Athletics at the VIII CAC Games
Host stadium
Dates	7–12 January 1959
Host city	Caracas, Venezuela
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Events	28
Participation	12 nations
← 1954 Mexico City 1962 Kingston → 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition in the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games were held at the Olympic Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela between 7 and 12 January.

Contents

• Medal summary
• Men's events
• Women's events
• Medal table
• References

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Manuel Rivera   Puerto Rico	10.87	Horacio Esteves   Venezuela	10.91	Lloyd Murad   Venezuela	10.92
200 metres	Manuel Rivera   Puerto Rico	21.79	Rafael Romero   Venezuela	21.92	Lloyd Murad   Venezuela	22.40
400 metres	Ovidio de Jesús   Puerto Rico	48.73	Iván Rodríguez   Puerto Rico	48.93	Evaristo Edie   Venezuela	49.98
800 metres	Ralph Gomes   British Guiana	1:57.7	Harvey Borrero   Colombia	1:58.4	Jorge Leal   Mexico	1:58.8
1500 metres	Harvey Borrero   Colombia	4:04.37	Alfredo Tinoco   Mexico	4:06.00	Ralph Gomes   British Guiana	4:08.16
5000 metres	Isidro Segura   Mexico	15:41.94	Guadalupe Jiménez   Mexico	15:55.06	Marciano Castillo   Mexico	15:56.10
10,000 metres	Josafath Hernández   Mexico	32:51.36	Isidro Segura   Mexico	32:59.17	Pedro Peralta   Mexico	33:25.51
Half marathon	Pedro Peralta   Mexico	1:10:29	Pedro Alvarado   Mexico	1:11:47	Germán Lozano   Colombia	1:13:40
110 metres hurdles	Teófilo Davis Bell   Venezuela	15.39	Teófilo Colón   Puerto Rico	15.95	Víctor Maldonado   Venezuela	16.05
400 metres hurdles	Ovidio de Jesús   Puerto Rico	53.42	Víctor Maldonado   Venezuela	54.18	Oscar Fernández   Mexico	55.51
3000 metre steeplechase	Alfredo Tinoco   Mexico	10:50.8*	Luciano Gómez   Mexico	11:11.6*	Hernando Ruíz   Colombia	11:45.5*
4 × 100 metres relay	Venezuela Clive Bonas Lloyd Murad Horacio Esteves Rafael Romero	42.14	Puerto Rico Miguel Rivera Rubén Díaz Ramón Vega Manuel Rivera	42.27	Panama Luis Carter Hubert Brown Martín Francis Manuel Rivas	42.71
4 × 400 metres relay	Puerto Rico Frank Rivera Manuel Rivera Ovidio de Jesús Iván Rodríguez	3:16.91	Venezuela Emilio Romero Davis Welch Guillermo Rocca Evaristo Edie	3:22.88	Mexico Rodolfo Ramírez Oscar Fernández Juan José Godínez Jorge Terán	3:24.46
High jump	Teodoro Palacios   Guatemala	1.91	Julio Lleras   Puerto Rico	1.91	Roberto Procel   Mexico	1.89
Pole vault	Rolando Cruz   Puerto Rico	4.40	Rubén Cruz   Puerto Rico	3.96	Miguel Rivera   Puerto Rico	3.79
Long jump	Deryck Taylor   Jamaica	7.07	Julio Lleras   Puerto Rico	6.67	Jesús Piña   Venezuela	6.60
Triple jump	Pedro Camacho   Puerto Rico	14.67	Rumildo Cruz   Puerto Rico	14.38	Julio Lleras   Puerto Rico	14.32
Shot put	Eduardo Adriana   Netherlands Antilles	14.59	Ramón Rosario   Puerto Rico	14.48	Rafael Trompiz   Venezuela	14.00
Discus throw	Daniel Cereali   Venezuela	44.95	Mauricio Rodríguez   Venezuela	42.27	Omar Fierro   Mexico	42.16
Hammer throw	Daniel Cereali   Venezuela	51.17dh	Rubén Dávila   Puerto Rico	46.86dh	Francisco Fragoso   Mexico	46.75dh
Javelin throw	Carlos Fajer   Mexico	62.36	Santiago Durham   Mexico	59.65	Jesús Barbera   Venezuela	59.02
Pentathlon	Rodolfo Mijares   Mexico	2723	Héctor Román   Puerto Rico	2627	Héctor Thomas   Venezuela	2540

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Jean Holmes   Panama	13.04	Yolanda Vinocourt   Mexico	13.31	María Treviño   Mexico	13.33
80 metres hurdles	Guillermina Peña   Mexico	12.87	Benilda Ascanio   Venezuela	12.92	Silvia Hunte   Panama	13.43
4 × 100 metres relay	Panama Marcela Daniel Lorraine Dunn Silvia Hunte Jean Holmes	50.51 (50.5)	Mexico Guillermina Peña Raquel Trujillo María Teresa Treviño Yolanda Vincourt	51.81 (51.7)	Venezuela Benilde Ascanio Alvia Ford Biserka de Vamich Morella Ettedgui	53.26 (53.2)
High jump	Benilda Ascanio   Venezuela	1.43	Margarita Kabsch   Mexico	1.40	Silvia Hunte   Panama	1.40
Discus throw	Lili Schulter   Mexico	40.79	Ivonne Rojano   Mexico	37.19	Nerva Matheus   Venezuela	31.04
Javelin throw	Berta Chiú   Mexico	35.21	Raquel Trujillo   Mexico	35.14	Mercedes García   Venezuela	34.75

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico  (MEX)	9	11	9	29
2	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	7	10	2	19
3	Venezuela  (VEN)	5	6	11	22
4	Panama  (PAN)	2	0	3	5
5	Colombia  (COL)	1	1	2	4
6	British Guiana  (BGU)	1	0	1	2
7	Guatemala  (GUA)	1	0	0	1
	Jamaica  (JAM)	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands Antilles  (AHO)	1	0	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		28	28	28	84

References

• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Men)". GBR Athletics.
• "Central American and Caribbean Games (Women)". GBR Athletics.