Athletics at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

These are the full results of the athletics competition at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between December 1 and December 6, 2002, at Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González in San Salvador, El Salvador.[1][2]

Men's results edit

100 meters edit

200 meters edit

400 meters edit

800 meters edit

Final – 5 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  José Manuel González   Venezuela 1:48.71
  Germaine Myers   Jamaica 1:48.89
  Marvin Watts   Jamaica 1:49.11
4 Jean Destine   Haiti 1:49.79
5 Heleodoro Navarro   Mexico 1:50.37
6 Ricardo Etheridge   Puerto Rico 1:50.40
7 Isidro Pimentel   Dominican Republic 1:51.02
8 Rodolfo Gómez   Mexico 1:51.56
9 Jean Ignatius   Netherlands Antilles 1:55.23
10 César Arias   El Salvador 1:55.44

1500 meters edit

Final – 2 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Juan Luis Barrios   Mexico 3:43.71
  Alexander Greaux   Puerto Rico 3:45.75
  Michael Tomlin   Jamaica 3:49.33
4 Mauricio Ladino   Colombia 3:51.03
5 Isidro Pimentel   Dominican Republic 3:51.78
6 Emigdio Delgado   Venezuela 3:52.68
7 Rodolfo Gómez   Mexico 3:53.31
8 José Manuel González   Venezuela 3:56.37
9 Ricardo Etheridge   Puerto Rico 3:56.96
10 William Bohlke   U.S. Virgin Islands 3:58.93
11 Kevin Webb   Jamaica 4:14.86

5000 meters edit

Final – 3 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Pablo Olmedo   Mexico 14:07.82
  Freddy González   Venezuela 14:08.45
  David Galván   Mexico 14:11.95
4 William Naranjo   Colombia 14:13.69
5 José Amado García   Guatemala 14:33.50
6 Emigdio Delgado   Venezuela 14:43.38
7 Mauricio Ladino   Colombia 14:45.62
8 José Zayas   Dominican Republic 15:22.92
9 William Bohlke   U.S. Virgin Islands 15:54.62

10,000 meters edit

Final – 1 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Pablo Olmedo   Mexico 28:36.67 GR
  Teodoro Vega   Mexico 28:42.86
  William Naranjo   Colombia 29:12.13
4 Diego Colorado   Colombia 29:46.03
5 José Amado García   Guatemala 30:30.30
6 Sergio de León   Guatemala 30:30.35

Marathon edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Procopio Franco   Mexico 2:17:38
  Luis Fonseca   Venezuela 2:20:13
  Juan Carlos Cardona   Colombia 2:21:27
4 Alfredo Arévalo   Guatemala 2:21:53
5 Francisco Bautista   Mexico 2:28:09
6 Rafael Yax   Guatemala 2:28:10
Jacinto Rodríguez   Puerto Rico DNF
Rubén Maza   Venezuela DNF
Leonso Jiménez   Colombia DNS

110 meters hurdles edit

Final – 2 December - Wind: 2.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Dudley Dorival   Haiti 13.82 w
  Paulo Villar   Colombia 13.94 w
  Ricardo Melbourne   Jamaica 14.02 w
4 Gabriel Burnett   Barbados 14.03 w
5 Hugh Henry   Barbados 14.16 w
6 Luis López   Mexico 14.58 w
Wagner Marseille   Haiti DNS

400 meters hurdles edit

Final – 5 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Óscar Juanz   Mexico 50.46
  Miguel García   Dominican Republic 51.05
  José Carvajal   Mexico 51.62
4 Ryan King   Barbados 51.68
5 Damarius Cash   Bahamas 51.94
6 Roberto Cortés   El Salvador 52.79
7 Ronald Forbes   Cayman Islands 55.01
8 Henry Lizama   Guatemala 55.99

3000 meters steeplechase edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Alexander Greaux   Puerto Rico 8:42.39
  Salvador Miranda   Mexico 8:48.18
  Néstor Nieves   Venezuela 8:53.56
4 Gustavo Castillo   Mexico 8:56.22
5 Erick Bonilla   El Salvador 9:27.86

4x100 meters relay edit

4x400 meters relay edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    Dominican Republic Leonardo Matos
Gerardo Peralta
Carlos Santa
Felix Sánchez
3:04.15 NR
    Jamaica Germaine Myers
Michael McDonald
Michael Williams
Lansford Spence
3:05.40
    Venezuela Danny Núñez
Jonathan Palma
Luis Luna
William Hernández
3:05.71
4   Mexico Eder Robles
Óscar Juanz
Roberto Carvajal
Juan Pedro Toledo
3:09.64
5   El Salvador Marcelo Figueroa
Erick García
César Arias
Roberto Cortés
3:18.94

20 kilometers walk edit

Final – 1 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Alejandro López   Mexico 1:26:32
  Luis Fernando García   Guatemala 1:27:51
  Fredy Hernández   Colombia 1:28:48
4 Salvador Mira   El Salvador 1:33:43
Julio René Martínez   Guatemala DNF
Ricardo Reyes   El Salvador DQ
Claudio Erasmo Vargas   Mexico DQ
Rogelio Sánchez   Mexico DNS

High jump edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Gerardo Martínez   Mexico 2.18
  Omar Camacho   Puerto Rico 2.15
  Gilmar Mayo   Colombia 2.15
4 Damon Thompson   Barbados 2.05
5 Octavius Gillespie   Guatemala 2.05
6 James Rolle   Bahamas 2.05
7 Tulio Ernesto Quiroz   Honduras 1.95
8 Alton Berry   Belize 1.90
Edgar Torres   Mexico NM
Huguens Jean   Haiti NM

Pole vault edit

Final – 1 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Dominic Johnson   Saint Lucia 5.41 GR
  Jorge Tienda   Mexico 5.00
  Óscar Hernández   El Salvador 4.70 NR
4 Jorge Solórzano   Guatemala 4.50

Long jump edit

Final – 5 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Sergio Sauceda   Mexico 7.48 (+1.2 m/s)
  José Mercedes   Dominican Republic 7.32 (+0.2 m/s)
  Kevin Arthurton   Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.26 (+1.1 m/s)
4 Wayne McSween   Grenada 7.10 (+0.1 m/s)
5 Vicente Ríos   Mexico 6.82 (+0.4 m/s)
6 Ralston Henry   British Virgin Islands 6.68 (+0.5 m/s)
7 James Rolle   Bahamas 6.67 (+1.4 m/s)

Triple jump edit

Final – 2 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Alvin Rentería   Colombia 15.57 (-1.1 m/s)
  Jhonny Rodríguez   Venezuela 15.42 (-2.5 m/s)
  Wayne McSween   Grenada 15.12 (-1.4 m/s)
4 Gerardo Carrasco   Mexico 15.12 (-2.5 m/s)
5 Álvaro Paiz   Guatemala 14.80 (-2.8 m/s)
6 Nicholas Neufville   Jamaica 14.62 (-1.6 m/s)
Juan Carlos Nájera   Guatemala NM

Shot put edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Yojer Medina   Venezuela 19.63 GR
  Manuel Repollet   Puerto Rico 16.93
  José Ventura   Dominican Republic 16.46
4 Jason Morgan   Jamaica 16.06
5 Expedi Peña   Dominican Republic 15.60
6 Ivorn McKnee   Barbados 15.60
7 Edson Monzón   Guatemala 15.28
8 Daniel Ríos   Mexico 15.09
9 Charles Walcott   Barbados 14.17

Discus throw edit

Final – 1 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Héctor Hurtado   Venezuela 55.43
  Alfredo Romero   Puerto Rico 52.87
  Yojer Medina   Venezuela 51.98
4 Expedi Peña   Dominican Republic 49.52
5 Jason Morgan   Jamaica 48.26
6 Herberth Rodríguez   El Salvador 47.85
7 Ivorn McKnee   Barbados 47.81
8 Jesús Sánchez   Mexico 45.79
9 Paul Phillip   Grenada 42.79
10 Luis Squires   Panama 42.52
11 Cliff Williams   British Virgin Islands 42.38
12 Edson Monzón   Guatemala 39.69
13 Erick Rivas   El Salvador 39.07

Hammer throw edit

Final – 3 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Raúl Rivera   Guatemala 65.99 NR
  Santos Vega   Puerto Rico 65.35 NR
  Aldo Bello   Venezuela 65.35
4 Carlos Valencia   Mexico 59.88
5 Vicente Franco   El Salvador 53.25

Javelin throw edit

Final – 5 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Manuel Fuenmayor   Venezuela 75.32
  Noraldo Palacios   Colombia 75.11
  Ronald Noguera   Venezuela 74.91
4 Javier Ugarte   Nicaragua 65.23
5 Mike Modeste   Grenada 62.55
6 Daniel Alonzo   Dominican Republic 62.54
7 Octavius Gillespie   Guatemala 61.98
8 Luiggy Llanos   Puerto Rico 61.32
9 Manuel Nuila   El Salvador 56.93
10 Henry Butler   Bahamas 55.10
11 Gustavo Siller   Mexico 52.21

Women's results edit

100 meters edit

200 meters edit

400 meters edit

800 meters edit

Final – 5 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 2:04.50
  Lysaira del Valle   Puerto Rico 2:06.09
  Gabriela Medina   Mexico 2:06.55
4 Sandra Moya   Puerto Rico 2:06.72
5 Yenny Mejías   Venezuela 2:07.06
6 Ana Hurtado   Guatemala 2:11.03
Marie-Lyne Joseph   Dominica DNS

1500 meters edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Dulce María Rodríguez   Mexico 4:18.91
  Korene Hinds   Jamaica 4:22.03
  Bertha Sánchez   Colombia 4:27.75
4 Angélica Sánchez   Mexico 4:35.33
5 Janill Williams   Antigua and Barbuda 4:39.26
6 Dina Cruz   Guatemala 4:39.45
7 Elsa Monterroso   Guatemala 4:39.48
8 Elsa Campos   El Salvador 4:44.55
9 Ruth David   U.S. Virgin Islands 5:21.85

5000 meters edit

Final – 5 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Dulce María Rodríguez   Mexico 16:38.92 GR
  Bertha Sánchez   Colombia 16:39.23
  Nora Rocha   Mexico 16:42.18
4 Elsa Monterroso   Guatemala 17:03.41 NR
5 Dina Cruz   Guatemala 17:35.23
6 Elsa Campos   El Salvador 17:47.85
7 Janill Williams   Antigua and Barbuda 19:20.29
8 Ruth David   U.S. Virgin Islands 19:44.46

Marathon edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Isabel Orellana   Mexico 2:54:14
  Paola Cabrera   Mexico 2:56:05
  Lourdes Cruz   Puerto Rico 2:59:46
4 Margarita Conde   Guatemala 3:04:08
5 Krisia García   El Salvador 3:04:49
6 Myriam Pulido   Colombia 3:06:12
7 Adelaide Carrington   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3:27:58 NR

100 meters hurdles edit

Final – 3 December - Wind: 1.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Dionne Rose-Henley   Jamaica 13.67
  Princesa Oliveros   Colombia 13.72
  Nadine Faustin   Haiti 13.84
4 Lucilia Contreras   Mexico 14.01
5 Juana Castillo   Dominican Republic 14.96
6 Laura Valldeperas   El Salvador 15.81

400 meters hurdles edit

Final – 5 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Yvonne Harrison   Puerto Rico 57.39 NR
  Yamelis Ortiz   Puerto Rico 57.52
  Princesa Oliveros   Colombia 57.72
4 Verónica Quijano   El Salvador 58.29 NR
5 Sheryl Morgan   Jamaica 58.66
6 Lucilia Contreras   Mexico 59.73
7 Yasmin Rodríguez   Dominican Republic 1:00.29

4x100 meters relay edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    Colombia Digna Murillo
Melisa Murillo
Mirtha Brock
Princesa Oliveros
45.34
    El Salvador Marcela Navarro
Karla Hernández
Verónica Quijano
Aura Amaya
46.95
    Jamaica Melocia Clarke
Dionne Rose-Henley
Jenice Daley
Winsome Howell
50.62
  Dominican Republic Yelmi Martínez
Lorena de la Rosa
Claudia Rosa
Clara Hernández
DQ Doping

: The relay team from the   Dominican Republic was initially 1st (44.90s), but Lorena de la Rosa was tested positive for nandrolone, and the team was disqualified.[3][4][5]

4x400 meters relay edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
    Mexico America Rangel
Magaly Yánez
Gabriela Medina
Ana Guevara
3:31.24 NR
    Puerto Rico Beatriz Cruz
Sandra Moya
Yamelis Ortiz
Militza Castro
3:35.94
    Venezuela Yusmelis García
Ángela Alfonso
Yenny Mejías
Eliana Pacheco
3:37.86
4   Jamaica Melocia Clarke
Winsome Howell
Korene Hinds
Sheryl Morgan
3:38.90
5   El Salvador Verónica Quijano
Ana Gabriela Quezada
Karla Hernández
Amada Martínez
3:48.24 NR
  Dominican Republic Claudia Rosa
Yelmi Martínez
Lorena de la Rosa
Clara Hernández
DQ Doping

: The relay team from the   Dominican Republic was initially 2nd (3:32.88min), but Lorena de la Rosa was tested positive for nandrolone, and the team was disqualified.[3][4][5]

20 kilometers walk edit

Final – 1 December

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Victoria Palacios   Mexico 1:36:16 GR
  María del Rosario Sánchez   Mexico 1:36:44
  Teresita Collado   Guatemala 1:42:07
4 Sandra Zapata   Colombia 1:44:00
Ivis Martínez   El Salvador DNF
María Guadalupe Sánchez   Mexico DNS

High jump edit

Final – 2 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Juana Rosario Arrendel   Dominican Republic 1.97 GR
  María Romary Rifka   Mexico 1.85
  Caterine Ibargüen   Colombia 1.79
4 Karen Beautle   Jamaica 1.79
5 Lizeth Castillo   Mexico 1.70
6 Gabriela Cuéllar   El Salvador 1.60

Pole vault edit

Final – 3 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Milena Agudelo   Colombia 3.90 GR
  Alejandra Meza   Mexico 3.80
  Andrea Zambrana   Puerto Rico 3.80 NR
4 Citlalli Huerta   Mexico 3.30
5 Michelle Rivera   El Salvador 3.00

Long jump edit

Final – 1 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  María Espencer   Dominican Republic 6.20 (-2.0 m/s)
  Yuridia Bustamante   Mexico 6.11 (-2.0 m/s)
  Yesenia Rivera   Puerto Rico 6.03 (-2.9 m/s)
4 Jennifer Arveláez   Venezuela 5.71 (-2.2 m/s)
5 Nyota Peters   Guyana 5.63 (-2.2 m/s)
6 Daphne Saunders   Bahamas 5.60 (-1.9 m/s)
7 Tricia Flores   Belize 5.53 (-2.8 m/s)
8 Juana Castillo   Dominican Republic 5.53 (-1.1 m/s)
Sabrina Asturias   Guatemala NM

Triple jump edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  María Espencer   Dominican Republic 13.57 (-2.5 m/s)
  Caterine Ibargüen   Colombia 13.17 (-1.4 m/s)
  Jennifer Arveláez   Venezuela 13.10 (-1.0 m/s)
4 María José Paiz   Guatemala 12.92 (-2.2 m/s)
5 Paola Moncayo   Mexico 12.40 (-1.0 m/s)
6 María Gabriela Carrillo   El Salvador 11.66 (-1.6 m/s)

Shot put edit

Final – 2 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Fior Vásquez   Dominican Republic 17.04 NR
  Luz Dary Castro   Colombia 15.98
  Isabella Charles   Dominica 12.84
4 María Ruíz   Nicaragua 9.95
Tamara Lechuga   Mexico DNS

Discus throw edit

Final – 6 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Luz Dary Castro   Colombia 55.11
  Flor Acosta   Mexico 48.12
  Ana Lucía Espinoza   Guatemala 46.61
4 Fior Vásquez   Dominican Republic 39.98
5 María Ruíz   Nicaragua 36.64
Isabella Charles   Dominica DNS

Hammer throw edit

Final – 2 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Amarilys Alméstica   Puerto Rico 60.39 NR
  Violeta Guzmán   Mexico 58.48
  Nancy Guillén   El Salvador 57.10
4 María Eugenia Villamizar   Colombia 55.29
5 Ana Lucía Espinoza   Guatemala 48.40
Jéssica Ponce de León   Mexico DNS

Javelin throw edit

Final – 3 December

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
  Zuleima Araméndiz   Colombia 56.63
  Sabina Moya   Colombia 55.73
  Nereida Ríos   Mexico 46.51
4 Dalila Rugama   Nicaragua 44.91
5 Karen Villafuerte   El Salvador 44.01

Heptathlon edit

Final – 6 December

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Name Nationality 100m H HJ SP 200m LJ JT 800m Points Notes
  Francia Manzanillo   Dominican Republic 14.61 1.57 10.03 25.05 5.63 40.83 2:18.09 5279
  Yudith Méndez   Dominican Republic 14.46 1.54 11.42 24.91 5.32 45.84 2:26.65 5261
  Nyota Peters   Guyana 15.94 1.63 8.54 26.15 5.37 30.65 2:22.20 4657
4 Laura Valldeperas   El Salvador 15.45 1.60 9.88 25.96 5.44 32.93 2:46.19 4561
5 Beatriz Pompa   Mexico 15.83 1.57 8.45 26.93 5.00 31.96 2:24.28 4421
6 María Gabriela Carrillo   El Salvador 16.02 1.66 8.60 27.23 6.18 33.87 2:46.81 4305

References edit

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