# Athletics at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
It was the last time that three athletes from one country were allowed to compete in an individual event making a clean sweep of medals possible.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Silvio Leonard Cuba | 10.49 | José Triana Cuba | 10.67 | Pablo Montes Cuba | 10.77 |
| 200 metres | Silvio Leonard Cuba | 20.99 | Pablo Bandomo Cuba | 21.37 | José Triana Cuba | 21.54 |
| 400 metres | Alberto Juantorena Cuba | 45.52 | Seymour Newman Jamaica | 46.34 | Félix Mangual Puerto Rico | 46.42 |
| 800 metres | Leandro Civil Cuba | 1:48.43 | Luis Medina Cuba | 1:48.68 | Héctor López Venezuela | 1:48.99 |
| 1500 metres | Luis Medina Cuba | 3:44.18 | José González Venezuela | 3:44.52 | Carlos Martínez Mexico | 3:44.90 |
| 5000 metres | Víctor Mora Colombia | 13:54.20 | Jairo Correa Colombia | 14:03.00 | José Neri Mexico | 14:04.00 |
| 10,000 metres | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia | 30:39.4 | Rafael Pérez Costa Rica | 30:41.0 | Pedro Miranda Mexico | 30:41.2 |
| Marathon | Gilberto Serna Colombia | 2:28:08 | Agustín Reyes Puerto Rico | 2:32:08 | José de Jesús Puerto Rico | 2:32:54 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.1 m/s) | Alejandro Casañas Cuba | 13.80 | Guillermo Núñez Cuba | 13.93 | Francisco Dumeng Puerto Rico | 14.10 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Fabio Zúñiga Colombia | 50.61 | Guillermo Núñez Cuba | 50.87 | Félix Mangual Puerto Rico | 51.65 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | José Cobo Cuba | 8:50.8 | Antonio Villanueva Mexico | 8:52.0 | Lucirio Garrido Venezuela | 8:54.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba José Triana Silvio Leonard Pablo Montes Pablo Bandomo | 39.62 | Dominican Republic Porfirio Veras Julio Meades Enrique Javier Gil Fortuna | 40.35 | Netherlands Antilles Elmer Vorn Edwin Nar Henry Braafhart Edsel Trompet | 41.79 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Eduardo García Eddy Gutiérrez Antonio Álvarez Alberto Juantorena | 3:06.36 | Venezuela Víctor Patíñez Héctor López Félix Mata Erick Phillips | 3:07.23 | Jamaica Noel Gray Seymour Newman Anthony Davis Clive Barriffe | 3:07.52 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Raúl González Mexico | 1:35:23 | Pedro Aroche Mexico | 1:35:33 | Ernesto Alfaro Colombia | 1:38:53 |
| High jump | Richard Spencer Cuba | 2.10 | Amado Olaguiber Cuba | 2.07 | Gilberto Campbell Cuba | 2.04 |
| Pole vault | Roberto Moré Cuba | 4.95 | Juan Laza Cuba | 4.75 | Edgardo Rivera Puerto Rico | 4.55 |
| Long jump | Wilfredo Maisonave Puerto Rico | 7.44 | Milán Matos Cuba | 7.43 | Francisco Gómez Cuba | 7.41 |
| Triple jump | Pedro Pérez Cuba | 17.01w | Armando Herrera Cuba | 16.37w | Juvenal Pérez Cuba | 15.91 |
| Shot put | José Carreño Venezuela | 16.20 | Nicolás Hernández Cuba | 16.09 | Pedro Serrano Puerto Rico | 15.85 |
| Discus throw | Julián Morrinson Cuba | 58.10 | Javier Moreno Cuba | 51.04 | Ignacio Reinosa Puerto Rico | 49.30 |
| Hammer throw | Pedro Garbey Cuba | 61.50 | Víctor Suárez Cuba | 59.16 | Genovevo Morejón Cuba | 57.58 |
| Javelin throw | Raúl Fernández Cuba | 75.30 | Juan Jarvis Cuba | 69.16 | Salomón Robbins Mexico | 67.10 |
| Decathlon | Jesús Mirabal Cuba | 7470 | Rigoberto Salazar Cuba | 7305 | Orlando Pedroso Cuba | 7060 |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Carmen Valdés Cuba | 11.55 | Silvia Chivás Cuba | 11.65 | Lelieth Hodges Jamaica | 11.75 |
| 200 metres | Carmen Valdés Cuba | 23.76 | Asunción Acosta Cuba | 24.21 | Diva Bishop Panama | 24.39 |
| 400 metres | Aurelia Pentón Cuba | 52.27 | Carmen Trustée Cuba | 52.91 | Asunción Acosta Cuba | 53.92 |
| 800 metres | Charlotte Bradley Mexico | 2:04.55 | Aurelia Pentón Cuba | 2:05.43 | Enriqueta Nava Mexico | 2:05.89 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Marlene Elejalde Cuba | 14.53 | Mercedes Román Mexico | 14.69 | Raquel Martínez Cuba | 14.74 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Marlene Elejalde Carmen Valdés Asunción Acosta Silvia Chivás | 44.90 | Panama Diva Bishop Margarita Martínez Maritza Escalona Beatriz Aparicio | 47.42 | Mexico Mercedes Román María Ángeles Cato Mireya Vázquez Corina Garduño | 48.02 |
| High jump | Lucía Duquet Cuba | 1.74 | Elisa Ávila Mexico | 1.74 | Maritza García Cuba | 1.71 |
| Long jump | Marcia Garbey Cuba | 6.48 | Ana Alexander Cuba | 6.07 | Dora Thompson Cuba | 5.75 |
| Shot put | María Elena Sarría Cuba | 14.60 | Hilda Ramírez Cuba | 14.40 | Caridad Romero Cuba | 13.82 |
| Discus throw | Carmen Romero Cuba | 54.70 | María Cristina Betancourt Cuba | 52.20 | Salvadora Vargas Cuba | 41.22 |
| Javelin throw | Tomasa Núñez Cuba | 47.58 | María Beltrán Cuba | 47.46 | Gladys González Venezuela | 46.58 |
| Pentathlon | Ciska Jansen Netherlands Antilles | 4014 | Angela Carbonell Cuba | 3867 | Mercedes Román Mexico | 3827 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 27 | 23 | 13 | 63 |
| 2 | Colombia (COL) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Mexico (MEX) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 |

## Participation

* Bahamas (1)
* Barbados (6)
* Belize (5)
* Colombia (16)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (75)
* Dominican Republic (34)
* Guatemala (5)
* Guyana (1)
* Haiti (2)
* Honduras (3)
* Jamaica (7)
* Mexico (26)
* Netherlands Antilles (12)
* Nicaragua (4)
* Panama (8)
* Puerto Rico (35)
* El Salvador (10)
* Suriname (3)
* United States Virgin Islands (4)
* Venezuela (20)