These are the official results of the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics which took place on July 4–6, 2008 in Cali, Colombia.
Note: There were some guest athletes competing whose countries were not eligible to participate. Performances of such athletes were not eligible for medals and are given below all others.
Men's results
100 meters
Heats – July 3Wind:Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: –0.5 m/s, Heat 4: +1.1 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Daniel Grueso 10.33 Q 2 4 Adrian Griffith 10.36 Q 3 4 Lerone Clarke 10.38 Q 4 1 Daniel Bailey 10.39 Q 4 2 Keston Bledman 10.39 Q 6 4 Jean Carlos Peguero 10.40 Q 7 2 Lee Prowell 10.43 Q 8 2 Joel Báez 10.44 Q 9 1 Rolando Palacios 10.45 Q 10 1 Rodney Green 10.46 q 10 3 Tyrell Cuffy 10.46 Q 10 3 Henry Vizcaíno 10.46 Q 13 4 Darrel Brown 10.47 q 14 4 Jeremy Bascom 10.50 q 15 3 Prince Kwidama 10.51 Q 15 3 Adrian Durant 10.51 Q 17 3 Delwayne Delaney 10.59 17 4 Richard Richardson 10.59 19 1 Davaon Spence 10.69 20 1 Cristián Reyes 10.69 21 2 Jared Lewis 10.71 22 3 Jorge Luis Solórzano 10.73 23 4 Xavier James 10.74 24 2 Jason Rogers 10.81 25 1 Pablo Jiménez 10.89 26 3 Juan Miguel Zeledón 11.59 2 Álvaro Gómez
Semi-finals – July 4Wind:Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Daniel Bailey 10.25 Q 2 2 Daniel Grueso 10.29 Q 3 1 Adrian Griffith 10.30 Q 4 1 Lerone Clarke 10.30 Q 5 2 Rodney Green 10.31 Q 6 2 Darrel Brown 10.32 Q 7 2 Tyrell Cuffy 10.36 q 8 1 Rolando Palacios 10.37 NR 8 2 Henry Vizcaíno 10.37 q 10 1 Keston Bledman 10.38 11 2 Lee Prowell 10.41 12 2 Jean Carlos Peguero 10.45 13 1 Jeremy Bascom 10.47 13 2 Adrian Durant 10.47 15 1 Joel Báez 10.54 16 1 Prince Kwidama 10.71
Final – July 4Wind: +0.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Darrel Brown 10.12 Daniel Bailey 10.18 Henry Vizcaíno 10.34 4 Rodney Green 10.34 5 Tyrell Cuffy 10.41 6 Daniel Grueso 10.41 7 Lerone Clarke 10.45 8 Adrian Griffith 10.51
200 meters
Heats – July 5Wind:Heat 1: +1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +2.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.9 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Xavier Brown 20.56 Q 2 5 Chris Lloyd 20.60 Q 3 1 José Eduardo Acevedo 20.65 Q 4 4 Jamial Rolle 20.72 Q 5 3 Yunier Pérez 20.75 Q 6 5 Emmanuel Callender 20.81 q 7 1 Tyrell Cuffy 20.83 Q, NR 8 1 Henry Vizcaíno 20.91 q 9 4 Ramon Gittens 20.94 q 10 5 Dominic Demeritte 20.95 q 11 3 Rondel Sorrillo 20.99 Q 12 4 Rolando Palacios 20.99 q, NR 13 5 Roudy Monrose 20.99 q 14 2 Adrian Durant 21.04 Q 15 2 Erison Hurtault 21.04 Q 16 4 Delwayne Delaney 21.08 17 1 Tabarie Henry 21.20 18 5 Joel Hernández 21.21 19 3 Geiner Mosquera 21.24 19 5 Ronald Amaya 21.24 21 2 Richard Richardson 21.25 22 2 Gustavo Cuesta 21.26 23 1 Pablo Jiménez 21.63 24 1 Daniel Bailey 21.71 25 3 Miguel Abarca 21.82 26 1 Lee Prowell 21.84 27 4 Jevon Claxton 21.88 28 2 Jeremy Bascom 22.13 29 3 Juan Miguel Zeledón 22.95 4 Cristián Reyes* 20.85 Q 2 Daniel Grueso
Semi-finals – July 5Wind:Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +2.1 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Chris Lloyd 20.53 Q 2 2 Xavier Brown 20.67 Q 3 1 Emmanuel Callender 20.77 Q 4 1 José Eduardo Acevedo 20.78 Q 5 2 Rondel Sorrillo 20.84 Q 6 2 Yunier Pérez 20.85 Q 7 1 Jamial Rolle 20.93 q 8 1 Rolando Palacios 20.95 q, NR 9 2 Tyrell Cuffy 20.97 10 2 Adrian Durant 21.00 11 1 Roudy Monrose 21.03 12 2 Erison Hurtault 21.22 13 1 Dominic Demeritte 21.37 14 2 Henry Vizcaíno 21.37 1 Cristián Reyes* 21.07 2 Ramon Gittens
Final – July 4Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Emmanuel Callender 20.69 Rondel Sorrillo 20.71 José Eduardo Acevedo 20.79 4 Yunier Pérez 20.84 5 Chris Lloyd 20.85 6 Xavier Brown 20.88 7 Jamial Rolle 20.90 8 Rolando Palacios 21.09
400 meters
Heats – July 5 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Andrae Williams 45.63 Q 2 2 Michael Mathieu 45.79 Q 3 2 Williams Collazo 45.90 Q 4 3 Renny Quow 46.02 Q 5 2 Kelvin Herrera 46.24 q 6 3 Omar Cisneros 46.27 Q 7 1 Luis Luna 46.55 Q 8 1 Tabarie Henry 46.70 q 9 3 Joel Phillip 46.87 10 2 Félix Martínez 46.93 11 2 Héctor Carrasquillo 47.17 12 3 Larry Inanga 47.39 13 2 Freddy Mezones 47.48 14 2 Geiner Mosquera 47.57 15 2 Ramón Frías 47.71 16 1 Takeshi Fujiwara 47.88 17 2 Jevon Claxton 48.32 18 3 Joseph Bazil 48.45
Final – July 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Renny Quow 45.27 Michael Mathieu 45.66 Omar Cisneros 45.98 4 Williams Collazo 46.04 5 Andrae Williams 46.09 6 Luis Luna 46.68 7 Kelvin Herrera 47.06 Tabarie Henry
800 meters
Heats – July 5 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Juan Pablo Solares 1:47.18 Q 2 3 Andy González 1:48.77 Q 3 2 Moise Joseph 1:48.87 Q 4 2 Maury Surel Castillo 1:49.85 Q 5 1 Eduard Villanueva 1:49.89 Q 6 1 David Freeman 1:49.90 Q 7 3 Terry Charles 1:50.23 q, NR 8 2 Nico Herrera 1:50.25 q 9 2 Jamaal James 1:51.30 10 2 Deon Bascom 1:51.62 11 1 Heleodoro Navarro 1:52.20 12 1 Frank Bobadilla 1:52.45 13 1 Alexis Roberts 1:52.85 14 3 Michael Donawa 1:55.11 15 1 Freddy Espinoza 1:55.93 16 1 Jenner Pelicó 1:56.88 17 3 O'Neil Williams 1:59.54
Final – July 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Andy González 1:46.11 CR Eduard Villanueva 1:46.92 Juan Pablo Solares 1:47.18 4 Moise Joseph 1:48.62 5 Nico Herrera 1:48.85 6 David Freeman 1:49.32 7 Terry Charles 1:49.50 NR 8 Maury Surel Castillo 2:04.06
1500 meters July 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Isaías Haro 3:45.15 Nico Herrera 3:45.39 Maury Surel Castillo 3:47.17 4 Alonso Pérez 3:47.72 5 Freddy Espinoza 3:52.26 6 O'Neil Williams 3:56.83 7 Jenner Pelicó 4:01.14 8 Frank Bobadilla 4:02.53
5000 meters July 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jhon Tello 14:21.21 Isaías Haro 14:35.81 Javier Guarín 15:10.58 4 Richard Rodríguez 16:44.73
10,000 meters July 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes William Naranjo 29:30.29 Diego Colorado 29:41.88
110 meters hurdles
Heats – July 5Wind:Heat 1: –0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.9 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Ryan Brathwaite 13.49 Q, NR 2 2 Héctor Cotto 13.61 Q 3 1 Shamar Sands 13.68 Q 4 2 Mikel Thomas 13.72 Q 5 2 Ronald Forbes 13.73 q 6 2 Paulo Villar 13.76 q 7 1 Decosma Wright 13.78 Q 8 2 Christopher Bethel 14.07 9 2 Dudley Dorival 14.09 10 1 Ronald Beneth 14.12 11 1 Ramón Sosa 14.32 12 2 Yasmani Copello 14.35 13 1 Joseph Dawayne 14.59 14 1 Alberto Cabanillas 15.35 15 1 Renan Palma 17.09 1 Renan Palma
Final – July 5Wind:+2.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Shamar Sands 13.32 Paulo Villar 13.45 Héctor Cotto 13.55 4 Ryan Brathwaite 13.66 5 Ronald Forbes 13.71 6 Mikel Thomas 13.84 7 Decosma Wright 14.04 Enrique Llanos
400 meters hurdles
Heats – July 4 Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Isa Phillips 50.47 Q 2 1 Yasmani Copello 50.89 Q 3 1 Víctor Solarte 51.32 Q 4 1 Juan Pablo Maturana 51.36 q 5 2 Yeison Rivas 51.51 Q 6 2 Yimy López 51.79 Q 7 2 Allan Ayala 51.93 Q 8 2 José Manuel Céspedes 52.26 q 9 1 Camilo Quevedo 52.30 10 2 Carlyle Thompson 52.64 11 1 Bayano Kamani 56.45
Final – July 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Isa Phillips 49.98 Yasmani Copello 50.08 Yeison Rivas 50.44 4 Víctor Solarte 51.40 5 Yimy López 51.72 6 Allan Ayala 52.70 7 Juan Pablo Maturana 53.09 José Manuel Céspedes
3000 meters steeplechase July 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes José Alberto Sánchez 8:53.24 Alexander Greaux 9:12.70 Yovanni Adame 9:15.72 4 Gerald Giraldo 9:40.17
4 x 100 meters relay July 5 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Aaron Armstrong, Richard Thompson 38.54 Adrian Griffith, Derrick Atkins, Rodney Green, Shamar Sands 39.22 Jason Rogers, Larry Inanga, Jevon Claxton, Delwayne Delaney 40.81 4 Robert Ibeh, Carl Morgan, Stephen Johnson, Carlos Morgan 41.26 5 Irving Guerrero, Joel Báez, Wilfredo Juan, Jean Carlos Peguero 41.65
4 x 400 meters relay July 6 Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Williams Collazo, Yunier Pérez, Omar Cisneros, Yeimer López 3:02.10 Ramon Miller, Michael Mathieu, Avard Moncur, Andretti Bain 3:02.48 Renny Quow, Cowin Mills, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Stann Waithe 3:04.12 4 Freddy Mezones, Víctor Solarte, José Acevedo, Luis Luna 3:06.10 5 Daniel Grueso, Yeison Rivas, Javier Mosquera, Geiner Mosquera 3:06.23 6 Héctor Carrasquillo, Javier Culson, Christian Santiago, Félix Martínez 3:07.51 7 Ramón Frías, Kelvin Herrera, Joel Hernández, Gustavo Cuesta 3:08.08 8 Joseph Bazil, Erison Hurtault, Smith Telemaque, Chris Lloyd 3:11.06 NR
20,000 meters walk July 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes James Rendón 1:25:22.7 Allan Segura 1:27:57.2 Claudio Erasmo Vargas 1:28:51.6 4 José Javier Sánchez 1:30:16.2 5 Aníbal Paau 1:36:25.0 6 Juan Carlos Rodríguez 1:49:36.0 Jefferson Pérez* 1:20:54.9
High jump July 6 Rank Athlete Nationality 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.13 2.16 2.19 2.22 2.25 2.31 Result Notes Víctor Moya – – – – o – o – o xx– 2.25 Trevor Barry – – – o o – o o xo xxx 2.25 Jamal Wilson – – – o xo – xxx 2.13 4 Abdiel Ruiz o o o o – xxx 2.10 5 Gilmar Mayo – – – o – xxx 2.10 6 Deon Brangman – o o xx– x 2.05 6 Brandon Williams – – o xxx 2.05 8 Kevin Huggins o xo o xxx 2.05 9 Wanner Miller – – xo xxx 2.05
Pole vault July 4 Rank Athlete Nationality 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.90 5.00 5.10 5.30 5.50 5.62 Result Notes Lázaro Borges – – – – – o xo o xxx 5.50 Dominic Johnson – – – – o – xo xxx 5.30 Natanael Semeis o o xo xxx 4.80 4 Yeisel Cintrón – o xxx 4.70 5 David Ocoró xxo xxx 4.60 César Lucumí xxx
Long jump July 6 Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 $6 Result Notes Wilfredo Martínez 7.93 x 8.31 8.14w 8.04 7.43 8.31 CR Herbert McGregor x 7.80 7.67 7.90 7.67w x 7.90 Tyrone Smith x 7.80 x 7.69 7.78 x 7.80 Julian Reid 7.51 7.62 7.76 7.56 7.54 x 7.76 Osbourne Moxey 7.27 7.58 7.59 7.49 7.68w 7.44 7.68w Carl Morgan x 7.60 x x 5.77w x 7.60 Cleavon Dillon 7.06 7.47 7.28 7.39 x 7.13w 7.47 Héctor Dairo Fuentes 7.44 x x – – – 7.44 Marco Ibargüen x 7.38 x 7.38 10 Carlos Jorge 7.25 x 7.36 7.36 11 Esteban Copland 7.23 7.00 7.35 7.35 12 Joseph Pemberton 7.35 – 7.20w 7.35 13 Clayton Latham 6.98 6.96 7.32 7.32 14 Stephen Johnson 5.01 7.20 5.41 7.20 15 Leon Hunt 6.67 7.13 6.78 7.13 16 Calvert Chiverton 6.59 6.67 x 6.67 Rudon Bastian x x x
Triple jump July 5 Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 $6 Result Notes Leevan Sands 16.83 x x 17.29 – – 17.29 CR Héctor Dairo Fuentes 17.23 x x – 16.43 16.79 17.23 Alexis Copello 16.68 x 16.68 16.91 x 16.90 16.91 4 Jhon Murillo 15.57 16.02 – x – – 16.02 5 Antonio Saunders 15.28 15.26 x – 15.45 14.15 15.45 6 Carl Morgan 15.40 15.03 x 14.86 x 15.03 15.40 7 Juan Carlos Nájera x x 15.24 x x x 15.24 Marvin García x x x Leon Hunt x x x
Shot put July 6 Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 $6 Result Notes Alexis Paumier x 19.60 x x x x 19.60 Manuel Repollet 18.05 x 18.43 x 17.80 x 18.43 Jiovanny García 17.70 17.44 17.52 17.62 17.67 17.55 17.70 4 Tyron Benjamin 16.60 16.65 16.80 16.49 16.84 16.85 16.85 5 Adonson Shallow x x 14.65 x 15.70 15.94 15.94
Discus throw July 4 Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 $6 Result Notes Jorge Fernández 58.55 58.60 x x x 56.52 58.60 Yunio Lastre 57.67 58.00 55.70 x x x 58.00 Jesús Parejo 56.49 x 55.73 55.05 55.29 x 56.49 4 Hickel Woolery 55.60 x 53.92 x x 52.74 55.60 5 Adonson Shallow x 48.30 52.69 x 50.25 x 52.69 6 Eric Mathias x 45.27 x 49.90 x 43.71 49.90 7 Tyron Benjamin x 49.51 49.33 41.23 46.47 48.36 49.51
Hammer throw July 6 Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 $6 Result Notes Noleysi Bicet 69.97 70.74 71.61 70.61 68.49 67.22 71.61 Luis García 65.68 x x 66.36 x x 66.36 Raúl Rivera x 60.77 62.27 61.90 62.26 64.58 64.58 4 Freiman Arias 60.12 x x 60.14 61.36 60.62 61.36 5 Diego Berríos 54.95 x 56.23 x 57.67 55.91 57.67 6 Michael Letterlough 51.71 57.59 x x 57.06 x 57.59 7 Jacobo D'León x x x x x 49.23 49.23
Javelin throw July 6