The athletics competition in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

It was the last time that three athletes from one country were allowed to compete in an individual event making a clean sweep of medals possible.

Medal summary

Men's events 100 metresSilvio Leonard 10.49José Triana 10.67Pablo Montes 10.77200 metresSilvio Leonard 20.99Pablo Bandomo 21.37José Triana 21.54400 metresAlberto Juantorena 45.52Seymour Newman 46.34Félix Mangual 46.42800 metresLeandro Civil 1:48.43Luis Medina 1:48.68Héctor López 1:48.991500 metresLuis Medina 3:44.18José González 3:44.52Carlos Martínez 3:44.905000 metresVíctor Mora 13:54.20Jairo Correa 14:03.00José Neri 14:04.0010,000 metresDomingo Tibaduiza 30:39.4Rafael Pérez 30:41.0Pedro Miranda 30:41.2MarathonGilberto Serna 2:28:08Agustín Reyes 2:32:08José de Jesús 2:32:54110 metres hurdles(wind: +2.1 m/s)Alejandro Casañas 13.80Guillermo Núñez 13.93Francisco Dumeng 14.10400 metres hurdlesFabio Zúñiga 50.61Guillermo Núñez 50.87Félix Mangual 51.653000 metre steeplechaseJosé Cobo 8:50.8Antonio Villanueva 8:52.0Lucirio Garrido 8:54.8 4 × 100 metres relay José TrianaSilvio LeonardPablo MontesPablo Bandomo 39.62 Porfirio VerasJulio MeadesEnrique JavierGil Fortuna 40.35 Elmer VornEdwin NarHenry BraafhartEdsel Trompet 41.79 4 × 400 metres relay Eduardo García Eddy Gutiérrez Antonio ÁlvarezAlberto Juantorena 3:06.36 Víctor PatíñezHéctor LópezFélix MataErick Phillips 3:07.23 Noel GraySeymour NewmanAnthony DavisClive Barriffe 3:07.5220 kilometre road walkRaúl González 1:35:23Pedro Aroche 1:35:33Ernesto Alfaro 1:38:53High jumpRichard Spencer 2.10Amado Olaguiber 2.07Gilberto Campbell 2.04Pole vaultRoberto Moré 4.95Juan Laza 4.75Edgardo Rivera 4.55Long jumpWilfredo Maisonave 7.44Milán Matos 7.43Francisco Gómez 7.41Triple jumpPedro Pérez 17.01wArmando Herrera 16.37wJuvenal Pérez 15.91Shot putJosé Carreño 16.20Nicolás Hernández 16.09Pedro Serrano 15.85Discus throwJulián Morrinson 58.10Javier Moreno 51.04Ignacio Reinosa 49.30Hammer throwPedro Garbey 61.50Víctor Suárez 59.16Genovevo Morejón 57.58Javelin throwRaúl Fernández 75.30Juan Jarvis 69.16Salomón Robbins 67.10DecathlonJesús Mirabal 7470Rigoberto Salazar 7305Orlando Pedroso 7060

Women's events 100 metresCarmen Valdés 11.55Silvia Chivás 11.65Lelieth Hodges 11.75200 metresCarmen Valdés 23.76Asunción Acosta 24.21Diva Bishop 24.39400 metresAurelia Pentón 52.27Carmen Trustée 52.91Asunción Acosta 53.92800 metresCharlotte Bradley 2:04.55Aurelia Pentón 2:05.43Enriqueta Nava 2:05.89100 metres hurdlesMarlene Elejalde 14.53Mercedes Román 14.69Raquel Martínez 14.74 4 × 100 metres relay Marlene ElejaldeCarmen ValdésAsunción AcostaSilvia Chivás 44.90 Diva BishopMargarita MartínezMaritza EscalonaBeatriz Aparicio 47.42 Mercedes RománMaría Ángeles CatoMireya VázquezCorina Garduño 48.02High jumpLucía Duquet 1.74Elisa Ávila 1.74Maritza García 1.71Long jumpMarcia Garbey 6.48Ana Alexander 6.07Dora Thompson 5.75Shot putMaría Elena Sarría 14.60Hilda Ramírez 14.40Caridad Romero 13.82Discus throwCarmen Romero 54.70María Cristina Betancourt 52.20Salvadora Vargas 41.22Javelin throwTomasa Núñez 47.58María Beltrán 47.46Gladys González 46.58PentathlonCiska Jansen 4014Angela Carbonell 3867Mercedes Román 3827

Medal table

Participation

(1) (6) (5) (16) (1) (75) (34) (5) (1) (2) (3) (7) (26) (12) (4) (8) (35) (10) (3) (4) (20)

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