The 27th CARIFTA Games was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 11–13, 1998.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 308 athletes (176 junior (under-20) and 132 youth (under-17)) from about 20 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (10), Bahamas (34), Barbados (41), Bermuda (7), British Virgin Islands (3), Cayman Islands (9), Dominica (4), French Guiana (3), Grenada (11), Guadeloupe (19), Guyana (7), Jamaica (59), Martinique (24), Montserrat (1), Netherlands Antilles (5), Saint Kitts and Nevis (4), Saint Lucia (5), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6), Trinidad and Tobago (52), Turks and Caicos Islands (4).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Janill Williams from Antigua and Barbuda. She was born on September 21, 1985. At the age of 11 years, she already won the gold medal in the women's 3000 metres competition last year in the junior (U-20) category at the 1997 CARIFTA Games being the youngest athlete to win a medal at the games. This year at the age of 12 years, she won 2 gold medals, again the 3000 metres in the junior (U-20) category, and the 1500 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). Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 10.46 10.52 10.66200 metres (0.0 m/s) 21.04 21.24 21.36400 metres 46.92 46.58 47.38800 metres 1:50.58 1:51.81 1:51.831500 metres 3:58.88 4:00.81 4:01.255000 metres 15:41.49 15:48.65 15:55.51110 metres hurdles (-3.0 m/s) 14.53 14.85 15.07400 metres hurdles 51.58 51.77 54.04High jump 2.09 2.06 2.03Pole vault 4.32 3.45 2.75Long jump 7.52 7.50 7.42Triple jump 15.94 15.28 15.01Shot put 14.55 14.19 13.39Discus throw 46.74 43.45 42.35Javelin throw 59.41 58.29 57.62Heptathlon 4678 4670 43814 × 100 metres relay 40.03 40.43 41.354 × 400 metres relay 3:11.49 3:13.40 3:20.85

Girls under 20 (Junior) 100 metres 11.37 11.62 11.63200 metres (2.4 m/s) 23.16w 23.32w 23.74w400 metres 52.57 52.83 53.93800 metres 2:06.83 2:11.33 2:11.531500 metres 4:39.48 4:41.06 4:45.713000 metres 10:09.05 10:20.13 10:24.54100 metres hurdles (-3.5 m/s) 14.47 14.52 14.53400 metres hurdles 59.38 59.90 63.06High jump 1.76 1.76 1.70Long jump 6.27 6.11 6.08Triple jump 13.04 12.86 12.79Shot put 13.17 12.73 12.20Discus throw 45.41 44.56 39.51Javelin throw 45.27 44.96 44.62Pentathlon 3381 2990 29594 × 100 metres relay 44.97 46.16 46.524 × 400 metres relay 3:33.19 3:38.01 3:40.23

Boys under 17 (Youth) 100 metres (-0.7 m/s) 10.76 10.79 10.85200 metres (0.0 m/s) 21.69 21.71 21.74400 metres 48.35 48.44 49.02800 metres 1:58.14 1:58.28 1:58.321500 metres 4:09.56 4:11.43 4:12.15100 metres hurdles (4.5 m/s) 13.39w 13.77w 14.08w400 metres hurdles 52.97 55.29 55.68High jump 2.00 2.00 1.95Long jump 7.31 7.03 7.03Triple jump 14.53 13.77 13.73Shot put 14.66 14.08 14.03Discus throw 43.43 42.36 41.18Javelin throw 51.75 51.12 49.984 × 100 metres relay 41.58 41.79 42.51

Girls under 17 (Youth) 100 metres 11.96 12.03 12.04200 metres 23.91 24.11 24.21400 metres 53.79 53.81 54.80800 metres 2:15.31 2:15.97 2:16.291500 metres 4:34.80 4:36.22 4:43.58100 metres hurdles (0.9 m/s) 13.63 13.89 14.15300 metres hurdles 41.33 41.86 43.20High jump 1.75 1.75 1.63Long jump 5.81 5.61 5.59Shot put 11.84 11.79 11.70Discus throw 37.95 35.81 32.31Javelin throw 36.92 36.60 35.094 × 100 metres relay 46.55 47.27 47.88

Medal table (unofficial)

References

External links World Junior Athletics History