Athletics at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

These are the results of the athletics competition at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between 18 and 25 June 1962, at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.

Men's results 100 metres

Heats – 18 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Arquímedes Herrera 10.3 Q, = 2 1 Enrique Figuerola 10.4 Q 3 1 George Collie 10.7 Q 4 1 Miguel González 10.9 5 1 Irving Josephs 11.1 6 1 Wellesley Clayton 11.1 7 1 José Polio 11.6 1 2 Dennis Johnson 10.5 Q 2 2 Santiago Plaza 10.6 Q 3 2 Harold Russell 10.7 Q 4 2 Manuel Montalvo 10.8 5 2 Manuel Rivera 10.8 6 2 Thomas Grant 10.9 7 2 Rafael Domínguez 11.4 1 3 Rafael Romero 10.5 Q 2 3 Cipriani Phillip 10.6 Q 3 3 Ramón Vega 10.7 Q 4 3 Alberto Torres 10.8 5 3 Lloyd Bascombe 11.2 6 3 Rodobaldo Díaz 11.2 7 3 Óscar López 11.4 1 4 Tommy Robinson 10.4 Q 2 4 Horacio Esteves 10.5 Q 3 4 Leonel Pedroza 10.7 Q 4 4 Noel Mangual 10.7 5 4 Vincent Ackoon 10.8 6 4 Leonel Midi 10.8 6 4 Pablo McNeil 11.2 4 Rodolfo Mijares Semifinals – 18 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Horacio Esteves 10.5 Q 2 1 Arquímedes Herrera 10.5 Q 3 1 Dennis Johnson 10.6 Q 4 1 Harold Russell 10.7 5 1 George Collie 10.7 6 1 Santiago Plaza 10.9 1 2 Rafael Romero 10.3 Q, = 2 2 Tommy Robinson 10.4 Q 3 2 Enrique Figuerola 10.4 Q 4 2 Cipriani Phillip 10.5 5 2 Leonel Pedroza 10.7 2 Ramón Vega Final – 19 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Tommy Robinson 10.4 (10.41) Rafael Romero 10.4 (10.47) Arquímedes Herrera 10.5 (10.49) 4 Enrique Figuerola 10.5 5 Dennis Johnson 10.6 6 Horacio Esteves 10.6

200 metres

Heats – 21 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 George Collie 21.8 Q 2 1 Noel Mangual 21.8 Q 3 1 Leonel Pedroza 21.9 Q 4 1 Santiago Plaza 22.0 5 1 Alberto Torres 22.1 6 1 Sydney Bradshaw 22.3 1 2 Edwin Roberts 21.3 Q 2 2 Enrique Figuerola 21.6 Q 3 2 Thomas Grant 22.1 Q 2 Leonel Midi 2 Horacio Esteves 2 Ramón Vega 1 3 Rafael Romero 21.3 Q 2 3 Manuel Rivera 21.6 Q 3 3 Wilton Jackson 21.8 Q 4 3 Harold Russell 22.0 5 3 Miguel González 22.0 6 3 Manuel Montalvo 22.1 1 4 Arquímedes Herrera 21.4 Q 2 4 Dennis Johnson 21.7 Q 3 4 Cipriani Phillip 21.9 Q 4 4 Rodobaldo Díaz 22.1 5 4 Lloyd Bascombe 22.3 6 4 Óscar López 22.7 Semifinals – 21 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Enrique Figuerola 21.3 Q 2 1 Rafael Romero 21.6 Q 3 1 Manuel Rivera 21.8 Q 4 1 Leonel Pedroza 21.9 5 1 Cipriani Phillip 22.0 6 1 George Collie 22.3 1 2 Arquímedes Herrera 21.1 Q 2 2 Edwin Roberts 21.3 Q 3 2 Wilton Jackson 21.7 Q 4 2 Dennis Johnson 21.8 5 2 Noel Mangual 21.9 6 2 Thomas Grant 22.4 Final – 22 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rafael Romero 21.0 Arquímedes Herrera 21.3 Edwin Roberts 21.4 4 Enrique Figuerola 21.6 5 Wilton Jackson 21.7 6 Manuel Rivera 21.8

400 metres

Heats – 21 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 George Kerr 47.5 Q, 2 1 Jorge Terán 48.8 Q 3 1 Gelasio Morales 49.2 Q 4 1 Lloyd Murad 49.6 5 1 José Luis Villalongo 50.0 6 1 Luis Betancourt 52.4 1 2 Hortensio Fucil 47.7 Q 2 2 Germán Guenard 48.0 Q 3 2 Juan Betancourt 49.5 Q 4 2 Charles Benjamin 51.1 5 2 Juan García 52.1 2 Gabriel Morreno 1 3 Mal Spence 47.9 Q 2 3 Víctor Maldonado 48.2 Q 3 3 Gilberto Faberlle 48.5 Q 4 3 Caspar Springer 48.8 5 3 Percy Christie 53.8 6 3 Héctor Salinas 51.3 1 4 Mel Spence 48.0 Q 2 4 Roberto Gómez 48.4 Q 3 4 Eduardo Portillo 48.8 Q 4 4 Jim Wedderburn 49.2 5 4 Roderick Manswell 49.7 6 4 Rafael Melo 50.2 Semifinals – ? August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 George Kerr 47.5 Q, = 2 1 Mel Spence 47.7 Q 3 1 Víctor Maldonado 48.6 Q 4 1 Roberto Gómez 48.9 5 1 Germán Guenard 49.5 6 1 Eduardo Portillo 49.8 1 2 Mal Spence 47.7 Q 2 2 Hortensio Fucil 48.0 Q 3 2 Gilberto Faberlle 48.4 Q 4 2 Jorge Terán 48.7 5 2 Juan Betancourt 49.5 6 2 Gelasio Morales 49.6 Final – 23 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes George Kerr 45.9 Hortensio Fucil 47.3 Mal Spence 47.4 4 Mel Spence 47.7 5 Gilberto Faberlle 48.2 6 Víctor Maldonado 49.5

800 metres

Heats – 19 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 George Kerr 1:51.4 Q 2 1 Leslie Mentor 1:51.8 Q 3 1 José Neira 1:53.4 Q 4 1 Leroy Rogers 1:54.2 5 1 Evelio Planas 1:54.7 6 1 Héctor Vilches 1:56.6 7 1 Jorge García 1:58.1 8 1 Percy Christie 1:58.5 1 2 Ralph Gomes 1:51.8 Q 2 2 Caspar Springer 1:53.9 Q 3 2 Rueben Roberts 1:54.5 Q 4 2 Lennox Yearwood 1:55.3 5 2 José Rivera 1:56.4 6 2 Marcelino Borrero 1:57.0 7 2 Francisco Coipel 8 2 Félix Chavarri 1 3 Mel Spence 1:52.0 Q 2 3 Julian Brown 1:52.5 Q 3 3 José Manuel Luna 1:53.0 Q 4 3 Rafael Melo 1:54.6 5 3 Juan Colombani 1:57.0 6 3 Luis Betancourt 1:58.3 7 3 Eduardo Alfonso 8 3 Abel Betancourt Final – 20 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes George Kerr 1:51.0 Mel Spence 1:53.0 José Neira 1:54.8 4 Leslie Mentor 1:54.9 5 José Manuel Luna 1:56.0 6 Ralph Gomes 1:56.9 Rueben Roberts Caspar Springer Julian Brown

1500 metres

Heats – 23 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Álvaro Mejía 3:56.0 Q, 2 1 José Manuel Luna 3:58.0 Q 3 1 Ervin Campbell 4:00.7 Q 4 1 Leroy Rogers 4:08.6 5 1 Ramiro García 4:08.5 6 1 Eduardo Alfonso 4:13.3 1 2 José Neira 3:58.8 Q 2 2 Lennox Yearwood 3:59.6 Q 3 2 Juan Colombani 4:00.0 Q 4 2 Rueben Roberts 4:00.0 5 2 Leslie Mentor 4:00.5 6 2 Francisco Coipel 4:03.7 1 3 Ralph Gomes 4:00.4 Q 2 3 Harvey Borrero 4:01.6 Q 3 3 Earle Belcher 4:02.8 Q 4 3 Silvio Jasso 4:04.6 5 3 Félix Chavarri 4:09.6 6 3 Rolando Pichardo 4:14.5 Final – 24 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Álvaro Mejía 3:51.4 Ralph Gomes 3:52.5 José Neira 3:52.6 4 José Manuel Luna 3:55.5 5 Harvey Borrero 3:55.8 6 Earle Belcher 4:00.0 Ervin Campbell Lennox Yearwood Juan Colombani

5000 metres 21 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eligio Galicia 14:46.6 Marciano Castillo 15:06.2 Felipe Prado 15:11.0 4 Manuel Cabrera 15:17.2 5 Rodolfo Méndez 15:17.4 6 Jesús Quetche 15:33.2

10,000 metres 19 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Eligio Galicia 30:55.2 Asencio Escalona 31:40.8 Marciano Castillo 31:44.4 4 Florencio Boches 32:15.0 5 Germán Lozano 32:36.2 6 Hernán Barreneche 32:50.0

Half marathon 25 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hernán Barreneche 1:11:49 Fidel Negrete 1:12:27 Víctor Peralta 1:13:21 4 Germán Lozano 1:13:30 5 Daniel Vicencio 1:13:40 6 Sebastián García 1:14:39 7 Rodolfo Méndez 1:15:09 8 Florentino Oropeza 1:16:24 9 Carlos Parra 1:17:14 10 Carlos Quiñónez 1:18:49

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 21 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Lázaro Betancourt 14.4 Q 2 1 Teófilo Davis Bell 15.0 Q 3 1 Ramond Harvey 15.2 4 1 Gabriel Roldán 16.0 1 César Quintero 1 2 Heriberto Cruz 14.4 Q 2 2 Irolán Echevarría 14.7 Q 3 2 Juan Muñoz 15.2 4 2 A. Coley 15.4 5 2 Alfredo González 15.6 2 Arturo Perkins 1 3 Lancelot Bobb 14.9 Q 2 3 Wilmon Bryan 15.0 Q 3 3 Callixto Boada 15.1 4 3 Billy Montague 15.3 5 3 Téofilo Colón 15.6 6 3 Guillermo Zapata 16.0

Final – 21 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lázaro Betancourt 14.2 Heriberto Cruz 14.5 Lancelot Bobb 14.7 4 Irolán Echevarría 14.8 5 Wilmon Bryan 15.2 6 Teófilo Davis Bell 15.5

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 18 August Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Juan Montes 53.3 Q 2 1 Leroy Keane 54.3 Q 3 1 Raúl Fernández 55.3 4 1 Charles Benjajmin 56.9 1 José Torres 1 2 Arístides Pineda 52.7 Q, 2 2 Ovidio de Jesús 54.2 Q 3 2 Ramón Herrera 54.8 4 2 Dwight Anderson 55.1 5 2 Jesús Medina 55.4 2 Arturo Perkins 1 3 Víctor Maldonado 53.0 Q 2 3 Jorge Cumberbatch 53.6 Q 3 3 Walter Rivera 54.0 4 3 Billy Montague 54.6 5 3 Héctor Salinas 55.7 6 3 Douglas Brown 59.9

Final – 20 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Víctor Maldonado 51.6 Juan Montes 53.0 Jorge Cumberbatch 53.2 4 Arístides Pineda 53.5 5 Leroy Keane 53.8 6 Ovidio de Jesús 56.8

3000 metres steeplechase 20 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Erasmo Prado 9:19.8 Elías Mendoza 9:23.6 Pedro Mariani 9:31.4 4 Ezequiel García 9:41.2 5 Freddy Vargas 9:54.1 6 Efraín Cordero 9:54.4 7 Carlos Mujica 8 Earle Belcher 10:15.8 Manuel Cabrera

4 × 100 metres relay Heats – 23 August Rank Heat Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 1 Arquímides Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Horacio Esteves 40.4 Q, 2 1 Cipriani Phillips, Vincent Ackoon, Wilton Jackson, Edwin Roberts 40.5 Q 3 1 Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lindley Headley, Dennis Johnson 40.6 Q 4 1 Bernard Nottage, Thomas Grant, Eucal Bullard, George Collie 41.6 1 2 Alejandro Pascual, Miguel Montalvo, Lázaro Betancourt, Enrique Figuerola 40.6 Q 2 2 Noel Mangual, Enrique Montalvo, Jorge Deriez, Manuel Rivera 41.1 Q 3 2 Santiago Plaza, Jorge Terán, Miguel González, Eduardo Portillo 42.0 Q 4 2 Sydney Bradshaw, Caspar Springer, Lloyd Bascombe, Harold Russell 42.0

Final – 25 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Arquímides Herrera, Lloyd Murad, Rafael Romero, Horacio Esteves 40.0 Cipriani Phillips, Vincent Ackoon, Wilton Jackson, Edwin Roberts 40.7 Pablo McNeil, Patrick Robinson, Lindley Headley, Dennis Johnson 40.8 4 Noel Mangual, Enrique Montalvo, Jorge Deriez, Manuel Rivera 41.2 Alejandro Pascual, Miguel Montalvo, Lázaro Betancourt, Enrique Figuerola Santiago Plaza, Jorge Terán, Miguel González, Eduardo Portillo

4 × 400 metres relay 25 August Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes Mel Spence, Mal Spence, Gilwyn Williams, George Kerr 3:11.6 Roderick Manswell, Juan Betancourt, Wilton Jackson, Edwin Roberts 3:12.5 Germán Guenard, José Luis Villalongo, Gilberto Faberlle, Ovidio de Jesús 3:15.8 4 Roberto Gómez, Jorge Cumberbatch, Gelasio Morales, Evelio Planas 3:17.1 5 Leslie Mentor, Lloyd Murad, Víctor Maldonado, Hortensio Fucil 3:19.1 6 Eduardo Portillo, Jesús Medina, José Manuel Luna, Jorge Terán 3:22.9

High jump ? August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Teodoro Palacios 2.00 Anton Norris 1.98 Ernle Haisley 1.94 4 Ricardo Pérez 1.92 5 Carlos Vásquez 1.88 6 Víctor Irrizarry 1.83 7 Roberto Procel 1.83 8 Othneal Thomas 1.83

Pole vault 21 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Rolando Cruz 4.72 Rubén Cruz 4.26 César Quintero 3.81 4 Brígido Iriarte 3.81 5 Miguel Rivera 3.81 6 McGregor Hinkson 3.81

Long jump 20 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Juan Muñoz 7.68 Wellesley Clayton 7.60 Abelardo Pacheco 7.16 4 Roberto Procel 7.16 5 Félix Antonetti 7.14 6 Victor Brooks 7.02

Triple jump 23 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Mahoney Samuels 15.53 Ramón López 15.33 Perry Christie 14.98 4 Alves Thomas 14.92 5 José López 14.70 6 Víctor Hernández 14.65

Shot put ? August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Lambertus Rebel 14.64 Héctor Thomas 14.46 Ramón Rosario 13.96 4 Carlos Yapur 13.85 5 Fidel Estrada 13.68 6 José Bracho 13.59

Discus throw 21 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Dagoberto González 48.66 Lambertus Rebel 47.44 Daniel Cereali 46.97 4 Ignacio Reinosa 45.77 5 Modesto Mederos 45.36 6 Carlos Rivera 45.10

Hammer throw 23 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Enrique Samuells 54.15 Daniel Cereali 52.85 Marcelino Borrero 50.35 4 Francisco Fragoso 48.38 5 Julián Núñez 48.35 6 Rubén Dávila 45.09

Javelin throw Qualification – 24 August – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes ? Millito Navarro Jr. 54.86

Final – 24 August – old model Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Jesús Rodríguez 66.66 Wilfredo Salgado 64.24 Arnoldo Pallarés 61.83 4 Héctor Thomas 61.17 5 Antonio Olivares 60.02 6 Gil Cordovés 59.17

Pentathlon 24 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Héctor Thomas 3212 Roberto Caravaca 2946 Jorge García 2912 4 Hugh Malcolm 2827 5 Raymond Bastardo 2607 6 Billy Montague 2599

Women's results 100 metres

Heats – 21 August