# 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the partial results of the 1973 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics which took place between July 26 and 29, 1973 in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

## Men's results
### 100 meters

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | José Triana | Cuba | 10.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Eric Padilla | Puerto Rico | 10.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Donato Vásquez | Dominican Republic | 10.4 | |
| 1 | 2 | Carl Lawson | Jamaica | 10.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hermes Ramírez | Cuba | 10.3 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Guillermo González | Puerto Rico | 10.4 | |
| 1 | 3 | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | 10.3 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Calvin Dill | Bermuda | 10.3 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jesús Rico | Venezuela | 10.3 | q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | 10.2 | =CR |
| | José Triana | Cuba | 10.2 | |
| | Carl Lawson | Jamaica | 10.2 | |
| 4 | Jesús Rico | Venezuela | 10.4 | |
| 5 | Calvin Dill | Bermuda | 10.4 | |
| 6 | Hermes Ramírez | Cuba | 10.4 | |

### 200 meters

July 28 Wind: +4.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Don Quarrie | Jamaica | 20.1 |
| | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 20.3 |
| | Pablo Bandomo | Cuba | 20.4 |
| 4 | Guillermo González | Puerto Rico | 20.5 |
| 5 | Calvin Dill | Bermuda | 20.7 |
| 6 | Erick Phillips | Venezuela | 20.8 |
| 7 | Richard Hardware | Jamaica | 20.9 |
| 8 | Arquimedes Mina | Colombia | 21.0 |

### 400 meters

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 45.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Pedro Ferrer | Puerto Rico | 47.1 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Kim Rowe | Jamaica | 46.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Erick Phillips | Venezuela | 47.1 | Q |
| 1 | 3 | Víctor Patínez | Venezuela | 47.1 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Eddy Gutiérrez | Cuba | 47.5 | Q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 46.4 | CR |
| | Pedro Ferrer | Puerto Rico | 46.6 | |
| | Víctor Patínez | Venezuela | 47.2 | |
| 4 | Erick Phillips | Venezuela | 47.5 | |
| 5 | Kim Rowe | Jamaica | 47.5 | |
| 6 | Eddy Gutiérrez | Cuba | 47.6 | |

### 800 meters

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Leandro Civil | Cuba | 1:50.5 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Gilberto Gamillo | Mexico | 1:50.7 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Leotulfo Jiménez | Venezuela | 1:51.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Martínez | Mexico | 1:51.8 | Q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Leandro Civil | Cuba | 1:49.8 |
| | Luis Medina | Cuba | 1:49.8 |
| | Leotulfo Jiménez | Venezuela | 1:50.7 |
| 4 | Carlos Báez | Puerto Rico | 1:50.8 |
| 5 | Carlos Martínez | Mexico | 1:51.1 |
| 6 | Modesto Comprés | Dominican Republic | 1:51.6 |

### 1500 meters

July 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Antonio Colón | Puerto Rico | 3:45.9 | CR |
| | Jesús Barrero | Colombia | 3:47.2 | |
| | Carlos Báez | Puerto Rico | 3:47.6 | |
| 4 | Mario Pérez | Mexico | 3:48.9 | |
| 5 | José Antonio Bordón | Cuba | 3:50.0 | |
| 6 | José González Tiapa | Venezuela | 3:50.4 | |
| 7 | Modesto Comprés | Dominican Republic | ? | |
| 8 | Luis Romero | Venezuela | ? | |

### 5000 meters

July 27
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Víctor Mora | Colombia | 14:04.2 | CR |
| | Mario Pérez | Mexico | 14:06.8 | |
| | Rafael Palomares | Mexico | 14:19.6 | |
| 4 | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 14:23.8 | |
| 5 | Antonio Colón | Puerto Rico | 14:29.3 | |
| 6 | José Antonio Bordón | Cuba | 14:30.1 | |

### 10,000 meters

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Víctor Mora | Colombia | 29:56.4 | CR |
| | Pedro Miranda | Mexico | 29:56.6 | |
| | Luis Haro | Mexico | 29:58.2 | |
| 4 | Jairo Correa | Colombia | 30:26.6 | |
| 5 | Sadot Méndez | Puerto Rico | 31:31.0 | |
| 6 | Chuc Manuel | Cuba | 32:00.9 | |
| 7 | Víctor Serrano | Puerto Rico | ? | |
| 8 | Antonio Blanco | Venezuela | ? | |
| 9 | Emilio Rodríguez | Cuba | ? | |
| 10 | Oswaldo Mosquera | Venezuela | ? | |
| 11 | Rolando Durán | Dominican Republic | ? | |

### Half marathon

July 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mario Cuevas | Mexico | 1:05:07 | CR |
| | Martín Pabón | Colombia | 1:05:56 | |
| | Santiago Barón | Colombia | 1:06:10 | |
| 4 | Sadot Méndez | Puerto Rico | 1:07:32 | |
| 5 | Andrés Romero | Mexico | 1:08:05 | |
| 6 | Emilio Rodríguez | Cuba | 1:10:20 | |
| 7 | Antonio Blanco | Venezuela | 1:11:26 | |
| 8 | Juan Medina | Venezuela | 1:12:48 | |
| 9 | Gary Wilkinson | Bermuda | 1:16:36 | |
| 10 | Raymond Swan | Bermuda | 1:17:46 | |
| 11 | Víctor Rodríguez | Dominican Republic | 1:18:41 | |
| 12 | José Castillo | Dominican Republic | 1:20:14 | |

### 110 meters hurdles

July 28 Wind: +3.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Juan Morales | Cuba | 13.7 |
| | Guillermo Núñez | Cuba | 13.8 |
| | Enrique Rendón | Venezuela | 14.4 |
| 4 | Julio Ferrer | Puerto Rico | 14.4 |
| 5 | Anthony Spencer | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.6 |
| 6 | Clive Barriffe | Jamaica | 14.7 |

### 400 meters hurdles

July 27
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Julio Ferrer | Puerto Rico | 51.9 | CR |
| | Fabio Zúñiga | Colombia | 52.0 | |
| | Juan García | Cuba | 53.1 | |
| 4 | Eulogio Robles | Cuba | 53.9 | |
| 5 | J. Toledo | Venezuela | 54.4 | |
| 6 | José Luis Santiago | Puerto Rico | 54.6 | |

### 3000 meters steeplechase

July 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Antonio Villanueva | Mexico | 8:49.4 | CR |
| | Rigoberto Mendoza | Cuba | 8:52.6 | |
| | Víctor Mora | Colombia | 8:58.2 | |
| 4 | Carlos Báez | Puerto Rico | 9:05.1 | |
| 5 | Lucirio Garrido | Venezuela | 9:08.7 | |
| 6 | Luis Haro | Mexico | 9:15.1 | |

### 4 × 100 meters relay

July 29
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| | Jamaica | Carl Lawson, Richard Hardware, Overton Spencer, Don Quarrie | 39.9 |
| | Cuba | Silvio Leonard, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, José Triana | 40.2 |
| | Trinidad and Tobago | Christopher Brathwaite, George Swanston, Herman Marchand, Bertram Lovell | 41.1 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | | 41.2 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | | 41.5 |
| 6 | Venezuela | | 41.8 |

### 4 × 400 meters relay

July 29
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| | Jamaica | Trevor Campbell, Richard Hardware, Seymour Newman, Kim Rowe | 3:09.4 |
| | Cuba | Eddy Gutiérrez, Antonio Álvarez, Leandro Civil, Alberto Juantorena | 3:10.1 |
| | Venezuela | Raúl Dome, Víctor Patíñez, Erick Phillips, José Toledo | 3:10.4 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | | 3:16.0 |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | | 3:21.6 |

### High jump

July 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Richard Spencer | Cuba | 2.06 | CR |
| | Amado Olaguiber | Cuba | 2.03 | |
| | Pedro Yequez | Venezuela | 2.03 | |
| 4 | Luis Cruz | Puerto Rico | 2.03 | |
| 5 | G. Cepeda | Puerto Rico | 2.00 | |
| 6 | W. Robinson | Jamaica | 1.95 | |

### Pole vault

July 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Jorge Palacios | Cuba | 4.85 | CR |
| | Roberto Moré | Cuba | 4.85 | |
| | Ciro Valdés | Colombia | 4.60 | |
| 4 | Jorge Miranda | Puerto Rico | 4.50 | |

### Long jump

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Milán Matos | Cuba | 7.68 | CR |
| | Efraín Malberty | Cuba | 7.34 | |
| | Wilfredo Maisonave | Puerto Rico | 7.28 | |
| 4 | Anthony Joseph | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.26 | |
| 5 | George Swanston | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.25 | |

### Triple jump

July 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Juvenal Pérez | Cuba | 15.79 |
| | Gerry Swan | Bermuda | 15.57 |
| | Edgar Moreno | Venezuela | 15.56 |
| 4 | Juan Velázquez | Cuba | 15.48 |
| 5 | W. Robinson | Jamaica | 15.38 |
| 6 | Wilfredo Maisonave | Puerto Rico | 15.17 |

### Shot put

July 27
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | José Carreño | Venezuela | 15.94 |
| | Benigno Hodelín | Cuba | 15.78 |
| | Silván Hemming | Cuba | 15.72 |
| 4 | Pedro Serrano | Puerto Rico | 15.24 |
| 5 | Jesús Laya | Venezuela | 15.56 |
| 6 | Roberto Pérez | Puerto Rico | 13.58 |

### Discus throw

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Julián Morrinson | Cuba | 57.58 | CR |
| | Javier Moreno | Cuba | 53.86 | |
| | Ignacio Reinosa | Puerto Rico | 49.12 | |
| 4 | Roberto Pérez | Puerto Rico | 45.26 | |
| 5 | Julio Alexander | Venezuela | 43.48 | |

### Hammer throw

July 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Víctor Suárez | Cuba | 62.50 |
| | William Silén | Puerto Rico | 61.12 |
| | Pedro Garbey | Cuba | 59.08 |
| 4 | Marcos Borregales | Venezuela | 51.56 |
| 5 | Pelayo Quintana | Venezuela | 50.62 |
| 6 | E. Axminson | Jamaica | 48.82 |

### Javelin throw

July 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Raúl Fernández | Cuba | 74.90 |
| | Amado Morales | Puerto Rico | 70.94 |
| | Héctor Vinent | Cuba | 70.24 |
| 4 | Salomon Robbins | Mexico | 69.26 |
| 5 | Ramón Rodríguez | Venezuela | 62.92 |
| 6 | M. González | Venezuela | 62.92 |

### Decathlon

July 28–29
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points |
| | Jesús Mirabal | Cuba | 10.5 | 6.56 | 13.22 | 1.80 | 50.4 | 14.1 | 38.40 | 4.05 | 61.08 | 5:19.1 | 7315 |
| | Rigoberto Salazar | Cuba | 11.0 | 6.95 | 12.04 | 1.90 | 51.9 | 15.5 | 39.75 | 3.60 | 61.40 | 5:07.2 | 7035 |
| | Celso Aragón | Colombia | | | | | | | | | | | 6841 |
| 4 | Ramón Montezuma | Venezuela | | | | | | | | | | | 6106 |

## Women's results
### 100 meters

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.4 | CR |
| | Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 11.6 | |
| | Laura Pierre | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.9 | |
| 4 | Debbie Jones | Bermuda | 12.0 | |
| 5 | Elsa Antúnez | Venezuela | 12.1 | |
| 6 | Marcia Trotman | Barbados | 12.1 | |

### 200 meters

July 27 Wind: +2.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 23.5 |
| | Asunción Acosta | Cuba | 23.9 |
| | Ruth Williams | Jamaica | 23.9 |
| 4 | Lorna Forde | Barbados | 24.1 |
| 5 | Debbie Jones | Bermuda | 24.7 |
| 6 | Elsa Antúnez | Venezuela | 24.9 |

### 400 meters

July 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 53.5 | =CR |
| | Asunción Acosta | Cuba | 53.7 | |
| | Lorna Forde | Barbados | 54.9 | |
| 4 | Ruth Alexander | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.7 | |
| 5 | Zeneida de la Cruz | Dominican Republic | 56.4 | |
| 6 | Barbara Bishop | Barbados | 57.7 | |

### 800 meters

July 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Charlotte Bradley | Mexico | 2:05.8 | CR |
| | Zeneida de la Cruz | Dominican Republic | 2:06.9 | |
| | Enriqueta Nava | Mexico | 2:07.7 | |
| 4 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 2:09.1 | |
| 5 | Carmen Trustée | Cuba | 2:16.1 | |

### 1500 meters

July 29
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Enriqueta Nava | Mexico | 4:26.3 | CR |
| | Charlotte Bradley | Mexico | 4:35.1 | |
| | Melquises Fonseca | Cuba | 4:37.3 | |
| 4 | Zeneida de la Cruz | Dominican Republic | 4:40.3 | |

### 100 meters hurdles

July 28
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Marlene Elejalde | Cuba | 13.9 |
| | Andrea Bruce | Jamaica | 14.4 |
| | Mercedes Román | Mexico | 14.4 |
| 4 | Lourdes Jones | Cuba | 14.4 |

### 200 meters hurdles

July 27
| Name | Nationality | Time |
| Marlene Elejalde | Cuba | 28.0w |
| Raquel Martínez | Cuba | 29.1w |
| Alix Castillo | Venezuela | 30.7w |

### 4 × 100 meters relay

July 29
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| | Cuba | Marlene Elejalde, Carmen Valdés, Fulgencia Romay, Silvia Chivás | 45.9 |
| | Jamaica | Andrea Bruce, Yvonne White, Regina Montague, Poretay Scott | 48.4 |
| | Netherlands Antilles | Shareen Ruimveld, Grace Lynch, Maurina Maduro, Edwina Leonara | 48.6 |
| 4 | Venezuela | | 49.3 |
| 5 | Barbados | | 49.4 |

### 4 × 400 meters relay

July 29
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| | Cuba | Aurelia Pentón, Ela Cabrejas, Asunción Acosta, Carmen Trustée | 3:42.1 |
| | Barbados | Barbara Bishop, Lorna Forde, Heather Gooding, Marcia Trotman | 3:51.0 |
| | Mexico | Mercedes Román, Charlotte Bradley, Enriqueta Nava, Guadaloupe Vizcaya | 3:56.9 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | | 3:58.9 |
| 5 | Venezuela | | 4:05.9 |

### High jump

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Andrea Bruce | Jamaica | 1.71 |
| | Marima Rodríguez | Cuba | 1.69 |
| | Angela Carbonell | Cuba | 1.67 |
| 4 | Marlene Bascombe | Barbados | 1.55 |

### Long jump

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Marcia Garbey | Cuba | 6.04 |
| | Ana Alexander | Cuba | 6.02 |
| | Ana Maquilón | Colombia | 5.46 |
| 4 | P. Brewster | Barbados | 5.24 |
| 5 | V. Rincón | Venezuela | 5.12 |

### Shot put

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Hilda Ramírez | Cuba | 14.28 | CR |
| | Celeste Kindelán | Cuba | 14.02 | |
| | Patricia Andrus | Venezuela | 12.88 | |
| 4 | Dora Vásquez | Colombia | 12.60 | |

### Discus throw

| Name | Nationality | Result |
| Carmen Romero | Cuba | 52.46 |
| María Cristina Betancourt | Cuba | 47.92 |
| Patricia Andrus | Venezuela | 39.88 |

### Javelin throw

July 27
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Tomasa Núñez | Cuba | 51.62 |
| | Milagros Bayard | Cuba | 47.04 |
| | Gladys González | Venezuela | 45.52 |
| 4 | A. Baldo | Mexico | 42.90 |
| 5 | Ivelisse Gómez | Dominican Republic | 39.44 |

### Pentathlon

July 27
| Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 200m | Points |
| Lucía Duquet | Cuba | 14.6 | 7.68 | 1.71 | 5.83 | 25.8 | 3807 |
| Mercedes Román | Mexico | | | | | | 3729 |
| Angela Carbonell | Cuba | | | | | | 3629 |