1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The inaugural 1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Heriberto Jara Corona in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico between 5–7 May.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Hermes Ramírez  Cuba	10.5A	Juan Franceschi  Puerto Rico	10.6A	Félix Eugellés  Cuba	10.8A
200 metres	Hermes Ramírez  Cuba	21.6A	Juan Franceschi  Puerto Rico	21.6A	Miguel González  Mexico	21.7A
400 metres	Juan Franceschi  Puerto Rico	47.1A	Rodobaldo Díaz  Cuba	47.6A	Manuel Montalvo  Cuba	48.1A
800 metres	Frederico Vera  Mexico	1:51.3A	Julio Morales  Puerto Rico	1:51.8A	Roberto Silva  Mexico	1:52.0A
1500 metres	Ricardo Palomares  Mexico	3:59.2A	José Neri  Mexico	3:59.3A	José Antonetti  Puerto Rico	4:04.7A
5000 metres	Concepción Salinas  Mexico	15:02.6A	Flavio Buendía  Mexico	15:27.2A	Julio Quevedo  Guatemala	16:02.0A
10,000 metres	Juan Martínez  Mexico	30:33.6A	Efraín Carmona  Mexico	31:11.0A	José Gonzales  Cuba	34:17.4A
Half marathon	Juan Martínez  Mexico	1:11:02A	Félix Carmona  Mexico	1:12:08A	José Gonzales  Cuba	1:16:25A
110 metres hurdles	Juan Morales  Cuba	14.6A	Lázaro Betancourt  Cuba	14.7A	David Cruz  Puerto Rico	16.4A
400 metres hurdles	Salvador Medina  Mexico	52.3A	Miguel Olivera  Cuba	52.4A	Césare Sánchez  Mexico	52.6A
3000 metres steeplechase	Carlos Vargas  Mexico	9:19.2A	Flavio Buendía  Mexico	9:19.4A	Manuel Pérez  Puerto Rico	10:33.6A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba	40.3A
4 × 400 metres relay	Mexico Cesare Alejandro Sánchez Frederico Vera Roberto Silva Salvador Medina	3:16.0A	Puerto Rico	3:18.3A	Cuba	3:21.2A
20 km road walk	José Pedraza  Mexico	1:46:31A	Pablo Colín  Mexico	1:50:41A	Euclides Calzado  Cuba	1:50:55A
High jump	Teodoro Palacios  Guatemala	2.05A	David Cruz  Puerto Rico	1.80A
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz  Puerto Rico	4.50A	Roberto Fernández  Cuba	4.40A	José Seth  Guatemala	3.80A
Long jump	Abelardo Pacheco  Cuba	7.49A	David Cruz  Puerto Rico	7.46A	José Hernández  Cuba	7.44A
Triple jump	José Hernández  Cuba	15.54A	Guillermo Hoffner  Mexico	15.12A	David Douglas  Guatemala	13.47A
Shot put	Fidel Estrada  Cuba	16.42A	Benigno Hodelín  Cuba	15.75A	Carlos Yapur  Mexico	15.14A
Discus throw	Bárbaro Cañizares  Cuba	52.96A	Javier Moreno  Cuba	49.95A	Ignacio Reinosa  Puerto Rico	49.91A
Hammer throw	Enrique Samuells  Cuba	66.06A	Julián Núñez Arana  Mexico	49.67A	Pedro Granell  Puerto Rico	48.39A
Javelin throw	Francisco Mena  Cuba	69.60A	Edmundo Medina  Mexico	68.11A	Jorge García  Puerto Rico	68.10A
Pentathlon	Francisco Mena  Cuba	3440A	Donald Vélez  Nicaragua	2847A	Sergio Hernández  Mexico	2779A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Cristina Echevarría  Cuba	11.5A	Miguelina Cobián  Cuba	11.6A	Mercedes Román  Mexico	12.4A
200 metres	Miguelina Cobián  Cuba	23.9A	Violeta Quesada  Cuba	24.4A	Gladys Azcuaga  Mexico	26.0A
400 metres	Aurelia Pentón  Cuba	57.4A	Gladys Azcuaga  Mexico	59.5A	Lourdes García  Mexico	61.4A
800 metres	Aurelia Pentón  Cuba	2:24.1A	María Díaz  Mexico	2:24.3A	Ines Mondragón  Mexico	2:26.8A
80 metres hurdles	Marlene Elejalde  Cuba	11.6A	Daisy Hechevarría  Cuba	11.7A	Enriqueta Basilio  Mexico	12.1A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Marcia Garbey Daisy Hechevarría Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián	45.1A	Mexico	49.6A	Guatemala	52.5A
High jump	Marcia Garbey  Cuba	1.53A	Silvia Tapia  Mexico	1.45A
Long jump	Irene Martínez  Cuba	5.65A	Marcia Garbey  Cuba	5.62A	Mercedes Román  Mexico	5.39A
Shot put	Hilda Ramírez  Cuba	13.59A	Grecia Hamilton  Cuba	13.02A	Guadalupe Lartigue  Mexico	12.28A
Discus throw	Caridad Aguero  Cuba	45.86A	Hilda Ramírez  Cuba	42.65A	Lili Schluter  Mexico	38.25A
Javelin throw	María Moreno  Cuba	49.94A	Hilda Ramírez  Cuba	41.66A	Martha Bravo  Mexico	38.26A
Pentathlon	Marlene Elejalde  Cuba	4186A	Mercedes Román  Mexico	4031A	Daisy Hechevarría  Cuba	4009A

A = affected by altitude

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	23	13	8	44
2	Mexico (MEX)	9	14	14	37
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	6	6	14
4	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	4	5
5	Nicaragua (NIC)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 nations)		35	34	32	101

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics