Athletics at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Manuel Rivera Puerto Rico	10.87	Horacio Esteves Venezuela	10.91	Lloyd Murad Venezuela	10.92
200 metres	Manuel Rivera Puerto Rico	21.79	Rafael Romero Venezuela	21.92	Lloyd Murad Venezuela	22.40
400 metres	Ovidio de Jesús Puerto Rico	48.73	Iván Rodríguez Puerto Rico	48.93	Evaristo Edie Venezuela	49.98
800 metres	Ralph Gomes British Guiana	1:57.7	Harvey Borrero Colombia	1:58.4	Jorge Leal Mexico	1:58.8
1500 metres	Harvey Borrero Colombia	4:04.37	Alfredo Tinoco Mexico	4:06.00	Ralph Gomes British Guiana	4:08.16
5000 metres	Isidro Segura Mexico	15:41.94	Guadalupe Jiménez Mexico	15:55.06	Marciano Castillo Mexico	15:56.10
10000 metres	Josafath Hernández Mexico	32:51.36	Isidro Segura Mexico	32:59.17	Pedro Peralta Mexico	33:25.51
Half marathon	Pedro Peralta Mexico	01:10:29	Pedro Alvarado Mexico	01:11:47	Germán Lozano Colombia	01:13:40
110 metres hurdles	Teófilo Davis Bell Venezuela	15.39	Teófilo Colón Puerto Rico	15.95	Víctor Maldonado Venezuela	16.05
400 metres hurdles	Ovidio de Jesús Puerto Rico	53.42	Víctor Maldonado Venezuela	54.18	Oscar Fernández Mexico	55.51
3000 metre steeplechase	Alfredo Tinoco Mexico	10:50.8*	Luciano Gómez Mexico	11:11.6*	Hernando Ruíz Colombia	11:45.5*
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad Horacio Esteves Rafael Romero	42.14	Puerto Rico Miguel Rivera Rubén Díaz Ramón L. Vega Manuel Rivera	42.27	Panama Luis E. Carter Hubert Brown Martín Francis Manuel Rivas	42.71
4 × 400 metres relay	Puerto Rico Frank Rivera Manuel Rivera Ovidio de Jesús Iván Rodríguez	3:16.91	Venezuela Emilio Romero Davis Welch Guillermo Rocca Evaristo Edie	3:22.88	Mexico Rodolfo Ramírez Oscar Fernández Juan J. Godínez Jorge Terán	3:24.46
High jump	Teodoro Palacios Guatemala	1.91	Julio Lleras Puerto Rico	1.91	Roberto Procel Mexico	1.89
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz Puerto Rico	4.40	Rubén Cruz Puerto Rico	3.96	Miguel Rivera Puerto Rico	3.79
Long jump	Deryck Taylor Jamaica	7.07	Julio Lleras Puerto Rico	6.67	Jesús Piña Venezuela	6.60
Triple jump	Pedro Camacho Puerto Rico	14.67	Rumildo Cruz Puerto Rico	14.38	Julio Lleras Puerto Rico	14.32
Shot put	Eduardo Adriana Netherlands Antilles	14.59	Ramón Rosario Puerto Rico	14.48	Rafael Trompiz Venezuela	14.00
Discus throw	Daniel Cereali Venezuela	44.95	Mauricio Rodríguez Venezuela	42.27	Omar Fierro Mexico	42.16
Hammer throw	Daniel Cereali Venezuela	51.17dh	Rubén Dávila Puerto Rico	46.86dh	Francisco Fragoso Mexico	46.75dh
Javelin throw	Carlos Fajer Mexico	62.36	Santiago Durham Mexico	59.65	Jesús Barbera Venezuela	59.02
Pentathlon	Rodolfo Mijares Mexico	2723	Héctor Román Puerto Rico	2627	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	2540

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Jean Holmes Panama	13.04	Yolanda Vinocourt Mexico	13.31	María Treviño Mexico	13.33
80 metres hurdles	Guillermina Peña Mexico	12.87	Benilda Ascanio Venezuela	12.92	Silvia Hunte Panama	13.43
4 × 100 metres relay	Panama Marcela Daniel Lorraine Dunn Silvia Hunte Jean Holmes	50.51 (50.5)	Mexico Guillermina Peña Raquel Trujillo Ma. Teresa Treviño Yolanda Vincourt	51.81 (51.7)	Venezuela Benilde Ascanio Alvia Ford Biserka de Vamich Morella Ettedgui	53.26 (53.2)
High jump	Benilda Ascanio Venezuela	1.43	Margarita Kabsch Mexico	1.40	Silvia Hunte Panama	1.40
Discus throw	Lili Schulter Mexico	40.79	Ivonne Rojano Mexico	37.19	Nerva Matheus Venezuela	31.04
Javelin throw	Berta Chiú Mexico	35.21	Raquel Trujillo Mexico	35.14	Mercedes García Venezuela	34.75

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	9	11	9	29
2	Puerto Rico (PUR)	7	10	2	19
3	Venezuela (VEN)	5	6	11	22
4	Panama (PAN)	2	0	3	5
5	Colombia (COL)	1	1	2	4
6	British Guiana (BGU)	1	0	1	2
7	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	1	0	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		28	28	28	84

References

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.