The athletics competition in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Nacional in Panama City, Panama. It was the first time women's events were included.
Medal summary Men's events 100 metresJennings Blackett 10.4Jacinto Ortiz 10.4eEulalio Villodas 10.6e200 metresJacinto Ortiz 21.7Eulalio Villodas 21.8eArthur Jones 22.0e400 metresArturo Baker 49.7Adolfo Curiel Gilberto Castruita 800 metresArthur Wint 1:56.3Alfredo Mariscal 1:56.6ePedro Zúñiga 1:56.7e1500 metresGuy Grant 4:13.6Alfredo Cortés 4:13.8eMiguel Corona 5000 metresGuy Grant 17:55.1Jesús Borgonio Maríano Ramírez 10,000 metresAgustín Romero 34:15.1Guadalupe Martínez José López MarathonJosé Thompson 03:01:04Estanislao Galicia Hilario Hernández 110 metres hurdlesHoracio Quiñones 14.8Teófilo Colón 14.9eRoberto Sánchez 15.2e400 metres hurdlesEvelio Espinosa 55.8Salvador Torrós 55.9eArthur Wint 4 × 100 m relay Eulalio Villodas Eugenio Guerra Rubén Malavé Gaspar Vázquez 42.2 Teófilo Thomas Gilberto Campbell Jennings Blackett Carlos Belisario 42.7e Jacinto Ortiz José Acosta Norberto Verrier Hilario Sotolongo 42.8e 4 × 400 m relay Harold Scott Stanley Edgardo Wesley Chevans Arturo Baker 3:21.5 Adolfo Curiel Alfredo Mariscal Gilberto Castruita Enrique Sánchez 3:23.0e Armando Baluja Gerardo Casanova Luis Vázquez Evelio Espínola 3:24.5eHigh jumpJuan Luyanda 1.89Arturo Baker 1.87Juan Rafael Palmer 1.83Pole vaultRigoberto Pérez 3.74José Sabater 3.65Manuel Boyer 3.65Long jumpJuan Luyanda 6.75Juan Rafael Palmer 6.69Salvador Torrós 6.55Triple jumpJuan Rafael Palmer 13.86Juan Luyanda 13.76Orlando Bello 13.75Shot putAntulio Pietri 13.50Fernando Torres 13.30Ian Murphy 13.08Discus throwIan Murphy 42.42Heriberto Alonso 40.73Miguel Gutiérrez 40.47Hammer throwBernabé Sánchez 39.85Francisco González 38.18Ignacio Vázquez 37.45Javelin throwAntonio Figueroa 64.11Mario Salas 58.76Wilfredo Benítez 56.43PentathlonSalvador Torrós 3459Manuel Suárez 3158Juan Luyanda 3097
Women's events 100 metresNola Thorne 12.6Nilda Villaverde 12.6eAdela Montilla 12.7e80 metres hurdlesNola Thorne 13.3Aura Morales 13.6eNilda Villaverde 4 × 100 m relay Natalia Taivez Nola Thorne Adela Montilla Nilda Villaverde 51.3 Marta Velasco Carmen Ortega Zenaida Castro Olga Agüero Gertrude Messam Rhona Saunders Beryl Delgado Icis Clarke High jumpLilia Wilson 1.41Beryl Delgado 1.39Isabel Sullivan 1.32Discus throwRebecca Coldberg 27.81Esperanza Morales 24.89Irma Cornejo 23.89Javelin throwRebecca Coldberg 30.25Marina Soto 29.30Florinda Viamontes 28.16
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