Athletics at the 1973 Central American Games

Athletics at the I Central American Games
Mateo Flores Stadium
DatesNovember
Host cityGuatemala City, Guatemala Guatemala
VenueEstadio Nacional Mateo Flores
LevelSenior
Events38 (24 men, 14 women)
Participation6 nations


Athletics competitions at the 1973 Central American Games were held at the Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in November 1973.

A total of 38 events were contested, 24 by men and 14 by women.

Medal summary

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Gold medal winners and their results were published.[1] A complete list of medal winners can be found on the MásGoles webpage (click on "JUEGOS CENTROAMERICANOS" in the low right corner).[2] Gold medalists were also published in other sources.[3][4] A couple of results can be found in the archives of Costa Rican newspaper La Nación.[5][6]

All results are marked as "affected by altitude" (A), because Ciudad de Guatemale is located at 1,592 m above sea level.

Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Rolando Mendieta (PAN) 10.9 A  Irwin Weeks (PAN)  Carlos Aguilar (GUA)
200 metres  Rolando Mendieta (PAN) 22.1 A  Irwin Weeks (PAN)  Carlos Abott (CRC)
400 metres  Ricardo Worrel (PAN) 48.2 A  Carlos Abott (CRC) 48.9 A  Francisco Menocal (NCA)
800 metres  Santiago Vargas (CRC) 1:58.9 A  Enrique Ramírez (GUA) 1:59.7 A  José Blackburn (PAN) 2:01.0 A
1500 metres  Enrique Ramírez (GUA) 4:04.0 A  Julio Quevedo (GUA)  Santiago Vargas (CRC)
5000 metres  Rafael Ángel Pérez (CRC) 15:05.2 A  Julio Quevedo (GUA)  Virgilio Herrera (GUA)
10000 metres  Rafael Ángel Pérez (CRC) 31:17.4 A  Julio Quevedo (GUA)  Virgilio Herrera (GUA)
Marathon  Carlos Cuque López (GUA) 2:23:52 A  Clovis Morales (HON) 2:34:39.7 A  Juan Contreras (GUA) 2:40:08.7 A
110 metres hurdles  Ricardo Worrel (PAN) 15.2 A  César Duff (PAN)  Omar Martínez (GUA)
400 metres hurdles  Ricardo Worrel (PAN) 54.2 A  Francisco Menocal (NCA)  Luis Escobar (ESA)
3000 metres steeplechase  Rafael Ángel Pérez (CRC) 9:42.8 A  Luis Gamboa (CRC) 10:01.7 A  Juan Garrido (GUA) 10:14.4 A
4 x 100 metres relay  Panama
Rolando Mendieta
César Duff
Martin
Irwin Weeks
43.1 A  Guatemala
Carlos Aguilar
Óscar Gallardo
Mayorga
Omar Martínez
 Costa Rica
4 x 400 metres relay  Guatemala
Óscar Gallardo
Enrique Ramírez
Belarmino Peláez
Salomón Rowe
3:21.4 A  Panama  Costa Rica
20 Kilometres Road Walk  Juan Solórzano (NCA) 1:53:58 A  Raúl Lanza (HON)  Carlos Vanegas (NCA)
50 Kilometres Road Walk  Hipólito López (HON) 5:35:29 A  Carlos Vanegas (NCA)  Cirilo Sequén (GUA)
High Jump  Roberto McFarlane (CRC) 1.75 A  Omar Martínez (GUA)  Yodi Elizondo (NCA)
Pole Vault  Luis Rossi (PAN) 4.04 A  Luis Pérez (CRC)  Héctor Olano (ESA)
Long Jump  Salomón Rowe (GUA) 7.77 A  Martin Douglas (CRC)  Roberto McFarlane (CRC)
Triple Jump  César Duff (PAN) 14.91 A  Martin Douglas (CRC) 14.44 A  Salomón Rowe (GUA)
Shot Put  Roberto Ibáñez (PAN) 14.30 A  Mauricio Jubis (ESA)  Iván Turcios (NCA)
Discus Throw  Joaquín Rodas Peña (ESA) 45.08 A  Armando Mejía (NCA)  Iván Turcios (NCA)
Hammer Throw  Juan Pedro Varela (ESA) 47.22 A  Francisco Arguello (NCA)  René Lynch (PAN)
Javelin Throw  José Peralta (NCA) 57.94 A*  Rudy Aguilar (ESA)  René Lynch (PAN)
Decathlon  José Peralta (NCA) 5383 A  José Vega (CRC)  Rafael Santos (ESA)

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Diva Bishop (PAN) 12.0 A  Margarita Martínez (PAN)  Patricia Meighan (GUA)
200 metres  Diva Bishop (PAN) 24.2 A  Patricia Meighan (GUA)  Clotilde Morales (PAN)
400 metres  Patricia Meighan (GUA) 57.6 A  Mirna Ambursley (PAN)  Ruby Callist (PAN)
800 metres  Mirna Ambursley (PAN) 2:23.2 A  Thelma Zúñiga (CRC) 2:27.4 A  Marielos Machado (CRC) 2:27.4 A
1500 metres  Thelma Zúñiga (CRC) 5:13.0 A  Mirna Ambursley (PAN)  Marielos Machado (CRC)
100 metres hurdles  Beatriz de Knight (PAN) 15.6 A  Yolanda Knight (PAN)  Mayra Figueroa (GUA)
4 x 100 metres relay  Panama
Margarita Martínez
Beatriz de Knight
Clotilde Morales
Diva Bishop
49.0 A  Guatemala
Mayra Figueroa
Ingrid Brenner
González
Patricia Meighan
 Costa Rica
4 x 400 metres relay  Panama
Ruby Callist
Diva Bishop
Borland
Mirna Ambursley
3:59.7 A  Guatemala
Maribel González
Ingrid Brenner
González
Patricia Meighan
 Costa Rica
High Jump  Diva Bishop (PAN) 1.45 A  Evelyn Mena (ESA)  Patricia Luna (GUA)
Long Jump  Flora Aminta Torres (ESA) 5.11 A  Ingrid Brenner (GUA)  Beatriz de Knight (PAN)
Shot Put  Marta Regina Vásquez (ESA) 12.03 A  Lisbeth Matzford (GUA)  Celia de Martinez (GUA)
Discus Throw  Patricia Comandari (ESA) 37.98 A  Lisbeth Matzford (GUA)  Marta Regina Vásquez (ESA)
Javelin Throw  Evelyn Mena (ESA) 36.38 A*  Geraldina Portillo (ESA)  Cynthia Porras (NCA)
Pentathlon  Yolanda Knight (PAN) 2977 A  Flora Aminta Torres (ESA)  Ingrid Brenner (GUA)

Notes

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*: Original model javelin.

Medal table (unofficial)

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  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Panama (PAN)178631
2 Costa Rica (CRC)67922
3 El Salvador (ESA)65415
4 Guatemala (GUA)*5121330
5 Nicaragua (NIC)34613
6 Honduras1203
Totals (6 entries)383838114

References

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  1. ^ CENTRAL AMERICAN GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved July 30, 2012
  2. ^ Centroamericanos - Resultados en la historia (in Spanish), masgoles.com, archived from the original on September 19, 2012, retrieved August 10, 2012
  3. ^ medalleroatletico (May 12, 2010), JJ. CentroAmericanos Masculino (in Spanish), blogspot.es, archived from the original on December 18, 2012, retrieved August 6, 2012
  4. ^ medalleroatletico (May 12, 2010), JJ. CentroAmericanos Femeninos (in Spanish), blogspot.es, archived from the original on December 19, 2012, retrieved August 6, 2012
  5. ^ Pandolfe, Gaetano (December 2, 1973), Costa Rica clasificó en tercer lugar en Guatemala - María del Milagro París declarada por los cronistas la mejor atleta (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, p. 58 (original page no.: 78A), retrieved August 30, 2012
  6. ^ LA NACIÓN en los juegos deportivos centroamericanos - Panamá primero en atletismo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, December 3, 1973, p. 90 (original page no.: 8C), retrieved August 30, 2012