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Athletics at the: XVII CAC Games
Host stadium in Ponce.
Dates	23–28 November
Host city	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Venue	Estadio Francisco Montaner
Events	43
Participation	287 athletes from 30 nations
← 1990 Mexico City 1998 Maracaibo → 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games

The track and field competition at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in November at the Estadio Francisco Montaner in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Medal summary※

Men's events※

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Joel Isasi  Cuba	10.38	Andrés Simón  Cuba	10.49	Patrick Delice  Trinidad and Tobago	10.62
200 metres (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Andrew Tynes  Bahamas	20.64	Iván García  Cuba	20.71	Jorge Aguilera  Cuba	20.91
400 metres	Norberto Téllez  Cuba	45.80	Neil de Silva  Trinidad and Tobago	46.07	Omar Mena  Cuba	46.32
800 metres	Javier Soto  Puerto Rico	1:49.40	Héctor Herrera  Cuba	1:49.99	Dale Jones  Antigua and Barbuda	1:50.05
1500 metres	José López  Venezuela	3:43.89	Desmond Hector  Guyana	3:46.08	Arturo Espejel  Mexico	3:46.74
5000 metres	Isaac García  Mexico	13:57.84	Gabino Apolonio  Mexico	14:06.43	Orlando Ceballos  Puerto Rico	14:31.08
10,000 metres	Dionicio Cerón  Mexico	28:58.11	Isaac García  Mexico	29:33.74	Orlando Ceballos  Puerto Rico	30:11.60
Marathon	Benjamín Paredes  Mexico	02:14:23	Julio Hernández  Colombia	02:17:21	Samuel López  Mexico	02:17:38
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Emilio Valle  Cuba	13.87	Wagner Marseille  Haiti	14.10	Alexis Sánchez  Cuba	14.14
400 metres hurdles	Domingo Cordero  Puerto Rico	49.60 GR	Pedro Piñera  Cuba	50.12	Juan Gutiérrez  Mexico	50.47
3000 metre steeplechase	Rubén García  Mexico	8:38.43 GR	Héctor Arias  Mexico	8:40.19	Juan Ramón Conde  Cuba	8:45.62
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Andrés Simón Iván García Joel Isasi Jorge Aguilera	39.24	Puerto Rico Carlos Santos Domingo Cordero Edgardo Guilbe Agner Muñoz	40.01	Colombia Wenceslao Ferrín Wilson Cañizales Luis Alfonso Vega Jhon Mena	40.09
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Omar Mena Héctor Herrera Lázaro Martínez Norberto Téllez	3:05.62	Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Delice Neil de Silva Dazel Jules Ian Morris	3:06.96	Jamaica Michael Anderson Carl McPherson Danny McFarlane Evon Clarke	3:07.23
20 kilometre road walk	Daniel García  Mexico	1:26:22	Héctor Moreno  Colombia	1:26:32	Julio Martínez  Guatemala	1:29:43
50 kilometre road walk	Edel Oliva  Cuba	3:55:21	Germán Sánchez  Mexico	3:56:18	Julio César Urías  Guatemala	4:03:24
High jump	Javier Sotomayor  Cuba	2.35 GR	Marino Drake  Cuba	2.20	Antonio Burgos  Puerto Rico	2.14
Pole vault	Edgar Díaz  Puerto Rico	5.30	Alberto Manzano  Cuba	5.30	Only two athletes with a mark
Long jump	Wendell Williams  Trinidad and Tobago	7.95	Michael Francis  Puerto Rico	7.92	Jaime Jefferson  Cuba	7.85
Triple jump	Yoelbi Quesada  Cuba	17.06 GR	Daniel Osorio  Cuba	16.52	Sergio Saavedra  Venezuela	16.30
Shot put	Jorge Montenegro  Cuba	18.88	Carlos Fandiño  Cuba	18.68	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	17.96
Discus throw	Alexis Elizalde  Cuba	61.24	Luis Delís  Cuba	59.32	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	54.94
Hammer throw	Alberto Sánchez  Cuba	72.20 GR	Eladio Hernández  Cuba	69.58	Guillermo Guzmán  Mexico	65.52
Javelin throw	Luis Lucumí  Colombia	74.58	Ovidio Trimiño  Cuba	73.08	Emeterio González  Cuba	71.24
Decathlon	Eugenio Balanqué  Cuba	7889 GR	Raúl Duany  Cuba	7715	José Román  Puerto Rico	7262

Women's events※

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Liliana Allen  Cuba	11.52	Miriam Ferrer  Cuba	11.81	Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas	11.89
200 metres (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Liliana Allen  Cuba	23.14	Idalmis Bonne  Cuba	23.53	Ximena Restrepo  Colombia	23.88
400 metres	Julia Duporty  Cuba	51.81	Zoila Stewart  Costa Rica	52.57 (NR)	Nancy McLeón  Cuba	52.59
800 metres	Letitia Vriesde  Suriname	2:04.28	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	2:05.22	Daisy Ocasio  Puerto Rico	2:06.52
1500 metres	Letitia Vriesde  Suriname	4:18.45	Isabel Juárez  Mexico	4:20.20	Susana Díaz  Mexico	4:21.45
3000 metres	Isabel Juárez  Mexico	9:16.27 GR	Adriana Fernández  Mexico	9:18.93	Milagro Rodríguez  Cuba	9:22.36
10,000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz  Mexico	34:49.67	Lucía Rendón  Mexico	35:13.30	Carmen Serrano  Puerto Rico	36:19.66
Marathon	Emma Cabrera  Mexico	2:42:29 GR	María Elena Reyna  Mexico	2:43:39	Emperatriz Wilson  Cuba	2:54:41
100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.1 m/s)	Aliuska López  Cuba	13.46	Oraidis Ramírez  Cuba	13.49	Joyce Meléndez  Puerto Rico	14.22
400 metres hurdles	Lency Montelier  Cuba	57.61	Maribelsy Peña  Colombia	58.68	Wynsome Cole  Jamaica	60.23
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Miriam Ferrer Aliuska López Julia Duporty Liliana Allen	44.59	Colombia Elia Mera Ximena Restrepo Patricia Rodríguez Norfalia Carabalí	44.62	Jamaica Cheryl Phillips Kerry-Ann Richards Shelly Berth Nikole Mitchell	45.75
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty Lency Montelier Nancy McLeón	3:31.27	Colombia Patricia Rodríguez Maribelcy Peña Elia Mera Norfalia Carabalí	3:36.82	Jamaica Wynsome Cole Shelly Berth Tanya Jarret Claudine Williams	3:37.72
10,000 metre track walk	María Colín  Mexico	47:57.20	Liliana Bermeo  Colombia	49:21.18	Magdalena Guzmán  El Salvador	53:16.81
Long jump	Niurka Montalvo  Cuba	6.37	Eloína Echevarría  Cuba	5.91w	Suzette Lee  Jamaica	5.53
Triple jump	Niurka Montalvo  Cuba	13.57 GR	Eloína Echevarría  Cuba	13.02	Suzette Lee  Jamaica	12.40
Shot put	Herminia Fernández  Cuba	18.00	Yumileidi Cumbá  Cuba	17.67	Laverne Eve  Bahamas	15.35
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría  Cuba	61.02	Maritza Martén  Cuba	59.44	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	53.12
Javelin throw	Isel López  Cuba	61.48	Xiomara Rivero  Cuba	57.02	Patricia Alonso  Venezuela	50.38
Heptathlon	Magalys García  Cuba	5903 GR	Regla Cárdenas  Cuba	5838	Zorobabelia Córdoba  Colombia	5326

Medal table※

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	31	29	12	72
2	Mexico	9	8	5	22
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	4	3	9	16
4	Colombia	2	5	6	13
5	Venezuela (VEN)	2	0	5	7
6	Suriname	2	0	0	2
7	Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	1	4
8	Bahamas	1	0	2	3
9	Jamaica	0	1	7	8
10	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Costa Rica	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
	Haiti	0	1	0	1
14	Guatemala	0	0	2	2
15	El Salvador	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		52	52	51	155

Participation※

See also※

• 1993 in athletics (track and field)

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.