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Athletics at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Last updated February 13, 2026

These are the results of the athletics competition at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games which took place between 7 and 12 January 1959, at the Olympic Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela.^[1]

Men's results

100 metres

Heats – 7 January

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Horacio Esteves	Venezuela	10.8	Q
2	1	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	10.8	Q
3	1	Ramón Vega	Puerto Rico	10.8
4	1	Martín Francis	Panama	11.3
5	1	Orlando Stanley	Costa Rica	11.7
1	2	Lloyd Murad	Venezuela	10.8	Q
2	2	Keswick Smalling	Jamaica	10.8	Q
3	2	Rubén Díaz	Puerto Rico	10.8
4	2	Manuel Rivas	Panama	10.9
5	2	Sergio Higuera	Mexico	11.2
1	3	Manuel Rivera	Puerto Rico	10.6	Q
2	3	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	10.6	Q
3	3	Dennis Johnson	Jamaica	10.7
4	3	Luis Carter	Panama	11.1
5	3	René Ahumada	Mexico	11.8

Final – 8 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Manuel Rivera	Puerto Rico	10.9 (10.87)
	Horacio Esteves	Venezuela	10.9 (10.91)
	Lloyd Murad	Venezuela	10.9 (10.92)
4	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	10.9
5	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	10.9
6	Keswick Smalling	Jamaica	11.2

200 metres

Heats – 9 January

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	22.3	Q
2	1	Iván Rodríguez	Puerto Rico	22.7	Q
3	1	Sergio Higuera	Mexico	22.9
4	1	Martín Francis	Panama	24.0
1	2	Manuel Rivera	Puerto Rico	21.6	Q
2	2	Lloyd Murad	Venezuela	22.3	Q
3	2	Manuel Rivas	Panama	22.3
4	2	Dennis Johnson	Jamaica	22.8
1	3	Keswick Smalling	Jamaica	22.5	Q
2	3	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	22.5	Q
3	3	Ramón Vega	Puerto Rico	22.5
4	3	Alfonso Bruno	Venezuela	22.7
5	3	Luis Carter	Panama	23.1

Final – 10 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Manuel Rivera	Puerto Rico	21.7 (21.79)
	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	21.7 (21.92)
	Lloyd Murad	Venezuela	22.2 (22.40)
4	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	22.4
5	Iván Rodríguez	Puerto Rico	22.4
6	Keswick Smalling	Jamaica	22.6

400 metres

Heats – 9 January

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Iván Rodríguez	Puerto Rico	49.2	Q
2	1	Juan José Godínez	Mexico	51.5	Q
3	1	Rodolfo Ramírez	Mexico	51.6	Q
4	1	Erick McFarlane	Panama	51.8
5	1	Euromides García	Venezuela	56.2
1	2	Ovidio de Jesús	Puerto Rico	48.7	Q
2	2	Frank Rivera	Puerto Rico	49.7	Q
3	2	Evaristo Edie	Venezuela	49.8	Q
4	2	Jorge Terán	Mexico	49.9
5	2	Emilio Romero	Venezuela	50.0

Final – 10 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Ovidio de Jesús	Puerto Rico	48.6 (48.73)
	Iván Rodríguez	Puerto Rico	49.0 (48.93)
	Evaristo Edie	Venezuela	49.8 (49.98)
4	Frank Rivera	Puerto Rico	50.3
5	Rodolfo Ramírez	Mexico	50.9
6	Juan José Godínez	Mexico	51.2

800 metres

Heats – 7 January

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ralph Gomes	British Guiana	1:59.8	Q
2	1	Harvey Borrero	Colombia	2:00.4	Q
3	1	Frank Rivera	Puerto Rico	2:01.3	Q
4	1	Enrique Alfonzo	Venezuela	2:01.3	Q
5	1	José Manuel Luna	Mexico	2:04.0
6	1	Frankie Montes	Puerto Rico	NT
7	1	Guillermo Rocca	Venezuela	NT
1	2	Agustín Pantón	Panama	2:00.4	Q
2	2	Wilfredo Vélez	Puerto Rico	2:00.5	Q
3	2	Jorge Leal	Mexico	2:00.7	Q
4	2	Albano Ariza	Colombia	2:01.1	Q
5	2	Rodolfo Ramírez	Mexico	2:02.7
6	2	Luis Belló	Venezuela	2:04.5

Final – 8 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Ralph Gomes	British Guiana	1:57.7
	Harvey Borrero	Colombia	1:58.4
	Jorge Leal	Mexico	1:58.8
4	Frank Rivera	Puerto Rico	1:59.0
5	Albano Ariza	Colombia	1:59.3
6	Wilfredo Vélez	Puerto Rico	1:59.5
	Enrique Alfonzo	Venezuela	NT
	Agustín Pantón	Panama	NT

1500 metres

11 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Harvey Borrero	Colombia	4:04.0 (4:04.37)	GR, NR
	Alfredo Tinoco	Mexico	4:05.6 (4:06.00)
	Ralph Gomes	British Guiana	4:06.0 (4:08.16)
4	Frankie Montes	Puerto Rico	4:08.7
5	José Manuel Luna	Mexico	4:10.6
6	Hernando Ruiz	Colombia	4:11.0
	César Colón	Puerto Rico	NT
	Rodolfo Méndez	Puerto Rico	NT
	Albano Ariza	Colombia	NT
	Alfonso Tinoco	Mexico	NT
	Julio Marín	Costa Rica	NT
	Julio Quevedo	Guatemala	NT
	Rómulo Méndez	Guatemala	NT
	Enrique Alfonzo	Venezuela	NT
	Carlos Mujica	Venezuela	NT
	Filemón Camacho	Venezuela	NT
	Agustín Pantón	Panama	NT

5000 metres

9 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Isidro Segura	Mexico	15:41.6 (15:41.94)	GR
	Guadalupe Jiménez	Mexico	15:54.7 (15:55.06)
	Marciano Castillo	Mexico	15:55.4 (15:56.10)
4	Manuel Cabrera	Colombia	16:02.6
5	Germán Lozano	Colombia	16:17.7
6	Javier Alarcón	Colombia	16:27.4
	Rigoberto Guzmán	El Salvador	NT
	Ralph Gomes	British Guiana	NT
	Guillermo Oxiaj	Guatemala	NT
	Macario Subuyuj	Guatemala	NT
	Florencio Boches	Guatemala	NT
	Filemón Camacho	Venezuela	NT
	Carlos Mujica	Venezuela	NT
	Florentino Oropeza	Venezuela	NT
	Carlos Quiñónez	Puerto Rico	NT
	Rodolfo Méndez	Puerto Rico	NT
	Luis Torres	Puerto Rico	NT

10,000 metres

7 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Josafath Hernández	Mexico	32:50.8 (32:51.36)	GR
	Isidro Segura	Mexico	32:58.8 (32:59.17)
	Pedro Peralta	Mexico	33:54.3 (33:25.51)
4	Germán Lozano	Colombia	34:30.0
5	Manuel Cabrera	Colombia	34:42.3
6	Javier Alarcón	Colombia	35:08.7
	Pedro Torres	El Salvador	NT
	Florentino Oropeza	Venezuela	NT
	Santos Tovar	Venezuela	NT
	Víctor Tua	Venezuela	NT
	Agustín Reyes	Puerto Rico	NT
	Luis Torres	Puerto Rico	NT
	Guillermo Oxiaj	Guatemala	NT

Half marathon

12 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pedro Peralta	Mexico	1:10:29	GR
	Pedro Alvarado	Mexico	1:11:47
	Germán Lozano	Colombia	1:13:40
4	Isidro Resendiz	Mexico	1:13:40
5	Florencio Boches	Guatemala	1:14:40
6	Manuel Cabrera	Colombia	1:14:43
	Macario Subuyuj	Guatemala	NT
	Guillermo Oxiaj	Guatemala	NT
	Luis Torres	Puerto Rico	NT
	Carlos Quiñónez	Puerto Rico	NT
	Agustín Reyes	Puerto Rico	NT
	Santos Tovar	Venezuela	NT
	Víctor Tua	Venezuela	NT
	José Manuel Meza	Venezuela	NT
	Pedro Torres	El Salvador	NT
	Javier Alarcón	Colombia	NT
	Clem Fields	British Guiana	NT

110 metres hurdles

Heats – 9 January

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Teófilo Davis Bell	Venezuela	15.1	Q
2	1	Teófilo Colón	Puerto Rico	15.1	Q
3	1	John Muñoz	Venezuela	16.1	Q
4	1	Alfredo González	Mexico	16.2
5	1	Gabriel Roldán	Mexico	16.8
1	2	Juan Lebrón	Puerto Rico	15.6	Q
2	2	Arthur Perkins	Panama	15.6	Q
3	2	Víctor Maldonado	Venezuela	16.1	Q
4	2	Heriberto Cuevas	Puerto Rico	16.1
5	2	Leopoldo Vásquez	Mexico	16.3

Final – 10 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Teófilo Davis Bell	Venezuela	15.2 (15.39)
	Teófilo Colón	Puerto Rico	15.9 (15.95)
	Víctor Maldonado	Venezuela	16.0 (16.05)
4	Arthur Perkins	Panama	16.0
5	John Muñoz	Venezuela	16.0
6	Juan Lebrón	Puerto Rico	16.3

400 metres hurdles

Heats – 7 January

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ovidio de Jesús	Puerto Rico	55.5	Q
2	1	Víctor Maldonado	Venezuela	58.3	Q
3	1	Gabriel Roldán	Mexico	1:00.1	Q
4	1	Juan Leiva	Venezuela	NT
1	2	Juan Montes	Puerto Rico	56.6	Q
2	2	Tito Bracho	Venezuela	57.2	Q
3	2	Óscar Fernández	Mexico	57.4	Q
4	2	Heriberto Cuevas	Puerto Rico	NT
5	2	Arthur Perkins	Panama	NT

Final – 8 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Ovidio de Jesús	Puerto Rico	53.4 (53.42)
	Víctor Maldonado	Venezuela	54.2 (54.18)
	Óscar Fernández	Mexico	55.2 (55.51)
4	Gabriel Roldán	Mexico	55.4
5	Juan Montes	Puerto Rico	56.0
6	Tito Bracho	Venezuela	56.3

3000 metres steeplechase

8 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Alfredo Tinoco	Mexico	10:50.8
	Luciano Gómez	Mexico	11:11.6
	Hernando Ruíz	Colombia	11:45.5
4	Arturo Martínez	Mexico	11:59.3
5	Víctor Hurtarte	Guatemala	12:06.9
6	Rigoberto Guzmán	El Salvador	12:09.3
	José Otto Escobedo	Guatemala	NT
	Clem Fields	British Guiana	NT
	Harvey Borrero	Colombia	NT
	Domingo Aranguren	Venezuela	NT
	Malcolm Fuentes	Venezuela	NT
	Julio Quevedo	Guatemala	NT
	Víctor Tricoche	Puerto Rico	NT
	Benjamín Rodríguez	Puerto Rico	NT
	Pedro Mariani	Puerto Rico	NT

4 × 100 metres relay

12 January

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Venezuela	Clive Bonas, Lloyd Murad, Horacio Esteves, Rafael Romero	42.2 (42.14)
	Puerto Rico	Miguel Rivera, Rubén Díaz, Ramón Vega, Manuel Rivera	42.2 (42.27)
	Panama	Luis Carter, Humberto Brown, Martín Francis, Manuel Rivas	42.8 (42.71)
4	Mexico		43.7
5	Jamaica	Dennis Johnson, Keswick Smalling, Deryck Taylor, Audley Hewitt	44.0

4 × 400 metres relay

12 January

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Puerto Rico	Frank Rivera, Manuel Rivera, Ovidio de Jesús, Iván Rodríguez	3:16.9 (3:16.91)
	Venezuela	Emilio Romero, Davis Welch, Guillermo Rocca, Evaristo Edie	3:22.8 (3:22.88)
	Mexico	Rodolfo Ramírez, Oscar Fernández, Juan José Godínez, Jorge Terán	3:24.4 (3:24.46)
4	Panama		3:25.5

High jump

7 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Teodoro Palacios	Guatemala	1.91
	Julio Llera	Puerto Rico	1.91
	Roberto Procel	Mexico	1.89
4	Gilberto Siritt	Venezuela	1.85
5	Rafael Orta	Puerto Rico	1.85
6	Francisco Acuña	Venezuela	1.82
7	Leopoldo Vásquez	Mexico	1.77
8	Edwin Conception	Netherlands Antilles	1.77
9	Johnson Viviane	Venezuela	1.71
10	Víctor Carmona	Puerto Rico	1.71

Pole vault

9 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Rolando Cruz	Puerto Rico	4.40	GR
	Rubén Cruz	Puerto Rico	3.96
	Miguel Rivera	Puerto Rico	3.79
4	Brígido Iriarte	Venezuela	3.79
5	Salvador Paredes	Venezuela	3.55
6	Luis Padilla	Venezuela	3.40

Long jump

8 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Deryck Taylor	Jamaica	7.07
	Julio Llera	Puerto Rico	6.67
	Jesús Piña	Venezuela	6.60
4	Clive Bonas	Venezuela	6.60
5	Héctor Román	Puerto Rico	6.55
6	Roberto Procel	Mexico	6.54
7	Gifford Archer	Panama	6.30
8	Rodolfo Mijares	Mexico	6.25
9	Pedro Planas	Venezuela	6.23
10	Johnny Paradizo	Puerto Rico	6.07

Triple jump

10 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Pedro Camacho	Puerto Rico	14.67
	Rumildo Cruz	Puerto Rico	14.38
	Julio Llera	Puerto Rico	14.32
4	Hernán Caraballo	Venezuela	14.02
5	Deryck Taylor	Jamaica	13.84
6	José Lenin Rodríguez	Venezuela	13.54

Shot put

8 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Eduardo Adriana	Netherlands Antilles	14.59	GR
	Ramón Rosario	Puerto Rico	14.48
	Rafael Trompiz	Venezuela	14.00
4	Pedro Nieves	Puerto Rico	13.85
5	José María Bracho	Venezuela	13.80
6	Raúl Matos	Puerto Rico	13.20
7	Héctor Thomas	Venezuela	12.94

Discus throw

9 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Daniel Cereali	Venezuela	44.95	GR
	Mauricio Rodríguez	Venezuela	42.27
	Omar Fierro	Mexico	42.16
4	Francisco Córcega	Venezuela	42.06
5	Ramón Rosario	Puerto Rico	41.39
6	Raúl Matos	Puerto Rico	39.51
7	Francisco Estopier	Mexico	39.18
8	Santiago Durham	Mexico	38.20
9	Rubén Dávila	Puerto Rico	37.65

Hammer throw

10 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Daniel Cereali	Venezuela	51.17	GR
	Rubén Dávila	Puerto Rico	46.86
	Francisco Fragoso	Mexico	46.75
4	Alejandro Rueda	Mexico	43.38
5	Mauricio Rodríguez	Venezuela	42.57
6	Ángel Vélez	Puerto Rico	42.54
7	Mario González	Mexico	41.91
8	Carlos Hidalgo	Puerto Rico	41.74
9	Emérico Vanich	Venezuela	40.10

Javelin throw

11 January – old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Carlos Fajer	Mexico	62.36
	Santiago Durham	Mexico	59.65
	Jesús Barbera	Venezuela	59.02
4	Aníbal Arroyo	Venezuela	58.70
5	Benigno Santiago	Puerto Rico	55.90
6	Emilio Navarro	Puerto Rico	55.37
7	Antonio Rubio	Venezuela	47.90
8	Johnny Paradizo	Puerto Rico	46.68

Pentathlon

12 January – 1952 tables

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	LJ	JT	200m	DT	1500m	Points
	Rodolfo Mijares	Mexico	6.41	47.74	23.0	36.55	4:50.1	2723
	Héctor Román	Puerto Rico	6.73	52.43	23.0	38.93	6:07.4	2627
	Héctor Thomas	Venezuela	6.81	48.48	23.4	35.75	5:27.0	2540
4	Osmán Ludovic	Venezuela	6.40	51.47	22.8	34.43	5:35.5	2496
5	Johnny Pradizo	Puerto Rico	6.45	52.88	24.3	34.12	5:07.1	2475
6	Omar Fierro	Mexico	5.50	47.26	24.0	41.22	4:54.3	2451
7	Leopoldo Vásquez	Mexico	6.48	48.78	24.1	31.47	4:57.9	2438
8	Emilio Navarro	Puerto Rico	5.70	56.87	24.4	32.23	5:19.5	2245
9	Orlando Stanley	Costa Rica	6.21	41.77	23.1	28.08	5:26.9	2124
10	Pedro Alfonso Jérez	Guatemala	5.60	39.83	25.3	27.40	4:44.0	1937
11	Eduardo Aburto	Nicaragua	4.96	38.96	26.0	21.15	5:09.6	?
	Brígido Iriarte	Venezuela	6.05	54.26	?	–	–	DNF

Women's results

100 metres

Heats – 9 January

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jean Holmes	Panama	12.9	Q
2	1	María Teresa Treviño	Mexico	13.1	Q
3	1	Silvia Hunte	Panama	13.1	Q
4	1	Morella Ettedgui	Venezuela	13.3
1	2	Yolanda Vincourt	Mexico	13.3	Q
2	2	Alvia Ford	Venezuela	13.4	Q
3	2	Raquel Trujillo	Mexico	13.4	Q
4	2	Marcela Daniel	Panama	13.8
5	2	Biserka de Vanich	Venezuela	13.9

Final – 10 January

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Jean Holmes	Panama	12.8 (13.04)
	4	Yolanda Vincourt	Mexico	13.3 (13.31)
	1	María Teresa Treviño	Mexico	13.4 (13.33)
4	2	Silvia Hunte	Panama	13.4
5	6	Raquel Trujillo	Mexico	13.9
6	5	Alvia Ford	Venezuela	13.9

80 metres hurdles

Heats – 10 January

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Benilda Ascanio	Venezuela	12.9	Q
2	1	Silvia Hunte	Panama	13.0	Q
3	1	Gladys Azcuaga	Mexico	13.7	Q
4	1	Margarita Kabsch	Mexico	14.5
1	2	Guillermina Peña	Mexico	13.3	Q
2	2	Nerva Matheus	Venezuela	13.3	Q
3	2	Lorraine Dunn	Panama	14.1	Q
	2	Biserka de Vanich	Venezuela	DNS

Final – 11 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Guillermina Peña	Mexico	12.9 (12.87)
	Benilda Ascanio	Venezuela	12.9 (12.92)
	Silvia Hunte	Panama	13.4 (13.43)
4	Lorraine Dunn	Panama	13.5
5	Nerva Matheus	Venezuela	13.7
6	Gladys Azcuaga	Mexico	14.0

4 × 100 metres relay

12 January

Nation	Competitors	Time
Panama	Marcela Daniel, Lorraine Dunn, Silvia Hunte, Jean Holmes	50.5 (50.51)
Mexico	Guillermina Peña, Raquel Trujillo, María Teresa Treviño, Yolanda Vincourt	51.7 (51.81)
Venezuela	Benilde Ascanio, Alvia Ford, Biserka de Vanich, Morella Ettedgui	53.2 (53.26)

High jump

8 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Benilda Ascanio	Venezuela	1.43
	Margarita Kabsch	Mexico	1.40
	Silvia Hunte	Panama	1.40
4	Diana Gerling	Mexico	1.37
5	Teresa Meléndez	Venezuela	1.32
6	Gladys Azcuaga	Mexico	1.32
7	Lorraine Dunn	Panama	1.32
8	Alvia Ford	Venezuela	1.32

Discus throw

7 January

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Lili Schluter	Mexico	40.79	GR
	Ivonne Rojano	Mexico	37.19
	Nerva Matheus	Venezuela	31.04
4	Bertha Chiú	Mexico	30.74
5	Mercedes García	Venezuela	30.65
6	Francisca Roberts	Venezuela	29.10

Javelin throw

10 January – old model

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result
	Berta Chiú	Mexico	35.21
	Raquel Trujillo	Mexico	35.14
	Mercedes García	Venezuela	34.75
4	Ana Mercedes Campos	El Salvador	34.39
5	Nelly Romero	Venezuela	31.34
6	Ivonne Rojano	Mexico	28.79

References

↑ Memoria oficial del Comite Organizador de los VIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe (PDF). pp. 157–196. Retrieved 7 February 2026.

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Athletics at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Contents

Men's results

100 metres

200 metres

400 metres

800 metres

1500 metres

5000 metres

10,000 metres

Half marathon

110 metres hurdles

400 metres hurdles

3000 metres steeplechase

4 × 100 metres relay

4 × 400 metres relay

High jump

Pole vault

Long jump

Triple jump

Shot put

Discus throw

Hammer throw

Javelin throw

Pentathlon

Women's results

100 metres

80 metres hurdles

4 × 100 metres relay

High jump

Discus throw

Javelin throw

References