1980 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

The 4th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Nassau, Bahamas, on 22–25 August 1980.

Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B. Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.

Male Junior A (under 20)

100 metres 10.4 10.8 10.9200 metres 21.1 21.7 21.8400 metres 48.4 48.5 48.8800 metres 1:54.4 1:55.2 1:55.91500 metres 3:49.8 3:49.9 3:51.15000 metres 14:26.4 14:27.4 15:21.810,000 metres 31:20.4 31:46.5 32:11.43000 metres steeplechase 9:27.8 9:34.8 9:38.5110 metres hurdles 14.0 14.5 14.7400 metres hurdles 53.4 54.6 54.7High jump 2.21 2.06 2.00Pole vault 4.01 3.80 3.10Long jump 7.01 6.98 6.62Triple jump 15.27 15.16 15.01Shot put 16.32 15.37 15.15Discus throw 40.94 39.98 39.68Hammer throw 54.56 53.34 49.86Javelin throw 60.28 55.58 54.38Decathlon 6470 6470 517410,000 metres track walk 45:04.1 47:12.0 48:06.44 × 100 metres relay 42.1 42.4 42.44 × 400 metres relay 3:14.9 3:15.3 3:18.0

Female Junior A (under 20) 100 metres 11.9 12.1 12.3200 metres 24.5 24.9 25.5400 metres 54.6 56.4 56.7800 metres 2:15.7 2:18.1 2:18.21500 metres 4:44.5 4:45.2 4:50.4100 metres hurdles 14.7 15.0 15.4400 metres hurdles 62.7 64.6 64.9High jump 1.69 1.69 1.67Long jump 5.68 5.41 5.30Shot put 11.80 10.95 10.56Discus throw 42.20 40.08 39.62Javelin throw 47.58 44.06 41.68Pentathlon 3696 3029 30094 × 100 metres relay 48.6 49.2 50.14 × 400 metres relay 3:50.8 3:53.3 4:11.7

Male Junior B (under 17) 100 metres 10.6 10.9 11.1200 metres 22.0 22.3 22.5400 metres 49.1 49.4 49.7800 metres 1:57.8 1:57.9 1:58.71200 metres 3:09.5 3:10.4 3:11.53000 metres 8:51.2 8:52.4 8:53.42000 metres steeplechase 6:21.2 6:26.3 6:37.2110 metres hurdles 14.7 15.0 15.2400 metres hurdles 54.6 55.2 56.6High jump 1.90 1.88 1.85Pole vault 3.25 3.00 2.80Long jump 6.93 6.91 6.34Triple jump 15.09 13.85 13.75Shot put 15.52 15.26 14.60Discus throw 46.21 43.14 40.65Hammer throw 49.14 44.46 37.96Javelin throw 57.76 56.64 54.30Heptathlon 4331 4104 39635000 metres track walk 22:48.9 22:50.0 27:49.84 × 100 metres relay 42.8 43.1 43.34 × 400 metres relay 3:21.2 3:23.5 3:24.9

Female Junior B (under 17) 100 metres 11.8 12.0 12.1200 metres 24.5 24.9 25.0400 metres 55.4 56.8 57.0800 metres 2:13.6 2:14.6 2:17.61200 metres 3:39.0 3:41.7 3:42.7100 metres hurdles 14.9 15.4 16.0200 metres hurdles 29.6 31.1 31.4High jump 1.62 1.62 1.57Long jump 5.60 5.59 5.33Shot put 12.77 12.25 9.50Discus throw 35.16 27.66 27.65Javelin throw 37.38 36.16 33.10Pentathlon 3446 3145 28634 × 100 metres relay 47.9 50.1 50.64 × 400 metres relay 3:59.2 3:59.3 4:01.1

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation (unofficial)

A couple of smaller nations gave their debut at the championships, i.e. Antigua and Barbuda (to become independent by the end of that year), Bermuda, Guyana, and the Netherlands Antilles. Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. There is no information on athletes competing in the relay teams. An unofficial count yields the number of about 263 athletes (150 junior (under-20) and 113 youth (under-17)) from about 15 countries, resulting in a new record number of participating nations:

(6) (58) (3) (15) (4) (1) (9) (2) (14) México (52) (4) Panamá (2) (46) (14) (33)

References

External links Official CACAC Website World Junior Athletics History