The athletics competition in the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City, Mexico between 7 and 12 March.
It was the first time that men's 3000 metres steeplechase was contested at the Games.
Medal summary
Men's events 100 metresRafael Fortún 10.58ALes Laing 10.66ARaúl Mazorra 10.80A200 metresLes Laing 21.66AJaime Aparicio 21.84AMartin Francis 21.90A400 metresAngel García 48.02AGeorge Rhoden 48.19AOvidio de Jesús 48.27A800 metresFrank Prince 1:54.47A George Rhoden 1:55.00AEric Waldrom 1:57.74A1500 metresFrank Prince 4:16.65AHeliodoro Martínez 4:16.81AFilemón Camacho 4:17.71A5000 metresDoroteo Flores 15:57.30AEligio Galicia 16:04.52AFrancisco Hernández 16:07.04A10,000 metresCruz Serrano 32:59.63A Doroteo Flores 33:52.80AFrancisco Hernández 34:00.19AHalf marathonDoroteo Flores 1:15:20AGustavo Ramírez 1:19:00AGuillermo Rojas 1:19:01A110 metres hurdlesSamuel Anderson 14.3A Keith Gardner 14.5ATeófilo Davis Bell 15.2A400 metres hurdlesJaime Aparicio 53.35A Juan Leiva 53.98AAmadeo Francis 54.28A3000 metre steeplechaseEligio Galicia 10:22.38A Víctorio Solares 10:51.49AJosé Grenados 11:00.80A 4 × 100 m relay Byron LaBeachGeorge Rhoden Keith Gardner Leslie Laing 41.06A(40.9) Israel MestreRaúl MazorraManuel PeñalverRafael Fortún 41.56A(41.3) Javier de la TorreJosé Manuel AbascalJavier SouzaSergio Higuera 42.04A(41.9) 4 × 400 m relay Leslie LaingByron LaBeachKeith GardnerGeorge Rhoden 3:12.25A(3:12.0) Amadeo FrancisIsmael DelgadoFrank RiveraOvidio de Jesús 3:17.70A(3:17.4) Ángel García Evelio Planas Armando Vázquez Emilio Pestana 3:17.83A(3:17.7)High jumpRoberto López 1.87AGaspar Vigo 1.87AManuel Gómez 1.85APole vaultJosé Barbosa 4.05AJorge Aguilera 3.90ABrígido Iriarte 3.90ALong jumpClaudio Cabrejas 7.46A Víctor Hernández 7.16AKeith Gardner 7.02ATriple jumpVíctor Hernández 14.86A Claudio Cabrejas 14.51AGilberto Rondón 14.18AShot putRamón Rosario 14.46A Eduardo Adriana 14.45ARafael Trompiz 14.38ADiscus throwMauricio Rodríguez 40.14AAlfonso Cruz 39.00AHeriberto Alonso 38.87AHammer throwLuis Betancourt 46.96A Jaime Annexy 46.82AEnrique Lagoyete 45.19AJavelin throwReinaldo Oliver 67.71A Carlos Fajer 61.79AGuillermo Pasalacqua 54.97APentathlonBrígido Iriarte 2748AHéctor Román 2597AReinaldo Oliver 2494A
Women's events 100 metresCarlota Gooden 12.32AHyacinth Walters 12.34ABertha Díaz 12.52A80 metres hurdlesAmalia Yubi 12.3AKathleen Russell 12.5AGloria Tait 13.0A 4 × 100 m relay Dolores Worrell María Bell Gloria Tait Carlota Gooden 47.49A(47.3) Kathleen Russell Kathleen Robotham Cynthia Thompson Hyacinth Walters 48.34A(48.2) Nereida Borges Vilma Santos Belkis Rodríguez Berta Díaz 48.81A(48.7)High jumpKathleen Russell 1.50AKathleen Robotham 1.47ASheila Leyva 1.42ADiscus throwAlejandrina Herrera 37.18A Lili Schluter 36.04AConcepción Villanueva 35.51AJavelin throwAna Mercedes Campos 38.82A Berta Chiú 38.43AAmalia Yubi 37.45A
Medal table
Participating nations
(22) (36) (9) (17) (10) (55) (1) (14) (36) (7) (18)
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