Athletics at the XXIII CAC Games
Dates	29 July – 3 August
Host city	Barranquilla, Colombia
Venue	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez
Events	46
Participation	468 athletes from 35 nations
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The athletics competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia from 29 July to 3 August at the Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez (warm-up Rafael Cotes Stadium).^[1]

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Nesta Carter  Jamaica	10.07 SB	Jason Rogers  Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.15	Cejhae Greene  Antigua and Barbuda	10.16
200 m	Bernardo Baloyes  Colombia	20.13	Alonso Edward  Panama	20.17	Kyle Greaux  Trinidad and Tobago	20.26
400 m	Luguelín Santos  Dominican Republic	44.59 SB	Yoandys Lescay  Cuba	45.38 SB	Nery Brenes  Costa Rica	45.61
800 m	Jesús Tonatiu López  Mexico	1:45.2	Ryan Sánchez  Puerto Rico	1:46.3	Wesley Vázquez  Puerto Rico	1:46.6
1500 m	Fernando Daniel Martínez  Mexico	3:56.57	José Eduardo Rodríguez  Mexico	3:56.70	Carlos San Martín  Colombia	3:56.78
5000 m	José Mauricio González  Colombia	13:53.40 SB	Mario Pacay  Guatemala	13:56.30	Víctor Montañez  Mexico	14:05.87 PB
10,000 m	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	30:07.49	Mario Pacay  Guatemala	30:09.79	Iván Darío González  Colombia	30:15.23
110 m hurdles	Shane Brathwaite  Barbados	13.38 SB	Ruebin Walters  Trinidad and Tobago	13.57	Roger Iribarne  Cuba	13.58
400 m hurdles	Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands	47.60 GR	Annsert Whyte  Jamaica	48.50 SB	Juander Santos  Dominican Republic	48.77 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Gerald Giraldo  Colombia	8:44.51 SB	Ricardo Estremera  Puerto Rico	8:46.24 SB	Andrés Camilo Camargo  Colombia	8:50.66
4 × 100 m relay	Barbados Shane Brathwaite Mario Burke Burkheart Ellis Jaquone Hoyte	38.41 NR	Dominican Republic Christopher Valdez Yohandris Andújar Stanly del Carmen Yancarlos Martínez	38.71 SB	Jamaica Nesta Carter Romario Williams Rasheed Dwyer Javoy Tucker	38.79
4 × 400 m relay	Cuba Leandro Zamora Adrián Chacón Raydel Rojas Yoandys Lescay	3:03.87 SB	Dominican Republic Luguelín Santos Juander Santos Andito Charles Leonel Bonón	3:03.92 SB	Colombia Diego Palomeque Rafith Rodríguez Yilmar Herrera Jhon Perlaza	3:04.35 SB
Marathon	Jeison Suárez  Colombia	2:29:54	Daniel Vargas  Mexico	2:30:30	Williams Julajuj  Guatemala	2:31:42
20 km walk	Éider Arévalo  Colombia	1:26:42	Manuel Soto  Colombia	1:26:59	Erick Barrondo  Guatemala	1:27:17
50 km walk	José Leyver Ojeda  Mexico	4:02:45	Jorge Armando Ruiz  Colombia	4:05:28	José Leonardo Montaña  Colombia	4:08:10
High jump	Donald Thomas  Bahamas	2.28 m	Eure Yáñez  Venezuela	2.28 m =SB	Jermaine Francis  Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.28 m NR
Pole vault	Lázaro Borges  Cuba Walter Viáfara  Colombia	5.30 m SB 5.30 m =PB	Not awarded		Eduardo Nápoles  Cuba	5.20 m
Long jump	Ramone Bailey  Jamaica	8.07 m	Tyrone Smith  Bermuda	8.03 m SB	Andwuelle Wright  Trinidad and Tobago	7.94 m
Triple jump	Cristian Nápoles  Cuba	17.34 m PB	Jordan Díaz  Cuba	17.29 m w	Miguel van Assen  Suriname	16.96 m NR
Shot put	O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica	21.02 m GR	Ashinia Miller  Jamaica	20.19 m	Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands	20.18 m NR
Discus throw	Mauricio Ortega  Colombia	66.30 m NR	Jorge Yedián Fernández  Cuba	65.27 m SB	Traves Smikle  Jamaica	64.68 m
Hammer throw	Diego del Real  Mexico	74.95 m GR	Rainier Mejías  Cuba	73.28 m	Roberto Janet  Cuba	73.11 m
Javelin throw	Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago	84.47 m	Anderson Peters  Grenada	81.80 m	David Carreón  Mexico	76.27 m
Decathlon	Leonel Suárez  Cuba	8026 pts	José Lemos  Colombia	7913 pts NR	Briander Rivero  Cuba	7858 pts

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Jonielle Smith  Jamaica	11.04	Khalifa St. Fort  Trinidad and Tobago	11.15	Andrea Purica  Venezuela	11.32
200 m	Sashalee Forbes  Jamaica	22.80 SB	Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago	22.95	Jodean Williams  Jamaica	22.96
400 m	Tiffany James  Jamaica	52.35	Fiordaliza Cofil  Dominican Republic	52.72 PB	Derri-Ann Hill  Jamaica	53.30
800 m	Rose Mary Almanza  Cuba	2:01.63	Alena Brooks  Trinidad and Tobago	2:02.26	Sonia Gaskin  Barbados	2:03.13 NR
1500 m	Rose Mary Almanza  Cuba	4:22.14 SB	Angelín Figueroa  Puerto Rico	4:22.52	Rosibel García  Colombia	4:23.43 SB
5000 m	Muriel Coneo  Colombia	16:13.47	Beverly Ramos  Puerto Rico	16:14.04	Brenda Flores  Mexico	16:16.71 SB
10,000 m	Úrsula Sánchez  Mexico	33:41.48 GR	Beverly Ramos  Puerto Rico	33:46.99 SB	Vianey de la Rosa  Mexico	34:10.75
100 m hurdles	Andrea Vargas  Costa Rica	12.90 NR	Vanessa Clerveaux  Haiti	13.07	Jeanine Williams  Jamaica	13.11
400 m hurdles	Ronda Whyte  Jamaica	55.08	Zudikey Rodríguez  Mexico	55.11 NR	Zurian Hechavarría  Cuba	55.13 PB
3000 m steeplechase	Ana Cristina Narváez  Mexico	10:00.01 SB	Beverly Ramos  Puerto Rico	10:07.71	Andrea Ferris  Panama	10:18.92 SB
4 × 100 m relay	Jamaica Jura Levy Sherone Simpson Jonielle Smith Natasha Morrison	43.41	Trinidad and Tobago Khalifa St. Fort Zakiyah Denoon Reyare Thomas Semoy Hackett	43.61	Dominican Republic Mariely Sánchez Marileidy Paulino Anabel Medina Estrella de Aza	43.68 SB
4 × 400 m relay	Cuba Zurian Hechavarría Rose Mary Almanza Gilda Casanova Roxana Gómez	3:29.48 GR	Jamaica Derri-Ann Hill Tiffany James Sonikqua Walker Junelle Bromfield	3:30.67	Colombia Eliana Chávez Rosangélica Escobar Melissa González Jennifer Padilla	3:32.61
Marathon	Madaí Pérez  Mexico	2:57:55	Dailín Belmonte  Cuba	2:59:09	Angie Orjuela  Colombia	2:59:49
High jump	Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia	1.90 m	Ximena Esquivel  Mexico	1.86 m	María Fernanda Murillo  Colombia	1.86 m
Pole vault	Yarisley Silva  Cuba	4.70 m GR	Robeilys Peinado  Venezuela	4.50 m	Lisa Salomón  Cuba	4.10 m =PB
Long jump	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia	6.83 m w	Chantel Malone  British Virgin Islands	6.52 m SB	Alysbeth Félix  Puerto Rico	6.45 m w
Triple jump	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia	14.92 m GR	Yosiris Urrutia  Colombia	14.48 m w	Liadagmis Povea  Cuba	14.44 m w
Shot put	Cleopatra Borel  Trinidad and Tobago	18.14 m	Yaniuvis López  Cuba	18.03 m	María Fernanda Orozco  Mexico	17.88 NR
Discus throw	Yaime Pérez  Cuba	66.00 m GR	Denia Caballero  Cuba	65.10 m	Shaniece Love  Jamaica	58.40 m PB
Hammer throw	Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela	67.91 m	Elianis Despaigne  Cuba	64.40 m	Yaritza Martínez  Cuba	61.44 m
Javelin throw	María Lucelly Murillo  Colombia	59.54 m	Coraly Ortiz  Puerto Rico	56.27 m	Yulenmis Aguilar  Cuba	55.60 m
Heptathlon	Yorgelis Rodríguez  Cuba	6436 pts GR	Evelis Aguilar  Colombia	6285 pts AR	Luisaris Toledo  Venezuela	5848 pts NR

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia (COL)*	11	5	9	25
2	Cuba (CUB)	10	8	9	27
3	Mexico (MEX)	8	4	5	17
4	Jamaica (JAM)	8	3	6	17
5	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	2	5	2	9
6	Barbados (BAR)	2	0	1	3
7	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	3	2	6
8	Venezuela (VEN)	1	2	2	5
9	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	1	1	1	3
10	Costa Rica (CRC)	1	0	1	2
11	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	0	1
13	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	7	2	9
14	Guatemala (GUA)	0	2	2	4
15	Panama (PAN)	0	1	1	2
	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	0	1	1	2
17	Bermuda (BER)	0	1	0	1
	Grenada (GRN)	0	1	0	1
	Haiti (HAI)	0	1	0	1
20	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	0	1	1
	Suriname (SUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		47	45	46	138

Participating nations

References

External links

• 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games – Athletics