The 8th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 20–22, 1979.
Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 183 athletes (131 junior (under-20) and 52 youth (under-17)) from about 14 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (36), Bermuda (23), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (3), Grenada (3), Guadeloupe (4), Guyana (10), Jamaica (44), Lesser Antilles (1), Martinique (10), Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (2), Trinidad and Tobago (20).
Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy was awarded to Thaon Jon Jones from Jamaica. He won 4 gold medals (100m, 200m, long jump, triple jump) in the youth (U-17) category, and therefore was described as the most outstanding athletes of the 39 stagings of the games.
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 10.72 10.79 10.91200 metres 21.49 21.67 21.74400 metres 48.02 48.54 48.59800 metres 1:53.34 1:53.87 1:54.31500 metres 3:57.24 3:58.79 4:04.73000 metres 8:54.6 8:57.3 9:00.7110 metres hurdles 14.71 14.75 14.88400 metres hurdles 54.21 56.2 57.1High jump 2.08 2.03 1.98Pole vault 3.66 3.50 3.20Long jump 7.36 7.06 7.03Triple jump 15.01 14.89 14.88Shot put 15.10 14.87 14.41Discus throw 48.20 48.06 45.12Javelin throw 56.76 55.72 53.924 × 100 metres relay Clyde McGregor Chris Thelwell George Walcott Albert Lawrence 41.41 41.60 41.994 × 400 metres relay 3:13.0 3:14.6 3:17.5
Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 11.77 11.87 11.92200 metres 23.98 24.05 24.36400 metres 53.58 54.88 54.9800 metres 2:14.3 2:15.6 2:16.01500 metres 4:43.6 4:46.5 4:51.4100 metres hurdles 14.77 14.83 15.32High jump 1.625 1.625 1.625Long jump 5.68 5.60 5.28Shot put 12.95 12.61 11.29Discus throw 37.94 34.32 33.60Javelin throw 53.98 41.98 38.964 × 100 metres relay 45.79 Marcia Brown Merlene Ottey Normalee Murray Fredericka Wright 46.47 46.884 × 400 metres relay 3:41.79 N. Gordon Normalee Murray Marcia Tate Fredericka Wright 3:44.82 3:57.7
Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 10.97 11.03 11.34200 metres 22.15 22.17 22.83400 metres 50.08 50.51 51.25800 metres 1:57.77 1:58.15 1:58.43Long jump 7.02 6.93 6.80Triple jump 14.77 14.38 14.08Shot put 14.65 14.40 9.60
Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 11.87 12.03 12.15200 metres 24.24 25.01 25.08400 metres 56.4 57.7 58.0800 metres 2:14.4 2:17.6 2:19.8Long jump 5.43 5.42 5.28
Medal table (unofficial)
References
External links World Junior Athletics History