# Athletics at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic.
It was the first time that women's 10,000 metres, marathon and racewalking events were held.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s) | Andrés Simón Cuba | 10.29 | Juan Núñez Dominican Republic | 10.38 | Ray Stewart Jamaica | 10.48 |
| 200 metres (wind: NWI) | Leandro Peñalver Cuba | 20.70 | Juan Núñez Dominican Republic | 20.79 | Leroy Reid Jamaica | 20.90 |
| 400 metres | Félix Stevens Cuba | 44.98 | Ian Morris Trinidad and Tobago | 45.02 | Elvis Forde Barbados | 45.65 |
| 800 metres | Oslen Barr Guyana | 1:49.42 | William Wuycke Venezuela | 1:49.45 | Ángel Osoria Cuba | 1:50.35 |
| 1500 metres | Jacinto Navarrete Colombia | 3:43.72 | Germán Beltrán Venezuela | 3:43.99 | Félix Mesa Cuba | 3:45.50 |
| 5000 metres | Mauricio González Mexico | 14:11.73 | Marcos Barreto Mexico | 14:12.73 | Juan Jesús Linares Cuba | 14:13.76 |
| 10,000 metres | Francisco Pacheco Mexico | 29:39.56 | José Alcalá Mexico | 30:05.35 | Eduardo Maldonado Puerto Rico | 30:29.39 |
| Marathon | Jesús Amariles Colombia | 2:23:00 | Radamés González Cuba | 2:25:54 | Dieudonné Lamothe Haiti | 2:32:11 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.0 m/s) | Ángel Bueno Cuba | 13.86 | Juan Saborit Cuba | 13.91 | Ernesto Torres Puerto Rico | 14.10 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Winthrop Graham Jamaica | 50.03 GR | David Charlton Bahamas | 50.14 | Jesús Aguilasocho Mexico | 50.48 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Juan Ramón Conde Cuba | 8:42.38 GR | Juan Jesús Linares Cuba | 8:46.11 | Rafael Colmenares Venezuela | 8:52.83 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Osvaldo Lara Leandro Peñalver Sergio Querol Andrés Simón | 38.74 GR | Jamaica Gregory Meghoo Andrew Smith Raymond Stewart Leroy Reid | 38.96 | Dominican Republic José Méndez Gerardo Suero Fernando Reynoso Juan Núñez | 39.56 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Leandro Peñalver Agustín Pavó Jorge Valentín Félix Stevens | 3:02.41 GR | Trinidad and Tobago Ali St. Louis Ian Morris Michael Paul Carlyle Bernard | 3:04.57 | Barbados Henriko Atkins David Carter Ezra Catwell Elvis Forde | 3:06.88 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Ernesto Canto Mexico | 1:26:25 GR | Martín Bermúdez Mexico | 1:27:23 | Héctor Moreno Colombia | 1:28:41 |
| 50 kilometre road walk | Martín Bermúdez Mexico | 4:04:47 GR | Félix Gómez Mexico | 4:07:20 | Mauricio Cortés Colombia | 4:26:27 |
| High jump | Francisco Centelles Cuba | 2.22 | Bárbaro Díaz Cuba Alfredo Mejía Dominican Republic | 2.20 | | |
| Pole vault | Rubén Camino Cuba | 5.20 GR | José Echevarría Cuba | 5.00 | Efram Meléndez Puerto Rico | 4.90 |
| Long jump | Jaime Jefferson Cuba | 8.34 GR | Elmer Williams Puerto Rico | 7.81 | Ubaldo Duany Cuba | 7.57 |
| Triple jump | Lázaro Betancourt Cuba | 16.83 GR | Frank Rutherford Bahamas | 16.67 | Norbert Elliott Bahamas | 16.40 |
| Shot put | Paul Ruiz Cuba | 19.01 GR | Marciso Boué Cuba | 18.59 | Hubert Maingot Trinidad and Tobago | 16.99 |
| Discus throw | Luis Delís Cuba | 63.16 | Juan Martínez Cuba | 62.30 | Brad Cooper Bahamas | 61.40 |
| Hammer throw | Vicente Sánchez Cuba | 68.04 | Eladio Hernández Cuba | 64.08 | David Castrillón Colombia | 63.68 |
| Javelin throw (new model) | Ramón González Cuba | 77.32 GR | Juan de la Garza Mexico | 74.28 | Máximo Driggs Cuba | 74.06 |
| Decathlon | Ernesto Betancourt Cuba | 7333 | Jorge Caraballo Cuba | 7079 | Ron McPhee Bahamas | 6773 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) | Pauline Davis-Thompson Bahamas | 11.51 | Camille Coates Jamaica | 11.69 | Amparo Caicedo Colombia | 11.85 |
| 200 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Pauline Davis-Thompson Bahamas | 23.06 | Camille Coates Jamaica | 23.44 | Amparo Caicedo Colombia | 23.52 |
| 400 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba | 51.01 | Norfalia Carabalí Colombia | 52.46 | Cathy Rattray Jamaica | 52.67 |
| 800 metres | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba | 1:59.00 GR | Angelita Lind Puerto Rico | 2:02.12 | Imelda González Mexico | 2:02.26 |
| 1500 metres | Angelita Lind Puerto Rico | 4:18.67 | Imelda González Mexico | 4:19.58 | Nery McKeen Cuba | 4:23.34 |
| 3000 metres | Fabiola Rueda Colombia | 9:30.25 GR | Sergia Martínez Cuba | 9:36.84 | Santa Velázquez Mexico | 9:42.36 |
| 10,000 metres | Genoveva Domínguez Mexico | 36:24.39 GR | Maricela Hurtado Mexico | 36:29.12 | Maribel Durruty Cuba | 38:20.27 |
| Marathon | Naidi Nazario Puerto Rico | 2:55:44 GR | Maribel Durruty Cuba | 3:08:57 | Aida Torres Puerto Rico | 3:10:19 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s) | Odalys Adams Cuba | 13.50 | Grisel Machado Cuba | 13.56 | Sandra Taváres Mexico | 13.86 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Flora Hyacinth U.S. Virgin Islands | 57.55 GR | Tania Fernández Cuba | 57.60 | Alma Vázquez Mexico | 59.05 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Idania Pino Luisa Ferrer Susana Armenteros María Zamora | 44.55 | Bahamas Carmel Major Pauline Davis Deborah Greene Shonel Ferguson | 45.49 | Mexico Guadalupe García Alma Vázquez Alejandra Flores Sandra Taváres | 45.58 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Ester Petitón Odalys Hernández Nery McKeen Ana Fidelia Quirot | 3:33.60 | Puerto Rico Virgen Fontánez Roxanne Oliver Mercedes Ríos Angelita Lind | 3:41.32 | Dominican Republic María Acevedo Ana Peña Virginia Cruz Glennis Reynoso | 3:47.84 |
| 10,000 metre track walk | María Colín Mexico | 50:43.62 GR | Graciela Mendoza Mexico | 51:56.62 | Margarita Morales Cuba | 55:00.93 |
| High jump | Silvia Costa Cuba | 1.96 GR | Cristina Fink Mexico | 1.81 | Laura Agront Puerto Rico | 1.79 |
| Long jump | Eloína Echevarría Cuba | 6.61 GR | Shonel Ferguson Bahamas | 6.43 | Flora Hyacinth U.S. Virgin Islands | 6.36 |
| Shot put | Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba | 17.22 | Rosa Fernández Cuba | 17.17 | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 14.48 |
| Discus throw | Hilda Ramos Cuba | 63.44 | Maritza Martén Cuba | 63.24 | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 50.68 |
| Javelin throw (old model) | María Caridad Colón Cuba | 67.00 GR | Ivonne Leal Cuba | 56.56 | María González Puerto Rico | 54.38 |
| Heptathlon | Caridad Balcindes Cuba | 5313 | Leyda Castro Dominican Republic | 5025 | Irina Ambulo Panama | 4997 (NR) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 27 | 16 | 8 | 51 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Colombia (COL) | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Bahamas (BAH) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Guyana (GUY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Haiti (HAI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 43 | 44 | 42 | 129 |