The 17th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 2–4, 1988.

Participation (unofficial)

For the 1988 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 117 medalists (67 junior (under-20) and 50 youth (under-17)) from about 16 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (17), Barbados (6), Bermuda (2), Cayman Islands (4), Guadeloupe (6), Guyana (6), Jamaica (43), Martinique (13), Montserrat (1), Netherlands Antilles (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Saint Lucia (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Michelle Freeman from Jamaica. She won 2 gold medals (100m, and 100m hurdles) in the junior (U-20) category. In addition, she was probably part of at least one of the medal-winning relay teams (there is no information on the team members).

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). The medalists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 10.48 10.51 10.57200 metres 21.1 21.4 21.7400 metres 46.62 46.70 47.80800 metres 1:50.7 1:50.9 1:51.41500 metres 4:00.19 4:01.29 4:02.105000 metres 15:18.1 15:19.7 15:20.5110 metres hurdles 14.16 14.90 15.58400 metres hurdles 53.71 53.94 56.73High jump 2.11 2.11 2.03Pole vault 3.75 3.10 Long jump 7.78 7.21 7.16Triple jump 16.09 15.88 15.46Shot put 14.55 13.56 13.45Discus throw 47.18 39.76 37.26Javelin throw 62.42 62.04 61.004 × 100 metres relay 40.80 41.17 41.784 × 400 metres relay 3:09.46 3:13.98 3:13.98

Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 11.48 11.62 12.01200 metres 23.7 24.2 24.6400 metres 54.16 55.47 55.83800 metres 2:11.47 2:11.88 2:12.971500 metres 4:36.67 4:42.07 4:42.373000 metres 10:23.49 10:26.96 10:39.72100 metres hurdles 13.70 14.58 14.75High jump 1.77 1.77 1.70Long jump 6.13 6.13 5.81Shot put 13.45 13.01 12.28Discus throw 43.18 37.50 35.94Javelin throw 42.24 40.90 36.004 × 100 metres relay 45.06 46.38 46.804 × 400 metres relay 3:42.72 3:53.47 3:54.83

Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 10.71 10.99 11.00200 metres 21.8 22.1 22.3400 metres 49.17 49.52 49.71800 metres 1:57.12 1:57.53 1:57.761500 metres 4:02.05 4:09.46 4:12.50High jump 1.93 1.93 1.90Long jump 7.06 6.81 6.39Triple jump 13.95 13.57 13.46Shot put 13.53 13.36 13.00Discus throw 41.70 38.10 37.54Javelin throw 55.60 52.90 47.78

Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 11.87 11.90 12.04200 metres 23.60 24.81 25.43400 metres 54.59 54.86 56.42800 metres 2:10.00 2:12.82 2:17.191500 metres 4:40.78 4:46.75 4:47.50High jump 1.63 1.63 1.60Long jump 5.54 5.51 5.44Shot put 10.78 9.89 9.58Discus throw 31.28 28.82 28.42Javelin throw 35.36 31.68 29.04

Medal table (unofficial)

References

External links World Junior Athletics History