# 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona in Xalapa, Mexico between 5–7 August.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Hasely Crawford Trinidad and Tobago | 10.38A | Silvio Leonard Cuba | 10.43A | Osvaldo Lara Cuba | 10.63A |
| 200 metres | Silvio Leonard Cuba | 20.70A | Osvaldo Lara Cuba | 21.13A | Rudy Levarity Bahamas | 21.43A |
| 400 metres | Seymour Newman Jamaica | 45.66A CR | Alberto Juantorena Cuba | 45.67A | Charles Joseph Trinidad and Tobago | 46.27A |
| 800 metres | Seymour Newman Jamaica | 1:46.13A CR | Jorge Ortíz Puerto Rico | 1:48.67A | Eduardo Castro Mexico | 1:49.53A |
| 1500 metres | Luis Medina Cuba | 3:46.71A | Eduardo Castro Mexico | 3:48.47A | Osmán Escobar Venezuela | 3:53.10A |
| 5000 metres | Rodolfo Gómez Mexico | 14:04.9A | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia | 14:05.0A | Victoriano López Guatemala | 14:09.8A |
| 10,000 metres | Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia | 30:17.4A | Rodolfo Gómez Mexico | 30:17.5A | Rafael Ángel Pérez Costa Rica | 30:23.0A |
| Half marathon | Rafael Ángel Pérez Costa Rica | 1:06:32A | Mario Cuevas Mexico | 1:07:07A | Aldo Allen Cuba | 1:07:43A |
| 110 metres hurdles | Alejandro Casañas Cuba | 13.55A CR | Dionisio Vera Cuba | 14.32A | José Cartas Mexico | 14.48A |
| 400 metres hurdles | Dámaso Alfonso Cuba | 51.77A | Frank Montiéh Cuba | 51.81A | Enrique Aguirre Mexico | 52.30A |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Carlos Martínez Mexico | 8:51.0A | José Cobo Cuba | 9:01.1A | Lucirio Garrido Venezuela | 9:03.1A |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Alejandro Casañas Osvaldo Lara Silvio Leonard Juan Morales | 39.86A | Trinidad and Tobago Hasely Crawford Charles Joseph Edwin Noel Ephraim Serrette | 40.16A | Venezuela Humberto Galea José Chacín Victor Escobar Hipolito Ovalles | 40.71A |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Frank Montiéh Juan Morales Luis Delgado Alberto Juantorena | 3:09.24A | Venezuela Hipolito Brown Eric Phillips Osman Escobar José Moisés Zambrano | 3:10.39A | Puerto Rico Jorge Ortiz Jesús Cabrera José Santiago Istvan de Jesús | 3:11.78A |
| 20 km road walk | Daniel Bautista Mexico | 1:29:34A CR | Enrique Vera Mexico | 1:34:48A | Rigoberto Medina Cuba | 1:40:04A |
| High jump | Richard Spencer Cuba | 2.15A CR | Clark Godwin Bermuda | 2.07A | Cristóbal de León Dominican Republic | 2.03A |
| Pole vault | Roberto Moré Cuba | 4.93A CR | Elberto Pratt Mexico | 4.75A | Luis Mascorro Mexico | 4.60A |
| Long jump | David Giralt Cuba | 7.96A CR | Salomón Rowe Guatemala | 7.79A NR | Steve Hanna Bahamas | 7.68A |
| Triple jump | Carmelo Martínez Cuba | 16.22A CR | Alejandro Herrera Cuba | 15.66A | Peter Pratt Bahamas | 15.42A |
| Shot put | Julián Mejías Cuba | 17.50A CR | Pablo Lamothe Cuba | 16.46A | Hubert Maingot Trinidad and Tobago | 15.72A |
| Discus throw | Julián Morrinson Cuba | 60.82A CR | Luis Delís Cuba | 59.02A | Bradley Cooper Bahamas | 54.08A |
| Hammer throw | Ángel Cabrera Cuba | 66.74A CR | Guillermo Orozco Cuba | 63.56A | Alfonso Rodríguez Mexico | 53.60A |
| Javelin throw | Juan Jarvis Cuba | 77.54A CR | Reinaldo Patterson Cuba | 74.82A | Robert Moulder Bermuda | 71.83A |
| Decathlon | Rigoberto Salazar Cuba | 7207A | José Montezuma Venezuela | 6791A | Doel Bonilla Puerto Rico | 6508A |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Silvia Chivás Cuba | 11.53A | Lelieth Hodges Jamaica | 11.71A | Isabel Taylor Cuba | 11.82A |
| 200 metres | Silvia Chivás Cuba | 23.82A | Jackie Pusey Jamaica | 23.82A | Freida Davy Barbados | 24.05A |
| 400 metres | Beatriz Castillo Cuba | 52.76A CR | Helen Blake Jamaica | 52.88A | Aurelia Pentón Cuba | 53.05A |
| 800 metres | Charlotte Bradley Mexico | 2:07.46A | Helen Blake Jamaica | 2:08.87A | Aurelia Pentón Cuba | 2:09.13A |
| 1500 metres | Charlotte Bradley Mexico | 4:29.65A | Melquises Fonseca Cuba | 4:42.06A | Thelma Zúñiga Costa Rica | 4:45.78A |
| 3000 metres | Charlotte Bradley Mexico | 10:00.61A CR | Melquises Fonseca Cuba | 10:13.73A | Susana Herrera Mexico | 10:27.74A |
| 100 metres hurdles | Grisel Machado Cuba | 14.30A | Carmen Zamora Cuba | 14.58A | Vilma París Puerto Rico | 14.81A |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Asunción Acosta Silvia Chivás Isabel Taylor Marta Zulueta | 45.51A | Puerto Rico Margaret de Jesús Nilsa París Vilma París Nerva Bultron | 46.93A | Trinidad and Tobago Janice Bernard June Smith Esther Hope Rebecca Roberts | 47.20A |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba Nery McKeen Asunción Acosta Beatriz Castillo Aurelia Pentón | 3:37.50A CR | Jamaica Helen Blake Jackie Pusey Verone Webber Ruth Williams-Simpson | 3:42.38A | Puerto Rico Madeline de Jesús Margaret de Jesús Vilma París Georgina López | 3:48.57A |
| High jump | Angela Carbonell Cuba | 1.75A | Reina Mateu Cuba | 1.65A | Monica Johnson Bermuda | 1.60A |
| Long jump | Dora Thompson Cuba | 6.14A CR | Shonel Ferguson Bahamas | 5.95A | Nancy Núñez Cuba | 5.91A |
| Shot put | Caridad Romero Cuba | 13.94A | Marcelina Rodríguez Cuba | 13.88A | Patricia Andrus Venezuela | 12.60A |
| Discus throw | Caridad Romero Cuba | 49.58A | Salvadora Vargas Cuba | 48.92A | María Gómez Mexico | 40.22A |
| Javelin throw | María Beltrán Cuba | 53.86A CR | Guadalupe López Mexico | 48.56A | Sonya Smith Bermuda | 46.72A |
| Pentathlon | Elida Aveillé Cuba | 3313A | Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic | 3303A | Evelyn Abreu Venezuela | 3289A |
A = affected by altitude

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 27 | 17 | 7 | 51 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |