# Athletics at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in November at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s) | Joel Isasi Cuba | 10.38 | Andrés Simón Cuba | 10.49 | Patrick Delice Trinidad and Tobago | 10.62 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.3 m/s) | Andrew Tynes Bahamas | 20.64 | Iván García Cuba | 20.71 | Jorge Aguilera Cuba | 20.91 |
| 400 metres | Norberto Téllez Cuba | 45.80 | Neil de Silva Trinidad and Tobago | 46.07 | Omar Mena Cuba | 46.32 |
| 800 metres | Javier Soto Puerto Rico | 1:49.40 | Héctor Herrera Cuba | 1:49.99 | Dale Jones Antigua and Barbuda | 1:50.05 |
| 1500 metres | José López Venezuela | 3:43.89 | Desmond Hector Guyana | 3:46.08 | Arturo Espejel Mexico | 3:46.74 |
| 5000 metres | Isaac García Mexico | 13:57.84 | Gabino Apolonio Mexico | 14:06.43 | Orlando Ceballos Puerto Rico | 14:31.08 |
| 10,000 metres | Dionicio Cerón Mexico | 28:58.11 | Isaac García Mexico | 29:33.74 | Orlando Ceballos Puerto Rico | 30:11.60 |
| Marathon | Benjamín Paredes Mexico | 02:14:23 | Julio Hernández Colombia | 02:17:21 | Samuel López Mexico | 02:17:38 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.7 m/s) | Emilio Valle Cuba | 13.87 | Wagner Marseille Haiti | 14.10 | Alexis Sánchez Cuba | 14.14 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Domingo Cordero Puerto Rico | 49.60 GR | Pedro Piñera Cuba | 50.12 | Juan Gutiérrez Mexico | 50.47 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Rubén García Mexico | 8:38.43 GR | Héctor Arias Mexico | 8:40.19 | Juan Ramón Conde Cuba | 8:45.62 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Andrés Simón Iván García Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera | 39.24 | Puerto Rico Carlos Santos Domingo Cordero Edgardo Guilbe Agner Muñoz | 40.01 | Colombia Wenceslao Ferrín Wilson Cañizales Luis Alfonso Vega Jhon Mena | 40.09 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Omar Mena Héctor Herrera Lázaro Martínez Norberto Téllez | 3:05.62 | Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Delice Neil de Silva Dazel Jules Ian Morris | 3:06.96 | Jamaica Michael Anderson Carl McPherson Danny McFarlane Evon Clarke | 3:07.23 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Daniel García Mexico | 1:26:22 | Héctor Moreno Colombia | 1:26:32 | Julio Martínez Guatemala | 1:29:43 |
| 50 kilometre road walk | Edel Oliva Cuba | 3:55:21 | Germán Sánchez Mexico | 3:56:18 | Julio César Urías Guatemala | 4:03:24 |
| High jump | Javier Sotomayor Cuba | 2.35 GR | Marino Drake Cuba | 2.20 | Antonio Burgos Puerto Rico | 2.14 |
| Pole vault | Edgar Díaz Puerto Rico | 5.30 | Alberto Manzano Cuba | 5.30 | Only two athletes with a mark | |
| Long jump | Wendell Williams Trinidad and Tobago | 7.95 | Michael Francis Puerto Rico | 7.92 | Jaime Jefferson Cuba | 7.85 |
| Triple jump | Yoelbi Quesada Cuba | 17.06 GR | Daniel Osorio Cuba | 16.52 | Sergio Saavedra Venezuela | 16.30 |
| Shot put | Jorge Montenegro Cuba | 18.88 | Carlos Fandiño Cuba | 18.68 | Yojer Medina Venezuela | 17.96 |
| Discus throw | Alexis Elizalde Cuba | 61.24 | Luis Delís Cuba | 59.32 | Yojer Medina Venezuela | 54.94 |
| Hammer throw | Alberto Sánchez Cuba | 72.20 GR | Eladio Hernández Cuba | 69.58 | Guillermo Guzmán Mexico | 65.52 |
| Javelin throw | Luis Lucumí Colombia | 74.58 | Ovidio Trimiño Cuba | 73.08 | Emeterio González Cuba | 71.24 |
| Decathlon | Eugenio Balanqué Cuba | 7889 GR | Raúl Duany Cuba | 7715 | José Román Puerto Rico | 7262 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s) | Liliana Allen Cuba | 11.52 | Miriam Ferrer Cuba | 11.81 | Chandra Sturrup Bahamas | 11.89 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s) | Liliana Allen Cuba | 23.14 | Idalmis Bonne Cuba | 23.53 | Ximena Restrepo Colombia | 23.88 |
| 400 metres | Julia Duporty Cuba | 51.81 | Zoila Stewart Costa Rica | 52.57 (NR) | Nancy McLeón Cuba | 52.59 |
| 800 metres | Letitia Vriesde Suriname | 2:04.28 | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba | 2:05.22 | Daisy Ocasio Puerto Rico | 2:06.52 |
| 1500 metres | Letitia Vriesde Suriname | 4:18.45 | Isabel Juárez Mexico | 4:20.20 | Susana Díaz Mexico | 4:21.45 |
| 3000 metres | Isabel Juárez Mexico | 9:16.27 GR | Adriana Fernández Mexico | 9:18.93 | Milagro Rodríguez Cuba | 9:22.36 |
| 10,000 metres | María del Carmen Díaz Mexico | 34:49.67 | Lucía Rendón Mexico | 35:13.30 | Carmen Serrano Puerto Rico | 36:19.66 |
| Marathon | Emma Cabrera Mexico | 2:42:29 GR | María Elena Reyna Mexico | 2:43:39 | Emperatriz Wilson Cuba | 2:54:41 |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.1 m/s) | Aliuska López Cuba | 13.46 | Oraidis Ramírez Cuba | 13.49 | Joyce Meléndez Puerto Rico | 14.22 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Lency Montelier Cuba | 57.61 | Maribelsy Peña Colombia | 58.68 | Wynsome Cole Jamaica | 60.23 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Miriam Ferrer Aliuska López Julia Duporty Liliana Allen | 44.59 | Colombia Elia Mera Ximena Restrepo Patricia Rodríguez Norfalia Carabalí | 44.62 | Jamaica Cheryl Phillips Kerry-Ann Richards Shelly Berth Nikole Mitchell | 45.75 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty Lency Montelier Nancy McLeón | 3:31.27 | Colombia Patricia Rodríguez Maribelcy Peña Elia Mera Norfalia Carabalí | 3:36.82 | Jamaica Wynsome Cole Shelly Berth Tanya Jarret Claudine Williams | 3:37.72 |
| 10,000 metre track walk | María Colín Mexico | 47:57.20 | Liliana Bermeo Colombia | 49:21.18 | Magdalena Guzmán El Salvador | 53:16.81 |
| Long jump | Niurka Montalvo Cuba | 6.37 | Eloína Echevarría Cuba | 5.91w | Suzette Lee Jamaica | 5.53 |
| Triple jump | Niurka Montalvo Cuba | 13.57 GR | Eloína Echevarría Cuba | 13.02 | Suzette Lee Jamaica | 12.40 |
| Shot put | Herminia Fernández Cuba | 18.00 | Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba | 17.67 | Laverne Eve Bahamas | 15.35 |
| Discus throw | Bárbara Hechevarría Cuba | 61.02 | Maritza Martén Cuba | 59.44 | María Isabel Urrutia Colombia | 53.12 |
| Javelin throw | Isel López Cuba | 61.48 | Xiomara Rivero Cuba | 57.02 | Patricia Alonso Venezuela | 50.38 |
| Heptathlon | Magalys García Cuba | 5903 GR | Regla Cárdenas Cuba | 5838 | Zorobabelia Córdoba Colombia | 5326 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 31 | 29 | 12 | 72 |
| 2 | Mexico | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Colombia | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Suriname | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | Bermuda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Guyana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | El Salvador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 52 | 52 | 51 | 155 |

## Participation

* Antigua and Barbuda (3)
* Aruba (1)
* Bahamas (7)
* Barbados (2)
* Belize (2)
* Bermuda (2)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Cayman Islands (2)
* Colombia (20)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Cuba (60)
* Dominican Republic (3)
* Grenada (7)
* Guatemala (11)
* Guyana (2)
* Haiti (5)
* Jamaica (21)
* Mexico (30)
* Netherlands Antilles (4)
* Nicaragua (4)
* Panama (2)
* Puerto Rico (44)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (9)
* Saint Lucia (4)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* El Salvador (4)
* Suriname (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (11)
* United States Virgin Islands (14)
* Venezuela (7)