Athletics at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

These are the results of the athletics competition at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between 16 and 22 June 1966, at the Estadio Municipal Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 16 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Enrique Figuerola 10.2 Q, 2 1 Pablo McNeil 10.5 Q 3 1 Porfirio Veras 10.7 4 1 Winston Short 10.7 5 1 Solomon Martinus 11.0 1 2 Alberto Torres 10.5 Q 2 2 Cipriani Phillip 10.6 Q 3 2 Roy Oliver 11.8 2 Rafael Romero 2 Gilberto Ansele 1 3 Eric Collins 10.6 Q 2 3 Manuel Planchart 10.6 Q 3 3 Jaime Uribe 10.7 4 3 Roy McFarlane 11.5 1 4 George Collie 10.6 Q 2 4 Carl Edmund 10.6 Q 3 4 Rubén Díaz 10.9 4 4 Hermes Ramírez 10.9 5 4 Hortensio Fucil 11.0 1 5 Edwin Roberts 10.4 Q 2 5 Carl Plaskett 10.6 Q 3 5 Manuel Montalvo 10.9 4 5 Raúl Mena 11.0 5 Jorge Derieux 1 6 Héctor González 10.5 Q 2 6 Sydney Dobbs 10.7 Q 3 6 Rolando Gómez 11.2 4 6 Rafael Santos 11.3 6 Lennox Miller Semifinals – 16 JuneWind:Heat 1: ? m/s m/s, Heat 2: +2.2 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Edwin Roberts 10.3 Q 2 1 Carl Plaskett 10.4 Q 3 1 Héctor González 10.5 Q 4 1 Alberto Torres 10.6 5 1 Carl Edmund 10.6 6 1 Eric Collins 10.6 1 2 Enrique Figuerola 10.1 Q 2 2 Manuel Planchart 10.5 Q 3 2 Pablo McNeil 10.6 Q 4 2 Cipriani Phillip 10.6 5 2 Sydney Dobbs 10.8 2 George Collie Final – 17 JuneWind: +0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Enrique Figuerola 10.2 = Edwin Roberts 10.3 Carl Plaskett 10.5 4 Héctor González 10.6 5 Pablo McNeil 10.6 Manuel Planchart

200 metres

Heats – 18 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Edwin Roberts 21.7 Q 2 1 Carl Plaskett 21.8 Q 3 1 Antonio Linares 22.3 4 1 Alberto Torres 22.7 5 1 Gilberto Ansele 23.2 1 Eric Jordan 1 2 Winston Short 21.9 Q 2 2 Jorge Derieux 22.0 Q 3 2 Pablo McNeil 22.3 4 2 Porfirio Veras 22.7 5 2 Roy McFarlane 23.0 1 Rafael Romero 1 3 Enrique Figuerola 21.6 Q 2 3 Lloyd Bacchus 22.3 Q 3 3 Jaime Uribe 22.8 4 3 Jorge Rivera 23.0 5 3 Rolando Gómez 24.1 6 3 Ricardo León 24.2 1 4 Carl Edmund 22.0 Q 2 4 Clifton Forbes 22.1 Q 3 4 Enrique Montalvo 22.2 4 4 Anthony Cadogan 22.8 5 4 Hortensio Fucil 23.2 6 4 Gilmore Thompson 23.5 1 5 Henry Noel 22.0 Q 2 5 George Collie 22.3 Q 3 5 Pedro Grajales 22.4 4 5 Fermín Garibaldi 22.6 5 5 Rafael Santos 24.0 5 Manuel Planchart 1 6 Manuel Montalvo 22.2 Q 2 6 Migdonio Palacios 22.5 Q 3 6 Solomon Martinus 23.4 4 6 Juan Morales 23.5 5 6 Raúl Mena 23.6 6 Lennox Miller Semifinals – 18 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Edwin Roberts 21.3 Q 2 1 Jorge Derieux 21.9 Q 3 1 George Collie 21.9 Q 4 1 Lloyd Bacchus 22.5 5 1 Manuel Montalvo 22.6 1 Carl Edmund 1 2 Enrique Figuerola 21.6 Q 2 2 Carl Plaskett 21.7 Q 3 2 Clifton Forbes 21.7 Q 4 2 Migdonio Palacios 23.4 2 Winston Short 2 Henry Noel Final – 19 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Edwin Roberts 20.8 (20.70?) Carl Plaskett 21.4 (21.21?) Enrique Figuerola 21.5 (21.24?) 4 Jorge Derieux 21.5 5 Clifton Forbes 21.5 6 George Collie 22.0

400 metres

Heats – ? June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Humberto Mijares 49.1 Q 2 1 Larry Kahn 49.5 Q 3 1 Anthony Catwell 50.1 4 1 José González 52.7 5 1 Luis Pérez 53.6 1 2 Edwin Skinner 47.6 Q 2 2 Malcolm Spence 47.9 Q 3 2 Víctor Maldonado 48.1 4 2 Pedro Grajales 48.5 2 Henry Lamont 1 3 Lloyd Bacchus 48.2 Q 2 3 Carlos Martínez 48.6 Q 3 3 José Luis Villalongo 49.8 3 George Collie 1 4 Rupert Hoilette 47.4 Q 2 4 José Andino 47.4 Q 3 4 Migdonio Palacios 49.7 4 4 Ricardo Cortés 53.7 4 Kent Bernard 1 5 Juan Franceschi 47.1 Q 2 5 Ezra Burnham 49.0 Q 3 5 Eddy Téllez 49.7 4 5 Keith Williams 49.9 5 5 José Olivero 51.7 1 6 Rodobaldo Díaz 47.6 Q 2 6 José Jacinto Hidalgo 49.5 Q 3 6 Betram Catwell 52.4 4 6 Ruben Seargeant 55.2 6 Franklyn Rahming Semifinals – ? June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Juan Franceschi 47.2 Q 2 1 Edwin Skinner 47.4 Q 3 1 Lloyd Bacchus 47.4 Q 4 1 José Jacinto Hidalgo 47.5 5 1 Malcolm Spence 49.4 6 1 Carlos Martínez 50.0 1 2 Rupert Hoilette 47.2 Q 2 2 José Andino 47.4 Q 3 2 Rodobaldo Díaz 47.8 Q 4 2 Larry Kahn 49.2 5 2 Ezra Burnham 50.0 6 2 Humberto Mijares 51.8 Final – 20 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Juan Franceschi 46.7 (46.77?) Rupert Hoilette 46.9 (47.03?) Rodobaldo Díaz 47.0 (47.10?) 4 Edwin Skinner 47.1 5 José Andino 47.6 6 Lloyd Bacchus 48.0

800 metres

Heats – 16 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Neville Myton 1:53.1 Q 2 1 Julio Morales 1:55.6 Q 3 1 Leslie Mentor 1:55.6 Q 4 1 Eric Nesbitt 1:55.6 5 1 Hugo Burgos 2:02.8 6 1 Luis Betancourt 2:02.8 1 Leonard Harewood 1 Francisco Coipel 1 2 George Kerr 1:53.0 Q 2 2 Benedict Cayenne 1:53.6 Q 3 2 Keith Forde 1:55.7 Q 4 2 José Neri 1:56.9 5 2 José Rivera 1:57.5 6 2 Lázaro Valdivieso 1:57.5 2 Jorge Montilla 2 Franklyn Rahming 2 Keith Williams 1 3 Lennox Yearwood 1:54.8 Q 2 3 William Suárez 1:56.2 Q 3 3 Texas Francis 1:57.1 Q 4 3 José Antonetti 1:58.2 5 3 Derek Cambridge 1:59.9 6 3 Pedro Hinds 2:16.1 3 Lloyd Bacchus 3 Lamont Thomas 3 Guillermo Novas Final – 17 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Neville Myton 1:50.2 Lennox Yearwood 1:51.7 Benedict Cayenne 1:54.3 4 Leslie Mentor 1:55.1 5 Keith Forde 1:56.6 6 William Suárez 1:58.3 Julio Morales Texas Francis George Kerr

1500 metres

Heats – 20 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Orlando Martínez 3:59.5 Q 2 1 Hugo Burgos 4:02.7 Q 3 1 Esteban Valle 4:06.1 Q 4 1 Francisco Coipel 4:16.1 Q 5 1 Julio Quevedo 4:21.1 6 1 Derek Cambridge 4:22.4 1 Lennox Yearwood 1 Neville Myton 1 2 José Neri 4:00.8 Q 2 2 Herminio Isaac 4:01.2 Q 3 2 José Briceño 4:04.5 Q 4 2 Franklyn Rahming 4:13.9 Q 5 2 Texas Francis 4:19.4 6 2 Pedro Hinds 2 William Suárez 2 Benedict Cayenne 1 3 Álvaro Mejía 3:57.4 Q 2 3 Earl Belcher 3:58.3 Q 3 3 Eric Nesbitt 3:58.4 Q 4 3 José Miró 3:58.5 Q 5 3 Lázaro Valdivieso 4:00.2 6 3 Gaspar Springer 4:10.0 7 2 Luis Betancourt 8 2 Miguel Núñez Final – 21 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Álvaro Mejía 3:50.3 Orlando Martínez 3:52.4 José Neri 3:52.4 4 Herminio Isaac 3:58.2 5 Earl Belcher 3:59.8 6 Hugo Burgos 4:01.1 7 José Miró 8 Eric Nesbitt 9 Esteban Valle 10 José Briceño 11 Franklyn Rahming 12 Francisco Coipel

5000 metres 18 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Álvaro Mejía 14:42.6 José Neri 14:56.4 Valentín Robles 15:33.2 4 Concepción Salinas 15:41.4 5 Manuel Cabrera 15:42.6 6 José Vallejo 16:04.2 7 George Kerr 8 Rigoberto Mendoza 9 René Milian 10 Manuel Mercado 11 Felix Frederick 12 Arcadio Hernández 13 Esteban Valle 14 Miguel Ortiz 15 Oswin Escobar 16 Francisco Alcalá 17 Alfredo Vázquez 18 Pieter Salm Ramón Veras Rolf Duwe Vinton Powell Gaspar Springer

10,000 metres 16 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Álvaro Mejía 31:34.0 Valentín Robles 32:11.0 Juan Máximo Martínez 32:13.0 4 Pedro Cárdenas 33:00.0 5 Concepción Salinas 33:32.2 6 José Vallejo 34:25.8 7 Felix Frederick 34:25.9 8 José Orihuela 9 Alfredo Vázquez Abelardo Fornés Pieter Salm Oswin Escolastico George Kerr Antonio Capote Ricardo Suárez José González

Half marathon 22 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Valentín Robles 1:13:47 Pedro Cárdenas 1:14:24 Antonio Ibarra 1:17:01 4 José González 1:17:04 5 Antonio Capote 1:17:08 6 Manuel Cabrera 1:17:35 7 Rodolfo Méndez 1:18:31 8 José Muñoz 1:21:13 9 Abelardo Fornés 10 José Orihuela 10 Ricardo Suárez Felix Frederick Earl Belcher José Vallejo George Kerr

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 18 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Arnaldo Bristol 14.1 Q, 2 1 Ray Harvey 14.8 Q 3 1 Irolán Echevarría 17.2 1 Félix Bello 1 2 Heriberto Cruz 14.7 Q 2 2 Lázaro Betancourt 14.9 Q 3 2 Michael Murray 15.2 2 Ian Harry 1 3 Hernando Arrechea 14.4 Q 2 3 Juan Morales 14.6 Q 3 3 Lancelot Oliver 14.9 4 3 Domingo Pierantoni 15.2 Final – ? June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hernando Arrechea 14.2w Ray Harvey 14.4w Juan Morales 14.5w 4 Lázaro Betancourt 14.5w 5 Arnaldo Bristol Bristol fell at a hurdle but finished the race. Heriberto Cruz

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 16 June Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Heriberto Cruz 54.1 Q 2 1 Arístides Pineda 54.7 Q 3 1 Ramón Herrera 56.0 Q 4 1 René Derieux 57.0 5 1 José González 59.7 1 Ian Harry 1 2 Víctor Maldonado 53.5 Q 2 2 Miguel Olivera 53.5 Q 3 2 Víctor López 54.8 Q 4 2 Antonio Medina 55.8 5 2 Jorge Cumberbatch 55.9 2 Keith Williams Final – 17 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Heriberto Cruz 52.4 Víctor Maldonado 52.5 Arístides Pineda 53.5 4 Miguel Olivera 53.8 5 Víctor López 55.3 6 Ramón Herrera 57.5

3000 metres steeplechase 17 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Flavio Buendía 9:32.6 Rolf Duwe 9:37.8 Rigoberto Mendoza 9:38.4 4 Modesto Carrión 9:43.4 5 Mario Briceño 9:44.2 6 René Milián 9:57.2 7 Julio Quevedo 8 Manuel Cabrera 9 Freddy Vargas 10 Esteban Valle 11 Vinton Powell 12 Benjamín Rodríguez Francisco Alcalá Earl Belcher George Kerr Antonio Ibarra Concepción Salinas

4 × 100 metres relay Heats – 20 June Rank Heat Team Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Félix Eugellés, Juan Morales, Manuel Montalvo, Enrique Figuerola 40.3 Q 2 1 Cipriani Phillips, Winston Short, Henry Noel, Edwin Roberts 41.4 Q 3 1 Jaime Uribe, Hernando Arrechea, Migdonio Palacios, Pedro Grajales 40.4 Q 4 1 Alberto Torres, Juan Angustia, Rolando Gómez, Porfirio Veras 41.7 q 5 1 41.0 1 2 Wellesley Clayton, Pablo McNeil, Ernest Headley, Michael Fray 40.5 Q 2 2 Enrique Montalvo, Héctor González, Jorge Derieux, Arnaldo Bristol 40.5 Q 2 2 2 2

Final – 21 June Rank Team Athletes Time Notes Wellesley Clayton, Pablo McNeil, Ernest Headley, Michael Fray 40.5 Cipriani Phillips, Winston Short, Henry Noel, Edwin Roberts 40.6 Félix Eugellés, Juan Morales, Manuel Montalvo, Enrique Figuerola 40.6 4 Enrique Montalvo, Héctor González, Jorge Derieux, Arnaldo Bristol 40.8 5 Alberto Torres, Juan Angustia, Rolando Gómez, Porfirio Veras 41.0 6 Jaime Uribe, Hernando Arrechea, Migdonio Palacios, Pedro Grajales 41.3

4 × 400 metres relay 22 June Rank Team Athletes Time Notes Clifton Forbes, Melville Spence, Neville Myton, Rupert Hoilette 3:08.8 Ben Cayenne, Edwin Skinner, Lennox Yearwood, Edwin Roberts 3:09.4 Juan Franceschi, Rafael Vega, José Andino, Germán Guenard 3:10.3 4 José Jacinto Hidalgo, Humberto Mijares, Hortensio Fucil, Víctor Maldonado 3:12.3 5 Antonio Linares, Eddy Téllez, Carlos Martínez, Rodobaldo Díaz 3:13.5 6 Anthony Cadogan, Betram Catwell, Ezra Burnham, Keith Forde 3:17.0

10,000 metres walk 20 June Rank Name Nationality Time Notes José Pedraza 51:32.4 Euclides Calzado 51:43.4 David Jiménez 52:17.8 4 Juan López 53:36.8 5 Eladio Campos 53:48.8 6 Luis Torres 54:14.4 7 José Pérez 8 Gregorio Angulo

High jump 21 June Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Teodoro Palacios 2.03 Anton Norris 1.98 Luis Planchart 1.93 4 Carlos Vázquez 1.88 5 Víctor Vigo 1.88 6 Fernando Maldonado 1.88 7 Jorge Wilson 1.83 8 Ramón Alvero 1.83 9 Trevor Tennant 1.83 10 Óscar Melville 1.78 11 Luis Osborne 1.73 Arturo Espinal

Pole vault 17 June Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Rolando Cruz 4.54 Rubén Cruz 4.30 Luis Quintero 4.15 4 Arturo Ezquerra 4.15 5 Jorge Negrón 4.00 6 Héctor Thomas 3.85 7 Roberto Fernández 3.85 8 José Restrepo 3.85 9 Raúl Exquerra 3.85 Roberto Velázquez

Long jump 20 June Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Wellesley Clayton 7.64 Abelardo Pacheco 7.55 Byron Lewis 7.51 4 José Hernández 7.50 5 Héctor Thomas 7.31 6 Goldino Flores 7.19 7 Ramón Iriarte 7.06 8 Carlos Díaz 7.03 9 Trevor Thomas 7.00 10 Juan Muñoz 6.94 11 Tim Barrett 6.79 12 Brian Skinner 6.73 13 José Rondón 6.49 14 Heriberto Feliciano 6.32 Samuel Cruz Tulio Toribio

Triple jump ? June Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Tim Barrett 15.76 José Hernández 15.72 Trevor Thomas 15.42 4 Byron Lewis 14.97 5 Brian Skinner 14.94 6 Víctor Serrate 14.81 7 Jorge Toro 14.79 8 Ricardo Camejo 14.67 9 Anton Norris 14.37 10 Rafael Baldayo 14.28 11 Juan García 14.18 12 Víctor Lleras 14.04 13 Cherys Fuentes 13.78 14 Tulio Toribio 12.57 Goldino Flores

Shot put 22 June