 | Marcelino Borrero Colombia | 50.35 |
| Javelin throw | Jesús Rodríguez Venezuela | 66.66 | Wilfredo Salgado Puerto Rico | 64.24 | Arnoldo Pallarés Cuba | 61.83 |
| Pentathlon | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 3212 | Roberto Caravaca Venezuela | 2946 | Jorge García Puerto Rico | 2912 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 12.08 | Marcela Daniel Panama | 12.12 | Sybil Donmartin Trinidad and Tobago | 12.20 |
| 80m hurdles | Bertha Díaz Cuba | 11.1 | Lorraine Dunn Panama | 11.7 | Carmen Smith Jamaica | 11.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Dorothy Yates Carmen Williams Carmen Smith Ouida Walker | 47.0 | Cuba Berta Díaz Nereida Borges Miguelina Cobián Fulgencia Romay | 47.3 | Panama Lorraine Dunn Marcela Daniel Delceita Oakley Dinor Batista | 47.7 |
| High jump | Brenda Archer Guiana | 1.53 | Marta Font Cuba | 1.51 | Beverley Welsh Jamaica | 1.51 |
| Long jump | Bertha Díaz Cuba | 5.50 | Dorothy Yates Jamaica | 5.38 | Gisela Vidal Venezuela | 5.35 |
| Discus throw | Caridad Agüero Cuba | 43.75 | Alejandrina Herrera Cuba | 38.70 | Ivonne Rojano Mexico | 38.69 |
| Javelin throw | Hilda Ramírez Cuba | 40.32 | Beverly Eloisa Oglivie Panama | 40.19 | Berta Chiú Mexico | 35.63 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Venezuela (VEN) | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Guiana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Netherlands Antilles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Guatemala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Panama | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |