Edgardo Guilbe

Edgardo Guilbe Alomar (born 18 March 1966 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican former sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. His personal best time was 20.53 seconds, achieved in July 1989 in San Juan.[1]

Edgardo Guilbe Alomar
Born18 March 1966
Ponce, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
OccupationSprinter

He won the gold medal at the 1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships and silver medals at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships. He also competed at the 1988 Olympic Games and the 1993 World Championships without reaching the final.

In 2018, Edgardo Guilbe was credited with running a 21.95 200 meters and a 49.68 400 meters (even though he had not previously had a history of running this event). Those marks would have been significant improvements on Masters world records for a 52-year-old man. Subsequently, it has been discovered those marks were produced by Edgardo Guilbe Correa, his son.[2]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Puerto Rico
1986 Athletics at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo Finalist 4 x 100 meters 39.61
1987 Universiade Zagreb, Yugoslavia 3rd 200 m 20.92
Pan American Games Indianapolis, United States 6th 200 m 21.10
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, Korea 14th (sf) 200 m 20.73
Ibero-American Championships Mexico City, Mexico 5th 200 m 20.52 A
5th 4 × 100 m relay 40.10 A
1989 Central American and Caribbean Games San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st 200 m 20.53
1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico City, Mexico 2nd 200 m 20.79
1990 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexico City, Mexico 2nd 4 × 100 m 40.01
1991 Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games Havana, Cuba DNF
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 3rd (heats) 200 m 21.75
1993 1993 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics Cali, Colombia 2nd 200 m 20.86
1993 Athletics at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games Ponce, Puerto Rico 4th 200 m 20.59
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 40.01
1993 World Championships in Athletics Stuttgart, Germany 5th (heats) 200 m 21.14
1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships San Juan, Puerto Rico 4nd 4 × 100 m relay

References
  1. "Track and Field all-time best". Bredband.
  2. Stone, Ken (30 December 2018). "52-year-old Puerto Rican wrongly credited with major WRs — sub-50 for 400 meters, sub-22 for 200".


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