The 9th CARIFTA Games was held in Hamilton, Bermuda on May 3–4, 1980.
Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 178 athletes (105 junior (under-20) and 73 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (2), Bahamas (41), Barbados (20), Bermuda (34), Cayman Islands (1), Grenada (4), Guyana (3), Jamaica (38), Lesser Antilles (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Trinidad and Tobago (19), Turks and Caicos Islands (2).
Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awardeded to Richard Louis from Barbados. He won 2 gold (200m, 400m) and 1 silver (100m) medals 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 10.51 10.56 10.56200 metres 22.14 22.20 22.30400 metres 48.10 48.30 48.38800 metres 1:54.8 1:55.0 1:55.31500 metres 4:04.5 4:05.2 4:05.45000 metres 15:31.5 15:33.7 16:03.4110 metres hurdles 14.98 15.32 15.43400 metres hurdles 53.81 55.22 56.4High jump 2.08 2.05 2.02Pole vault 3.80 3.50 3.35Long jump 7.45 7.17 7.15Triple jump 15.31 15.11 14.92Shot put 16.07 15.73 15.38Discus throw 52.95 51.40 44.20Javelin throw 58.24 49.96 49.324 × 100 metres relay 41.67 41.87 42.554 × 400 metres relay 3:17.6 3:20.2 3:23.2
Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 11.84 11.91 11.97200 metres 25.09 25.18 25.34400 metres 54.76 55.61 56.26800 metres 2:15.4 2:15.5 2:17.01500 metres 4:45.6 4:51.2 4:53.83000 metres 10:20.0 10.23.9 11:01.5100 metres hurdles 14.96 15.64 16.81High jump 1.65 1.65 1.65Long jump 5.81 5.80 5.79Shot put 12.23 12.22 11.60Discus throw 37.73 37.62 36.95Javelin throw 47.52 46.10 42.204 × 100 metres relay 47.30 ??? ???4 × 400 metres relay 3:48.0 3:49.7 3:52.4
Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 10.93 11.04 11.10200 metres 22.30 22.74 22.82400 metres 49.51 50.05 50.91800 metres 2:03.7 2:04.2 2:04.3High jump 1.87 1.79 1.79Long jump 7.02 6.78 6.58Triple jump 15.03 13.66 12.58Shot put 15.22 15.17 14.28Javelin throw 51.70 44.52 43.82
Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 12.0 12.0 12.0200 metres 24.79 25.58 25.76400 metres 57.13 57.98 58.30800 metres 2:16.6 2:19.9 2:20.4High jump 1.63 1.60 1.57Long jump 5.78 5.42 5.16Shot put 10.62 9.05 9.04Javelin throw 32.52 32.24 24.76
Medal table (unofficial)
References
External links World Junior Athletics History