# Athletics at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

These are partial results of the athletics competition at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between 15 and 20 July 1978, at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, Colombia.

## Men's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.27 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Rafael Félix | Dominican Republic | 10.51 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.15 | Q, GR |
| 1 | 3 | Guy Abrahams | Panama | 10.19 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Ephraim Serrette | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.32 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Rickey Moxey | Bahamas | 10.35 | Q |
| 1 | 5 | Miguel Condé | Venezuela | 10.49 | Q |
| 2 | ? | Fabio García | Colombia | 10.52 | Q |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Guy Abrahams | Panama | 10.21 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.27 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gerardo Suero | Dominican Republic | 10.37 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.24 | Q |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.10 | GR |
| | 5 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.11 | |
| | 1 | Guy Abrahams | Panama | 10.20 | |
| 4 | 4 | Fabio García | Colombia | 10.43 | |
| 5 | 6 | Ephraim Serrette | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.48 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gerardo Suero | Dominican Republic | 10.49 | |

### 200 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | ? | Anthony Husbands | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.86 | Q |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 20.49 | GR |
| | 6 | Anthony Husbands | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.00 | |
| | 1 | Guy Abrahams | Panama | 21.15 | |
| 4 | 5 | Rafael Félix | Dominican Republic | 21.22 | |
| 5 | 2 | Clyde Edwards | Barbados | 21.23 | |
| 6 | 3 | Fabio García | Colombia | 21.44 | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Seymour Newman | Jamaica | 46.59 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Michael Paul | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.29 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Joseph Coombs | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.85 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 46.96 | Q |
| ? | ? | Gerold Pawirodikromo | Suriname | 47.09 | Q, NR |
| 3 | ? | Gabriel Lopera | Colombia | 47.66 | Q |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | 2 | Gabriel Lopera | Colombia | 48.73 | |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 44.27 | GR |
| | 2 | Joseph Coombs | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.41 | |
| | 3 | Seymour Newman | Jamaica | 46.11 | |
| 4 | 1 | Clyde Edwards | Barbados | 46.14 | |
| 5 | 6 | Michael Paul | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.62 | |
| 6 | 5 | Carlos Álvarez | Cuba | 46.72 | |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Osmán Escobar | Venezuela | 1:53.23 | Q |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 1 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 1:47.23 | GR |
| | 3 | Gerold Pawirodikromo | Suriname | 1:47.46 | NR |
| | 4 | Leandro Civil | Cuba | 1:47.66 | |
| 4 | 6 | Seymour Newman | Jamaica | 1:47.69 | |
| 5 | 5 | Eduardo Castro | Mexico | 1:48.58 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gabriel Lopera | Colombia | 1:49.33 | NR |

### 1500 metres

16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Luis Medina | Cuba | 3:44.47 |
| | Eduardo Castro | Mexico | 3:45.14 |
| | Osmán Escobar | Venezuela | 3:45.89 |
| 4 | Modesto Comprés | Dominican Republic | 3:49.43 |
| 5 | Jorge Ortíz | Puerto Rico | 3:52.03 |
| 6 | Hugo Villegas | Colombia | 3:53.22 |
| 7 | Carlos Báez | Puerto Rico | 3:56.49 |
| 8 | Gabriel Giraldo | Colombia | 4:00.93 |
| 9 | Ignacio Melesio | Mexico | 4:01.86 |

### 5000 metres

17 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Rodolfo Gómez | Mexico | 13:55.08 |
| | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 13:56.88 |
| | José Gómez | Mexico | 14:27.33 |
| 4 | Gabriel Giraldo | Colombia | 14:33.10 |
| 5 | Jaime Vélez | Puerto Rico | 14:34.29 |
| 6 | Lucirio Garrido | Venezuela | 14:41.52 |
| 7 | Víctor Gil | Venezuela | 14:41.78 |
| 8 | Virgilio Herrera | Guatemala | 15:07.34 |
| 9 | Teodoro Zalaya | Nicaragua | 17:31.93 |

### 10,000 metres

15 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Rodolfo Gómez | Mexico | 29:34.64 | GR |
| | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 29:38.66 | |
| | Luis Hernández | Mexico | 30:23.84 | |
| 4 | Jaime Villate | Colombia | 30:49.36 | |
| 5 | Virgilio Herrera | Guatemala | 31:20.08 | |
| 6 | Aldo Allen | Cuba | 31:37.07 | |
| | Radamés González | Cuba | DNF | |

### Marathon

20 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Radamés Vega | Puerto Rico | 2:22:34 | GR |
| | Mario Cuevas | Mexico | 2:23:07 | |
| | José Granajo | Guatemala | 2:26:04 | |
| 4 | Radamés González | Cuba | 2:27:42 | |
| 5 | Víctor Rodríguez | Colombia | 2:32:23 | |
| 6 | Héctor Rodríguez | Colombia | 2:33:13 | |
| 7 | Eduardo Vera | Puerto Rico | 2:40:49 | |
| 8 | Javier Cuadro | Nicaragua | 2:42:45 | |

### 110 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Alejandro Casañas | Cuba | 13.72 | Q |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Alejandro Casañas | Cuba | 13.67 | GR |
| | 3 | Mariano Reyes | Dominican Republic | 14.68 | |
| | 6 | Karl Smith | Jamaica | 14.71 | |
| 4 | 5 | José Santiago | Puerto Rico | 15.02 | |
| 5 | 2 | Carlos Cuervo | Colombia | 15.49 | |
| | 1 | Julio Ferrer | Puerto Rico | DNF | |

### 400 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Clive Barriffe | Jamaica | 50.38 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 1 | Frank Montiéh | Cuba | 51.90 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Julio Ferrer | Puerto Rico | 52.94 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Alexis Misignak | Cuba | 51.04 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | José Santiago | Puerto Rico | 52.22 | Q |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | Clive Barriffe | Jamaica | 50.16 | GR |
| | 5 | Julio Ferrer | Puerto Rico | 50.86 | |
| | 3 | Alexis Misignak | Cuba | 50.97 | |
| 4 | 1 | Frank Montiéh | Cuba | 51.00 | |
| 5 | 6 | José Santiago | Puerto Rico | 51.54 | |

### 3000 metres steeplechase

20 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | José Cobo | Cuba | 8:46.39 | GR |
| | Carlos Martínez | Mexico | 8:52.13 | |
| | Jaime Villate | Colombia | 8:56.29 | |
| 4 | Rafael Baracaldo | Colombia | 9:02.93 | |
| 5 | Jorge Pitayo | Mexico | 9:07.87 | |
| 6 | Modesto Comprés | Dominican Republic | 9:07.96 | |
| 7 | Lucirio Garrido | Venezuela | 9:16.36 | |
| 8 | Víctor Gil | Venezuela | 9:24.19 | |
| 9 | Enrique Guevara | Costa Rica | 9:39.35 | |
| 10 | Carlos Báez | Puerto Rico | 9:41.28 | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

20 July
| Rank | Lane | Team | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | Eldwin Noel, Hasely Crawford, Anthony Husbands, Ephraim Serrette | 39.13 | GR |
| | 3 | Cuba | Juan Saborit, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, Osvaldo Lara | 39.44 | |
| | 6 | Dominican Republic | Juan Contreras, Gregorio García, Enrique Almarante, Rafael Félix | 39.62 | |
| 4 | 5 | Jamaica | Errol Quarrie, Floyd Brown, Oliver Heywood, Ray Mahoney | 39.91 | |
| 5 | 2 | Colombia | Mina Arquimedes, Edgar Biojo, William Moreno, Fabio García | 40.53 | |
| 6 | 1 | Netherlands Antilles | Lionel Rafaela, Magno Koeiman, Edsel Trompet, Siegfried Regales | 41.35 | |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

20 July
| Rank | Lane | Team | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Jamaica | Clive Barriffe, Oliver Heywood, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron | 3:03.76 | GR |
| | 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | Anthony Myers, Michael Paul, Mike Solomon, Joseph Coombs | 3:05.01 | |
| | 6 | Cuba | Alexis Misignak, Ernesto Vinent, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena | 3:05.57 | |
| 4 | 2 | Dominican Republic | Francisco Manrique, Alejandro Ricón, José Pimentel, Enrique Almarante | 3:07.93 | |
| 5 | 1 | Venezuela | Hipólito Brown, Alexis Herrera, Moisés Zambrano, Edison Reyes | 3:08.51 | |
| 6 | 5 | Bahamas | Michael Ambrister, Steve Hanna, Rickey Moxey, Chris Clarke | 3:12.92 | |

### 20 kilometres walk

16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Daniel Bautista | Mexico | 1:29:10 | GR |
| | Raúl González | Mexico | 1:31:58 | |
| | Jorge Quiñones | Colombia | 1:39:31 | |
| 4 | Ernesto Alfaro | Colombia | 1:41:45 | |
| 5 | Alexis López | Costa Rica | 1:41:50 | |
| 6 | Edgar López | Costa Rica | 1:41:50 | |
| 7 | Henry Klein | United States Virgin Islands | 1:46:14 | |
| 8 | César Argüello | Nicaragua | 1:46:49 | |
| 9 | Wilmer Santiago | Puerto Rico | 1:47:46 | |
| 10 | David Félix | Puerto Rico | 1:52:00 | |
| 11 | Ángel Novoa | Nicaragua | 2:01:51 | |

### High jump

15 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.15 | Result | Notes |
| | Richard Spencer | Cuba | – | o | – | o | – | o | xxx | 2.12 | GR |
| | Rodolfo Madrigal | Costa Rica | – | o | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.12 | =GR |
| | Jamil Justiniano | Puerto Rico | xo | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | 2.09 | |
| 4 | Cristóbal De León | Dominican Republic | – | x– | o | o | xxx | | | 2.06 | |
| 5 | Hermes Cabal | Colombia | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.06 | |
| 6 | Gabriel Díaz | Cuba | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.03 | |
| 7 | Javier Vivo | Mexico | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.03 | |
| 8 | Manuel Gómez | Dominican Republic | – | o | – | xxx | | | | 2.00 | |
| 8 | Carlos Acosta | Puerto Rico | – | o | – | xxx | | | | 2.00 | |
| 10 | Laird McLean | Trinidad and Tobago | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.00 | |

### Pole vault

19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.85 | 5.00 | 5.10 | Result | Notes |
| | Augusto Perdomo | Cuba | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxo | xr | 5.00 | GR |
| | Elberto Pratt | Mexico | – | xo | o | o | o | xxx | | | 4.80 | |
| | Rubén Camino | Cuba | – | – | o | xo | o | – | xxx | | 4.80 | |
| 4 | Edgardo Rivera | Puerto Rico | – | – | o | xo | – | xxx | | | 4.70 | |
| 5 | Luis Mascorro | Mexico | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 4.60 | |
| | Ramón Zequeira | Puerto Rico | – | – | xxx | | | | | | NM | |

### Long jump

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | David Giralt | Cuba | 7.82 | – | – | – | x | x | 7.82 | GR |
| | Milán Matos | Cuba | 7.34 | 7.77 | 7.14 | 7.55 | 7.53 | x | 7.77 | |
| | Ron Chambers | Jamaica | 7.47 | 7.77 | 7.07 | 7.46 | x | 7.35 | 7.77 | |
| 4 | Steve Hanna | Bahamas | x | x | 7.45 | x | 7.72 | x | 7.72 | |
| 5 | Wilfredo Almonte | Dominican Republic | x | 6.55 | 7.00 | x | 7.65 | 5.43 | 7.65 | |
| 6 | Salomón Rowe | Guatemala | 7.61 | x | 7.26 | x | 7.58 | 7.44 | 7.61 | |
| 7 | Edsel Trompet | Netherlands Antilles | 7.12 | x | 7.28 | 7.22 | 7.41 | 6.83 | 7.41 | |
| 8 | Rasfael Rosario | Dominican Republic | 6.95 | 6.90 | 6.60 | 6.81 | 6.86 | x | 6.95 | |
| 9 | Ray Quiñones | Puerto Rico | x | x | 6.85 | | | | 6.85 | |
| 10 | Carlos Acosta | Puerto Rico | x | 6.78 | – | | | | 6.78 | |
| 11 | Peter Pratt | Bahamas | x | x | 6.62 | | | | 6.62 | |
| | Joel Boetitus | Suriname | x | – | – | | | | NM | |

### Triple jump

20 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Steve Hanna | Bahamas | 15.57 | 15.88 | 16.14 | 16.21 | 16.39 | 16.60 | 16.60 | GR |
| | Juan Velázquez | Cuba | 15.31 | 16.43 | x | 15.87 | 15.99 | 16.20 | 16.43 | |
| | Alejandro Herrera | Cuba | 15.66 | 15.78 | 15.83 | 15.95 | 16.10 | 14.59 | 16.10 | |
| 4 | Edgar Moreno | Venezuela | x | 15.22 | 15.41 | x | x | 15.74 | 15.74 | |
| 5 | Ronald Chambers | Jamaica | 15.42 | x | 15.35 | x | x | x | 15.42 | |
| 6 | Wilfredo Almonte | Dominican Republic | 14.98 | 14.80 | 15.25 | x | x | x | 15.25 | |
| 7 | Henry Inniss | Barbados | x | x | 15.07 | 14.81 | x | x | 15.07 | |
| 8 | Salomón Rowe | Guatemala | x | x | 14.91 | x | 14.65 | x | 14.91 | |
| 9 | Leighton Linton | Jamaica | 14.47 | 14.79 | 14.64 | | | | 14.79 | |
| 10 | Peter Pratt | Bahamas | x | 13.88 | 14.51 | | | | 14.51 | |
| | Ray Quiñones | Puerto Rico | | | | | | | DNS | |

### Shot put

16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Humberto Calvario | Cuba | 16.61 | 16.42 | 17.51 | 16.91 | 16.93 | 17.16 | 17.51 | GR |
| | Nicolás Hernández | Cuba | 17.07 | x | 17.36 | x | x | 16.79 | 17.36 | |
| | Jesús Ramos | Venezuela | 16.25 | 16.83 | 16.03 | x | 16.17 | x | 16.83 | |
| 4 | José Carreño | Venezuela | x | 15.87 | x | 16.13 | 15.77 | 16.42 | 16.42 | |
| 5 | Pedro Serrano | Puerto Rico | 15.56 | x | 15.89 | 15.77 | 15.20 | 16.10 | 16.10 | |
| 6 | Hubert Maingot | Trinidad and Tobago | x | x | 15.14 | 14.78 | x | 16.00 | 16.00 | |
| 6 | Modesto Barreto | Colombia | 14.63 | 15.69 | x | 14.47 | x | 14.84 | 15.69 | |
| 7 | Bradley Cooper | Bahamas | 14.76 | x | x | x | 14.10 | 15.32 | 15.32 | |
| 8 | Iván Turcios | Nicaragua | 14.43 | 14.36 | x | x | – | – | 14.43 | |
| 9 | Wilfredo Burgos | Suriname | 13.73 | 14.24 | 13.75 | | | | 14.24 | |

### Discus throw

16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Luis Delís | Cuba | 56.94 | 51.66 | 58.62 | 57.72 | 56.50 | 56.72 | 58.62 | GR |
| | Julián Morrinson | Cuba | 54.92 | x | x | 58.56 | x | 57.38 | 58.56 | |
| | Bradley Cooper | Bahamas | 52.26 | 54.24 | 42.24 | 53.64 | 46.02 | 50.56 | 54.24 | |
| 4 | Modesto Barreto | Colombia | 50.50 | x | 49.48 | x | x | 49.04 | 50.50 | |
| 5 | Luis Palacios | Venezuela | x | 44.68 | 46.74 | 41.96 | x | 46.56 | 46.74 | |
| 6 | Desiderio Lebrón | Dominican Republic | x | x | 42.26 | x | 44.62 | 46.72 | 46.72 | |
| 7 | Iván Turcios | Nicaragua | 42.40 | 43.76 | 41.98 | 43.06 | 43.22 | 40.92 | 43.76 | |
| 8 | Wilfredo Burgos | Suriname | 41.98 | 39.02 | 37.56 | 37.70 | 41.26 | 37.78 | 41.98 | |

### Hammer throw

19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Armando Orozco | Cuba | 69.86 | x | 64.12 | 68.00 | 69.74 | x | 69.86 | GR |
| | Genovevo Morejón | Cuba | 66.66 | 68.00 | 67.58 | 68.02 | 67.46 | 69.14 | 69.14 | |
| | Luis Martínez | Puerto Rico | 56.22 | 48.98 | 55.92 | 54.60 | 54.84 | 53.68 | 56.22 | |
| 4 | Andrés Polemil | Dominican Republic | 52.20 | x | 49.34 | 49.68 | x | x | 52.20 | |
| 5 | Orlando Ortega | Nicaragua | x | x | 46.94 | x | 45.04 | 46.50 | 46.94 | |

### Javelin throw

20 July – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Antonio González | Cuba | 70.92 | 73.84 | 73.78 | x | 78.74 | x | 78.74 | GR |
| | Amado Morales | Puerto Rico | 70.54 | 69.90 | x | 64.84 | 70.08 | 57.74 | 70.54 | |
| | Reinaldo Patterson | Cuba | x | 60.46 | x | x | 63.64 | x | 63.64 | |
| 4 | Hugo Downes | Barbados | 62.74 | 62.68 | 63.60 | 62.70 | 62.68 | 59.26 | 63.60 | |
| 5 | Godfrey Hinds | Barbados | x | 55.52 | 54.70 | 60.10 | 62.16 | x | 62.16 | |
| 6 | Paul Tujeechut | Netherlands Antilles | 55.12 | 51.48 | 57.40 | x | 56.92 | 55.90 | 57.40 | |
| 7 | Juan Cortés | Nicaragua | 53.18 | 53.86 | 53.30 | 48.56 | x | x | 53.86 | |
| | Rudy Aguillar | El Salvador | | | | | | | DNS | |
| | Doel Bonilla | Puerto Rico | | | | | | | DNS | |

### Decathlon

16–17 July
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
| | Rigoberto Salazar | Cuba | 11.02 | 7.37 | 15.14 | 1.95 | 50.81 | 14.91 | 42.32 | 3.80 | 62.48 | 5:26.41 | 7485 | GR |
| | Miguel Subarnaba | Cuba | 10.90 | 6.58 | 13.88 | 1.95 | 51.48 | 16.57 | 38.76 | 4.00 | 54.26 | 5:28.76 | 6953 | |
| | José Montezuma | Venezuela | 11.43 | 6.47 | 12.00 | 1.85 | 49.78 | 16.09 | 43.44 | 3.60 | 53.66 | 4:57.80 | 6842 | |
| 4 | Doel Bonilla | Puerto Rico | 11.42 | 6.49 | 12.51 | 1.80 | 53.44 | 16.16 | 35.86 | 3.80 | 58.30 | 5:20.01 | 6529 | |
| 5 | Juan Ríos | Venezuela | 11.08 | 6.15 | 11.70 | 1.75 | 50.33 | 16.43 | NM | 4.20 | 50.44 | 4:56.69 | 6060 | |
| | Rudy Aguillar | El Salvador | 11.84 | 6.24 | 11.32 | 1.75 | 57.25 | DNS | – | – | – | – | DNF | |
| | Roberto McFarlane | Costa Rica | 11.11 | 6.46 | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNF | |

## Women's results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Leleith Hodges | Jamaica | 11.43 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Janice Bernard | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.66 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Isabel Taylor | Cuba | 11.35 | Q, GR |
| 1 | 3 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.17 | Q, GR |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | ? | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.14 | Q, GR |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 1 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.47 |
| | 3 | Leleith Hodges | Jamaica | 11.63 |
| | 6 | Isabel Taylor | Cuba | 11.74 |
| 4 | 5 | Janice Bernard | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.94 |
| 5 | 2 | June Caddle | Barbados | 12.19 |

### 200 metres

Final – 18 July
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 23.01 | GR |
| | 2 | Janice Bernard | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.01 | |
| | 4 | Maureen Gottshalk | Jamaica | 24.42 | |
| 4 | 3 | Martha Meléndez | Colombia | 24.63 | |
| 5 | 1 | Darcey Bryan | Costa Rica | 24.92 | |
| | 5 | Asunción Acosta | Cuba | ? | |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 52.99 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Helen Blake | Jamaica | 53.20 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Beatriz Castillo | Cuba | 54.26 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ruth Simpson | Jamaica | 55.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Vilma Paris | Puerto Rico | 55.86 | Q |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 1 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 50.56 | GR |
| | 2 | Beatriz Castillo | Cuba | 51.27 | |
| | 6 | Helen Blake | Jamaica | 53.40 | |
| 4 | 5 | Vilma Paris | Puerto Rico | 55.20 | |
| 5 | 4 | Ruth Simpson | Jamaica | 55.22 | |
| 6 | 3 | Raquel Downs | Nicaragua | 56.60 | |

### 800 metres

Final – 18 July
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Aurelia Pentón | Cuba | 2:01.38 | GR |
| | 5 | Charlotte Bradley | Mexico | 2:03.58 | |
| | 1 | Nery McKeen | Cuba | 2:04.48 | |
| 4 | 2 | Helen Blake | Jamaica | 2:09.37 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ileana Hocking | Puerto Rico | 2:09.65 | |
| 6 | 6 | Adriana Marchena | Venezuela | 2:12.51 | |

### 1500 metres

18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Charlotte Bradley | Mexico | 4:30.78 | GR |
| | Ileana Hocking | Puerto Rico | 4:35.88 | |
| | Susana Herrera | Mexico | 4:39.62 | |
| 4 | Melquises Fonseca | Cuba | 4:43.75 | |
| 5 | Yamile Medina | Colombia | 4:45.02 | |
| 6 | Thelma Zúñiga | Costa Rica | 4:45.52 | |
| 7 | Leonor Suárez | Colombia | 4:56.20 | |
| 8 | Violeta Larrauri | Dominican Republic | 5:13.56 | |
| 9 | Norma Franco | El Salvador | NT | |
| 10 | Angelita Lind | Puerto Rico | NT | |
| 11 | Herminia García | Dominican Republic | NT | |

### 100 metres hurdles

Final – 18 July
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Grisel Machado | Cuba | 13.31 | GR |
| | 6 | Marisela Peralta | Dominican Republic | 14.23 | |
| | 1 | Carmen Zamora | Cuba | 14.29 | |
| 4 | 2 | Vilma Paris | Puerto Rico | 14.34 | |
| 5 | 4 | June Caddle | Barbados | 14.50 | |
| | 5 | Doreen Small | Jamaica | ? | |

### 4 × 100 metres relay

20 July
| Rank | Lane | Team | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 1 | Cuba | Grisel Machado, Silvia Chivás, Carmen Valdés, Isabel Taylor | 44.37 | GR |
| | 4 | Jamaica | Leleith Hodges, Dorothy Scott, Maureen Gottschalk, Jacqueline Pusey | 44.41 | |
| | 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | Rebeca Roberts, Joane Gardner, Janice Bernard, Esther Hope | 45.13 | |
| 4 | 2 | Dominican Republic | Felicia Candelario, Miriam Sánchez, Divina Estrella, Teresa Almanzar | 46.30 | |
| | 3 | Costa Rica | Darcey Bryan, Ana Baylis, Aracelly Arias, Lorelly Trejos | DQ | FS |

### 4 × 400 metres relay

20 July
| Rank | Lane | Team | Name | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Cuba | Ana Guibert, Ana Fidelia Quirot, Beatriz Castillo, Aurelia Pentón | 3:31.34 | GR |
| | 1 | Jamaica | Ruth Simpson, Norma Lee, Maureen Gottschalk, Helen Blake | 3:41.69 | |
| | 2 | Puerto Rico | Angelita Lind, Ileana Hocking, Madeline de Jesús, Vilma Paris | 3:46.58 | |
| 4 | 3 | Dominican Republic | Divina Estrella, Belkis Mañón, Felicia Candelario, Ana Hostesse | 3:53.37 | |

### High jump

16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.50 | 1.55 | 1.60 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.75 | 1.80 | Result | Notes |
| | Ángela Carbonell | Cuba | – | – | – | – | o | o | xxx | 1.75 | GR |
| | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.70 | |
| | Elisa Ávila | Mexico | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.65 | |
| 4 | Lucía Duquet | Cuba | – | o | xo | o | xxx | | | 1.65 | |
| 5 | Ana Hidalgo | Puerto Rico | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 1.60 | |

### Long jump

16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| | Shonel Ferguson | Bahamas | x | 5.84 | 6.16 | 6.41 | x | x | 6.41 |
| | Ana Alexander | Cuba | 5.86 | 5.96 | 6.25 | 5.96 | 6.12 | 6.25 | 6.25 |
| | Eloína Echevarría | Cuba | x | 6.12 | x | x | 5.92 | 6.08 | 6.12 |
| 4 | Yolanda Romero | Mexico | 5.31 | 5.47 | 5.55 | 5.77 | 5.64 | 5.62 | 5.77 |
| 5 | Sharol Henry | Jamaica | x | x | 5.76 | 3.03 | 5.45 | 5.74 | 5.76 |
| 6 | Madeline de Jesús | Puerto Rico | 5.49 | 5.70 | 5.68 | 5.74 | 5.54 | x | 5.74 |
| 7 | Laura Vásquez | Mexico | x | 5.46 | 5.67 | x | 5.57 | x | 5.67 |
| 8 | Jennifer Swanston | Barbados | 5.44 | 5.54 | 5.44 | 5.52 | 5.51 | 5.46 | 5.54 |

### Shot put

19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Hilda Ramírez | Cuba | 17.00 | 16.91 | x | x | 16.36 | 16.64 | 17.00 | GR |
| | Marcelina Rodríguez | Cuba | x | 14.84 | 14.97 | x | 14.95 | 14.95 | 14.97 | |
| | Vicky López | Puerto Rico | 12.66 | 13.40 | 12.92 | 12.90 | 13.42 | 13.02 | 13.42 | |
| 4 | Patricia Andrews | Venezuela | 11.96 | 12.93 | 13.15 | 13.18 | 13.22 | 12.97 | 13.22 | |
| 5 | Magdalena Gómez | Colombia | x | 13.11 | 12.88 | 13.18 | 12.71 | 13.05 | 13.18 | |
| 6 | Lynette Antoinne | Bahamas | x | 13.08 | 13.04 | 12.91 | x | 12.70 | 13.08 | |
| 7 | Orlanda Lynch | Suriname | 11.04 | 11.17 | 11.04 | 11.62 | 11.34 | 12.02 | 12.02 | |
| | Ibelisse Echeverry | Puerto Rico | | | | | | | DNS | |

### Discus throw

15 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Carmen Romero | Cuba | x | 57.94 | x | 60.54 | x | x | 60.54 | GR |
| | María Cristina Betancourt | Cuba | x | 55.84 | 56.84 | 57.58 | x | x | 57.58 | |
| | Selene Saldarriaga | Colombia | x | 41.28 | 39.50 | 40.10 | x | x | 41.28 | |
| 4 | Beryl Bethel | Bahamas | x | 35.85 | 38.08 | 33.58 | 39.88 | 38.58 | 39.88 | |
| 5 | Elena Cajigas | Puerto Rico | 37.04 | 36.98 | 37.78 | 38.40 | x | 38.94 | 38.94 | |
| 6 | Orlanda Lynch | Suriname | 35.64 | 34.76 | 35.06 | 36.00 | x | x | 36.00 | |
| | Lynette Antoinne | Bahamas | | | | | | | DNS | |
| | Patricia Andrews | Venezuela | | | | | | | DNS | |

### Javelin throw

20 July – Old model
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | María Caridad Colón | Cuba | 59.22 | 63.40 | 57.80 | 61.40 | 60.04 | 53.94 | 63.40 | GR |
| | María Beltrán | Cuba | x | 53.54 | 48.34 | 52.04 | 54.86 | x | 54.86 | |
| | Guadalupe López | Mexico | 49.80 | 47.12 | 46.40 | 49.52 | 47.74 | x | 49.80 | |
| 4 | María López | Puerto Rico | 43.76 | 47.32 | x | x | 43.76 | x | 47.32 | |
| 5 | Diana Rodríguez | Puerto Rico | 44.96 | x | 42.08 | x | 46.48 | 46.44 | 46.48 | |
| 6 | Ivelisse Gómez | Dominican Republic | 40.58 | x | 43.12 | 40.38 | x | 39.72 | 43.12 | |
| 7 | Marta Velásquez | Nicaragua | 34.30 | 35.54 | 33.54 | 36.52 | x | x | 36.52 | |
| 8 | Beryl Bethel | Bahamas | 31.28 | 36.10 | x | x | x | 36.36 | 36.36 | |

### Pentathlon

19–20 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 100m H | SP | HJ | LJ | 800m | Points |
| | Elida Aveillé | Cuba | 15.04 | 11.49 | 1.60 | 5.47 | 2:38.46 | 3636 |
| | Alix Castillo | Venezuela | 14.98 | 10.18 | 1.55 | 5.45 | 2:26.49 | 3625 |
| | Laura Vázquez | Mexico | 14.60 | 8.32 | 1.55 | 5.36 | 2:27.09 | 3511 |
| 4 | Jennifer Swanston | Barbados | 14.54 | 10.15 | 1.55 | 5.61 | 2:34.10 | 3422 |
| 5 | Marisela Peralta | Dominican Republic | 14.37 | 10.54 | 1.60 | 5.08 | 2:54.13 | 3419 |
| | Lucía Duquet | Cuba | 17.12 | 11.44 | 1.66 | 5.05 | DNS | DNF |