# Athletics at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Revolución in Panama City, Panama.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Pablo Montes Cuba | 10.24 | Hermes Ramírez Cuba | 10.28 | Michael Fray Jamaica | 10.45 |
| 200 metres | Pablo Montes Cuba | 21.20 | Germán Solís Cuba | 21.30 | Hermes Ramírez Cuba | 21.40 |
| 400 metres | Antonio Álvarez Cuba | 46.6 | Melesio Piña Mexico | 46.9 | Misael Curiel Venezuela | 47.1 |
| 800 metres | Herminio Isaac Puerto Rico | 1:49.8 | Ricardo Bailey Panama | 1:49.9 | Donaldo Arza Panama | 1:50.3 |
| 1500 metres | Byron Dyce Jamaica | 3:45.8 | Donaldo Arza Panama | 3:46.1 | Mario Pérez Mexico | 3:47.2 |
| 5000 metres | Mario Pérez Mexico | 14:24.4 | Juan Martínez Mexico | 14:24.8 | Pedro Miranda Mexico | 14:25.4 |
| 10,000 metres | Juan Martínez Mexico | 30:49.0 | Mario Pérez Mexico | 30:51.6 | Andrés Romero Mexico | 30:57.6 |
| Marathon | Alfredo Peñaloza Mexico | 02:47:23 | Antonio Capote Cuba | 02:48:59 | Patricio Larriñaga Cuba | 02:50:38 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Juan Morales Cuba | 14.0 | Arnaldo Bristol Puerto Rico | 14.2 | Guillermo Núñez Cuba | 14.5 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Juan García Cuba | 50.6 | Césare Sánchez Mexico | 50.6 | Miguel Olivera Cuba | 51.3 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Héctor Villanueva Mexico | 8:53.2 | Antonio Villanueva Mexico | 8:53.4 | Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba | 8:55.2 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Hermes Ramírez Pablo Montes Juan Morales José Triana | 39.4 | Colombia Arquímides Mina Jimmy Sierra Wenceslao Ferrín Sr. Pedro Grajales | 40.8 | Puerto Rico Enrique Montalvo Víctor López Jorge Vizcarrondo Arnaldo Bristol | 40.8 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Miguel Olivera Rodobaldo Díaz Juan García Antonio Álvarez | 3:06.4 | Mexico Melesio Piña Carmelo Reyes Javier Sardo Alejandro Sánchez | 3:07.8 | Puerto Rico Tomás Fernández Raymond Garay Orominio Santaella Carlos Morell | 3:09.0 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Eladio Compos Mexico | 1:41:14 | Francisco Chávez Mexico | 1:43:19 | Lucas Lara Cuba | 1:44:38 |
| High jump | Miguel Durañona Cuba | 2.06 | Teodoro Palacios Guatemala | 1.98 | Lloyd Turnquist Bahamas | 1.95 |
| Pole vault | Juan Laza Cuba | 4.65 | Arturo Esquerra Mexico | 4.40 | Jorge Miranda Puerto Rico | 4.30 |
| Long jump | Abelardo Pacheco Cuba | 7.69 | Jorge Stevens Cuba | 7.49 | Galdino Flores Mexico | 7.43 |
| Triple jump | Pedro Pérez Cuba | 16.33 | José Hernández Cuba | 15.79 | Juan Velázquez Cuba | 15.61 |
| Shot put | Benigno Hodelín Cuba | 16.46 | Silván Hemming Cuba | 16.29 | Modesto Mederos Cuba | 15.28 |
| Discus throw | Bárbaro Cañizares Cuba | 56.04 | Dagoberto González Colombia | 54.48 | Javier Moreno Cuba | 53.64 |
| Hammer throw | Víctor Suárez Cuba | 57.06 | Pedro Granell Puerto Rico | 53.74 | Jesús Ulloa Cuba | 52.26 |
| Javelin throw | Amado Morales Puerto Rico | 76.40 | Donald Vélez Nicaragua | 72.12 | Justo Perelló Cuba | 70.52 |
| Decathlon | Jesús Mirabal Cuba | 6997 | José Díaz Cuba | 6934 | Héctor Thomas Venezuela | 6918 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 11.4w | Fulgencia Romay Cuba | 11.6w | Cristina Hechevarría Cuba | 11.6w |
| 200 metres | Miguelina Cobián Cuba | 23.5 | Violeta Quesada Cuba | 23.9 | Fulgencia Romay Cuba | 24.3 |
| 400 metres | Carmen Trustée Cuba | 52.5 | Aurelia Pentón Cuba | 54.3 | Marcela Chivás Cuba | 55.1 |
| 800 metres | Carmen Trustée Cuba | 2:14.8 | Lucía Quiroz Mexico | 2:15.8 | Rosalía Abadía Panama | 2:16.4 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Marlene Elejalde Cuba | 13.9w | Lourdes Jones Cuba | 14.2w | Raquel Martínez Cuba | 14.5w |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Marlene Elejalde Cristina Hechevarría Fulgencia Romay Miguelina Cobián | 44.7 | Panama Margarita Martínez Patricia Morgan Dolores Cox Nivia Trejos | 47.3 | Mexico Mercedes Román Enriqueta Basilio Lucía Quiroz Silvia Tapia | 48.1 |
| High jump | Hilda Fabré Cuba | 1.73 | Lucía Duquet Cuba | 1.68 | Marima Rodríguez Cuba | 1.64 |
| Long jump | Marcia Garbey Cuba | 6.60 | Marina Samuells Cuba | 6.31w | Miriam Pupo Cuba | 6.00w |
| Shot put | Grecia Hamilton Cuba | 14.56 | Hilda Ramírez Cuba | 13.85 | Carmen Romero Cuba | 13.63 |
| Discus throw | Carmen Romero Cuba | 53.54 | María Cristina Betancourt Cuba | 46.08 | Hilda Ramírez Cuba | 44.10 |
| Javelin throw | Tomasa Núñez Cuba | 45.64 | Hilda Ramírez Cuba | 45.46 | Blanca Umaña Colombia | 43.54 |
| Pentathlon | Marlene Elejalde Cuba | 4534 | Marcia Garbey Cuba | 4428 | Mercedes Román Mexico | 4243 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 27 | 17 | 19 | 63 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 5 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Nicaragua (NIC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 |