The 7th CARIFTA Games was held in Nassau, Bahamas on March 27–28, 1978.
Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 88 athletes (66 junior (under-20) and 22 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: Anguilla (2), Antigua and Barbuda (2), Bahamas (19), Barbados (13), Bermuda (6), British Virgin Islands (1), Guadeloupe (2), Guyana (1), Jamaica (31), Martinique (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (8), Turks and Caicos Islands (1).
Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy was awardeded to Mary Ann Higgs from the Bahamas. She won 2 gold (100m and 200m), and 1 silver (400m) medal in the youth (U-17) category.
Medal summary Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), and Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.
Boys under 20 (Junior) 100 metres (4.5 m/s) 10.69w 10.70w 11.01w200 metres 21.94 22.33 22.44400 metres 49.23 49.69 50.05800 metres 1:56.1 1:56.2 1:56.91500 metres 4:07.9 4:08.61 4:08.623000 metres 9:04.31 9:05.75 9:11.65110 metres hurdles (4.1 m/s) 14.80w 15.36w 15.57w400 metres hurdles 55.30 56.39 57.40High jump 1.98 1.905 1.905Pole vault 4.11 3.67 3.35Long jump 6.97 6.90 6.88Triple jump 14.06 13.98 13.90Shot put 16.13 15.24 14.78Discus throw 50.68 47.90 47.72Javelin throw 51.72 51.40 49.844 × 100 metres relay 42.69 43.06 43.524 × 400 metres relay 3:21.18 3:21.77 3:26.42
Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 11.78w 11.94w 12.02w200 metres 24.13 24.79 25.04400 metres 55.85 56.53 58.13800 metres 2:16.9 2:19.8 2:20.61500 metres 4:52.14 4:54.54 5:03.15100 metres hurdles 15.94 15.99 16.56High jump 1.625 1.625 1.625Long jump 6.33w 6.12 5.57Shot put 13.45 11.95 11.89Discus throw 43.38 33.48 33.00Javelin throw 46.44 36.62 35.924 × 100 metres relay Marlene Lewin Normalee Murray Doreen Small Jackie Pusey 46.49 47.73 47.744 × 400 metres relay M. Cole Fredericka Wright Normalee Murray Jackie Pusey 3:51.54 3:59.52 4:09.75
Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres (4.5 m/s) 11.07w 11.10w 11.35w200 metres (-1.1 m/s) 22.48 22.64 22.87400 metres 50.08 51.06 51.15Long jump 6.63 6.54 6.51Triple jump 14.48 14.11 13.95
Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres (-0.1 m/s) 12.32 12.38 12.38200 metres (3.9 m/s) 24.44w 24.87w 25.24w400 metres 55.88 55.99 56.44Long jump 5.33 5.28 5.27
Medal table (unofficial)
References
External links World Junior Athletics History