The 18th CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados on March 25–27, 1989.

Participation (unofficial)

For the 1989 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 105 medalists (59 junior (under-20) and 46 youth (under-17)) from about 17 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (20), Barbados (6), Bermuda (2), British Virgin Islands (1), Cayman Islands (3), Dominica (2), Grenada (5), Guadeloupe (2), Guyana (5), Jamaica (35), Martinique (7), Netherlands Antilles (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (2), Saint Lucia (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (8).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Kareem Streete-Thompson from the Cayman Islands. He won a gold medal in long jump with a remarkable jump of 7.83m, which is still the championships record, a silver medal in 100m, and a bronze medal in 200 metres 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). The medalists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 10.53 10.64 10.87200 metres 21.5 21.8 21.9400 metres 47.48 47.90 48.18800 metres 1:54.1 1:54.5 1:54.61500 metres 3:55.99 3:58.22 4:01.395000 metres 15:26.81 15:42.88 15:46.96400 metres hurdles 53.5 54.5 56.0High jump 2.15 2.05 2.00Pole vault 3.90 3.80 3.70Long jump 7.42 7.36 7.27Triple jump 15.46 15.06 13.81Shot put 14.37 14.00 13.90Discus throw 40.52 40.42 37.68Javelin throw 62.46 62.30 55.844 × 100 metres relay 40.4 41.6 41.84 × 400 metres relay 3:12.93 3:14.07 3:21.90

Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 11.71 11.73 11.79200 metres 23.6 24.1 24.4400 metres 52.7 54.4 56.0800 metres 2:07.6 2:13.4 2:15.91500 metres 4:43.73 4:47.09 4:53.123000 metres 10:27.6 10:35.1 10:37.6High jump 1.70 1.70 1.65Long jump 6.39 6.15 5.87Shot put 13.29 12.21 11.69Discus throw 46.96 38.26 37.82Javelin throw 44.90 40.92 40.644 × 100 metres relay 45.3 46.6 47.74 × 400 metres relay 3:40.65 3:51.28 4:00.73

Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 10.81 10.88 10.93200 metres 21.7 21.7 21.9400 metres 48.86 49.21 49.44800 metres 1:55.9 1:57.0 1:57.71500 metres 4:05.85 4:07.74 4:08.62High jump 2.00 1.95 1.90Long jump 7.83 6.89 6.86Triple jump 14.35 13.99 13.90Shot put 13.89 13.78 13.77Discus throw 46.54 37.96 37.02Javelin throw 57.82 53.90 50.48

Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 11.92 11.93 12.23200 metres 24.8 25.0 25.1400 metres 54.12 55.77 56.18800 metres 2:11.6 2:13.5 2:17.81500 metres 4:45.68 4:51.75 4:54.75High jump 1.72 1.66 1.58Long jump 5.88 5.81 5.35Shot put 10.83 10.81 10.60Discus throw 32.38 32.26 31.96Javelin throw 39.14 37.22 37.18

Medal table (unofficial)

References

External links World Junior Athletics History