The athletics competition in the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Olympic Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela between 7 and 12 January.
Medal summary
Men's events 100 metresManuel Rivera 10.87Horacio Esteves 10.91Lloyd Murad 10.92200 metresManuel Rivera 21.79Rafael Romero 21.92Lloyd Murad 22.40400 metresOvidio de Jesús 48.73Iván Rodríguez 48.93Evaristo Edie 49.98800 metresRalph Gomes 1:57.7Harvey Borrero 1:58.4Jorge Leal 1:58.81500 metresHarvey Borrero 4:04.37 , Alfredo Tinoco 4:06.00Ralph Gomes 4:08.165000 metresIsidro Segura 15:41.94 Guadalupe Jiménez 15:55.06Marciano Castillo 15:56.1010,000 metresJosafath Hernández 32:51.36 Isidro Segura 32:59.17Pedro Peralta 33:25.51Half marathonPedro Peralta 1:10:29 Pedro Alvarado 1:11:47Germán Lozano 1:13:40110 metres hurdlesTeófilo Davis Bell 15.39Teófilo Colón 15.95Víctor Maldonado 16.05400 metres hurdlesOvidio de Jesús 53.42Víctor Maldonado 54.18Oscar Fernández 55.513000 metre steeplechaseAlfredo Tinoco 10:50.8*Luciano Gómez 11:11.6*Hernando Ruiz 11:45.5* 4 × 100 metres relay Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad Horacio Esteves Rafael Romero 42.14 Miguel Rivera Rubén Díaz Ramón Vega Manuel Rivera 42.27 Luis Carter Humberto Brown Martín Francis Manuel Rivas 42.71 4 × 400 metres relay Frank Rivera Manuel Rivera Ovidio de Jesús Iván Rodríguez 3:16.91 Emilio Romero Davis Welch Guillermo Rocca Evaristo Edie 3:22.88 Rodolfo Ramírez Oscar Fernández Juan José Godínez Jorge Terán 3:24.46High jumpTeodoro Palacios 1.91Julio Llera 1.91Roberto Procel 1.89Pole vaultRolando Cruz 4.40 Rubén Cruz 3.96Miguel Rivera 3.79Long jumpDeryck Taylor 7.07Julio Llera 6.67Jesús Piña 6.60Triple jumpPedro Camacho 14.67Rumildo Cruz 14.38Julio Llera 14.32Shot putEduardo Adriana 14.59 Ramón Rosario 14.48Rafael Trompiz 14.00Discus throwDaniel Cereali 44.95 Mauricio Rodríguez 42.27Omar Fierro 42.16Hammer throwDaniel Cereali 51.17dh Rubén Dávila 46.86dhFrancisco Fragoso 46.75dhJavelin throwCarlos Fajer 62.36Santiago Durham 59.65Jesús Barbera 59.02PentathlonRodolfo Mijares 2723Héctor Román 2627Héctor Thomas 2540
Women's events 100 metresJean Holmes 13.04Yolanda Vinocourt 13.31María Treviño 13.3380 metres hurdlesGuillermina Peña 12.87Benilde Ascanio 12.92Silvia Hunte 13.43 4 × 100 metres relay Marcela Daniel Lorraine Dunn Silvia Hunte Jean Holmes 50.51(50.5) Guillermina Peña Raquel Trujillo María Teresa Treviño Yolanda Vincourt 51.81(51.7) Benilde Ascanio Alvia Ford Biserka de Vanich Morella Ettedgui 53.26(53.2)High jumpBenilde Ascanio 1.43Margarita Kabsch 1.40Silvia Hunte 1.40Discus throwLili Schluter 40.79 Ivonne Rojano 37.19Nerva Matheus 31.04Javelin throwBerta Chiú 35.21Raquel Trujillo 35.14Mercedes García 34.75
Medal table
Participating nations
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