Athletics at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games

Template:Infobox Athletics Championships The athletics competition at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games took place at the Estadio Pedro de Heredia in Cartagena, Colombia and lasted from July 25 to July 29. There were 23 events for men and 21 for women. A total of ten Games records were broken at the competition, in addition to a number of national records.

The events were dominated by Cuban athletes, whereas teams like Jamaica did not send their strongest athletes. With 21 gold medals, Cuba won nearly half of the events and 45 medals were won by the country's athletes. Mexico was the next most successful nation, winning eight golds and fourteen medals overall. The hosts Colombia took third place on the medal tally, having won four golds, but also had the second greatest medal haul with nineteen in total. Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles and Panama were the only other nations at the competition to win two golds or more.

Results

Men

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Churandy Martina Template:Flagcountry	10.06 GR	Derrick Atkins Template:Flagcountry	10.13	Jacey Harper Template:Flagcountry	10.33
200 metres	Xavier Brown Template:Flagcountry	20.74	Hawar Murillo Template:Flagcountry	20.78	Andrew Hinds Template:Flagcountry	20.83
400 metres	Yeimer López Template:Flagcountry	45.28	Alleyne Francique Template:Flagcountry	45.44	Arismendy Peguero Template:Flagcountry	45.55
800 metres	Andy González Template:Flagcountry	1:46.26	Sherridan Kirk Template:Flagcountry	1:46.55	Maury Castillo Template:Flagcountry	1:47.60
1500 metres	Juan Luis Barrios Template:Flagcountry	3:42.52	David Freeman Template:Flagcountry	3:43.84	Maury Castillo Template:Flagcountry	3:43.93
5000 metres	Juan Luis Barrios Template:Flagcountry	14:09.08	Alejandro Suárez Template:Flagcountry	14:10.58	Norbert Gutiérrez Template:Flagcountry	14:13.50
10,000 metres	José David Galván Template:Flagcountry	29:40.08	Javier Alexander Guarín Template:Flagcountry	29:41.51	Norbert Gutiérrez Template:Flagcountry	29:50.53
110 m hurdles	Dayron Robles Template:Flagcountry	13.12 GR	Paulo Villar Template:Flagcountry	13.29 NR/AR=	Yoel Hernández Template:Flagcountry	13.51
400 m hurdles	Bayano Kamani Template:Flagcountry	49.44	Ian Weakley Template:Flagcountry	49.74	Bryan Steele Template:Flagcountry	50.12
3000 m steeplechase	Alex Greaux Template:Flagcountry	8:44.51	Néstor Nieves Template:Flagcountry	8:44.86	José Alberto Sánchez Template:Flagcountry	8:46.05
Marathon	Procopio Franco Template:Flagcountry	2:24:35	Juan Carlos Cardona Template:Flagcountry	2:27:43	Alfredo Arevalo Template:Flagcountry	2:28:27
4 × 100 m relay	Template:Flagcountry Brian Mariano Prince Kwidama Jairo Duzant Churandy Martina	39.29	Template:Flagcountry Adrian Griffith Derrick Atkins Rodney Green Dominic Demeritte	39.44	Template:Flagcountry Lerone Clarke Xavier Brown Herbert McGregor Carl Barrett	39.45
4 × 400 m relay	Template:Flagcountry Sanjay Ayre Leford Green Ricardo Chambers Bryan Steele	3:01.78 GR	Template:Flagcountry Renny Quow Kevon Pierre Jamil James Damion Barry	3:02.65	Template:Flagcountry Félix Sánchez Arismendi Peguero Carlos Santa Yoel Tapia	3:03.25
20 km race walk	Luis Fernando López Template:Flagcountry	1:24:20	Eder Sánchez Template:Flagcountry	1:26:30	Luis Fernando García Template:Flagcountry	1:29:50
High jump	Gilmar Mayo Template:Flagcountry	2.19	Trevor Barry Template:Flagcountry	2.16	Gerardo Martínez Template:Flagcountry	2.16
Pole vault	Robinson Pratt Template:Flagcountry	5.50 NR	Dominic Johnson Template:Flagcountry	5.20	David Rojas Template:Flagcountry	4.60
Long jump	Irving Saladino Template:Flagcountry	8.29	Iván Pedroso Template:Flagcountry	7.92	Ibrahim Camejo Template:Flagcountry	7.83
Triple jump	Yoandri Betanzos Template:Flagcountry	17.46 GR	Alexis Copello Template:Flagcountry	16.85	Wilbert Walker Template:Flagcountry	16.35
Shot put	Dorian Scott Template:Flagcountry	20.34 NR	Alexis Paumier Template:Flagcountry	18.26	Reynaldo Proenza Template:Flagcountry	18.03
Discus throw	Yunior Lastre Template:Flagcountry	57.00	Jason Morgan Template:Flagcountry	56.56	Héctor Hurtado Template:Flagcountry	52.60
Hammer throw	Noleysi Bicet Template:Flagcountry	69.56	Iosvany Suárez Template:Flagcountry	67.62	Aldo Bello Template:Flagcountry	62.55
Javelin throw	Guillermo Martínez Template:Flagcountry	84.91 GR	Yudel Moreno Template:Flagcountry	78.44	Noraldo Palacios Template:Flagcountry	74.10
Decathlon	Alexis Chivas Template:Flagcountry	7551	Carlos Paterson Template:Flagcountry	7203	Andrés Horacio Mantilla Template:Flagcountry	7157
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Tahesia Harrigan Template:Flagcountry	11.15	Laverne Jones Template:Flagcountry	11.50	Virgil Hodge Template:Flagcountry	11.52
200 metres	Roxana Díaz Template:Flagcountry	22.76 GR	Virgil Hodge Template:Flagcountry	23.09	Jade Bailey Template:Flagcountry	23.32
400 metres	Ana Guevara Template:Flagcountry	50.99	Hazel-Ann Regis Template:Flagcountry	51.16	Kineke Alexander Template:Flagcountry	52.04
800 metres	Zulia Calatayud Template:Flagcountry	2:05.26	Rosibel García Template:Flagcountry	2:05.78	Gabriela Medina Template:Flagcountry	2:06.15
1500 metres	Rosibel García Template:Flagcountry	4:18.29 GR	Yuneisy Santiusty Template:Flagcountry	4:19.32	Lysaira del Valle Template:Flagcountry	4:21.84
5000 metres	Bertha Sánchez Template:Flagcountry	16:17:13	Dulce Maria Rodriguez Template:Flagcountry	16:18.15	Madaí Pérez Template:Flagcountry	16:19.38
Marathon	María Elena Valencia Template:Flagcountry	2:45:49	Yailén García Template:Flagcountry	2:51:43	Iglandini González Template:Flagcountry	2:54:05
100 m hurdles	Anay Tejeda Template:Flagcountry	12.86	Nadine Faustin Template:Flagcountry	12.91	Toni-Ann D'Oyley Template:Flagcountry	13.10
400 m hurdles	Daimí Pernía Template:Flagcountry	55.32	Josanne Lucas Template:Flagcountry	55.60	Melaine Walker Template:Flagcountry	55.97
4 × 100 m relay	Template:Flagcountry Virgen Benavides Misleidys Lazo Roxana Díaz Anay Tejeda	43.29	Template:Flagcountry Yomara Hinestroza Felipa Palacios Darlenys Obregón Norma González	44.32	Template:Flagcountry Savatheda Fynes Shandra Brown Tamica Clarke T-Shonda Webb	44.34
4 × 400 m relay	Template:Flagcountry Ruth Grajeda Ana Guevara Gabriela Medina Mayra González	3:29.92	Template:Flagcountry Clora Williams Shevon Stoddart Melaine Walker Althea Chambers	3:32.86	Template:Flagcountry Ana Peña Daimi Pernía Yenima Arencibia Zulia Calatayud	3:36.34
20 km race walk	Cristina López Template:Flagcountry	1:38:26	Evelyn Núñez Template:Flagcountry	1:39:37	Sandra Zapata Template:Flagcountry	1:41.37
High jump	Juana Arrendel Template:Flagcountry	1.93	Caterine Ibargüen Template:Flagcountry	1.88	Levern Spencer Template:Flagcountry	1.88
Pole vault	Maryoris Sánchez Template:Flagcountry	4.10 GR	Yarisley Silva Template:Flagcountry	3.95	Keisa Monterola Template:Flagcountry	3.85
Long jump	Yudelkis Fernández Template:Flagcountry	6.37	Caterine Ibargüen Template:Flagcountry	6.36	Tanika Liburd Template:Flagcountry	6.23
Triple jump	Mabel Gay Template:Flagcountry	14.20	Yudelkis Fernández Template:Flagcountry	13.87	Johana Triviño Template:Flagcountry	13.71
Shot put	Yumileidi Cumbá Template:Flagcountry	19.31	Misleydis González Template:Flagcountry	18.80	Cleopatra Borel Template:Flagcountry	18.33
Discus throw	Yania Ferrales Template:Flagcountry	59.70	Yarelis Barrios Template:Flagcountry	58.22	Keisha Walkes Template:Flagcountry	48.10
Hammer throw	Yipsi Moreno Template:Flagcountry	70.22 GR	Yunaika Crawford Template:Flagcountry	67.88	Johana Moreno Template:Flagcountry	65.51 NR
Javelin throw	Sonia Bisset Template:Flagcountry	63.30 NR	Osleidys Menéndez Template:Flagcountry	59.94	Laverne Eve Template:Flagcountry	57.29
Heptathlon	Yuleidis Limonta Template:Flagcountry	5952 GR	Juana Castillo Template:Flagcountry	5664	Gretchen Quintana Template:Flagcountry	5584
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

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Cuban hurdler Dayron Robles broke a games record to win his gold medal.

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Ana Guevara of Mexico retained her 400 m title from 2002.

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Churandy Martina won both golds for the Netherlands Antilles.

• Note: Medal count excludes Dorian Scott's gold in the men's shot put as he was disqualified from the competition after a positive test for marijuana.

Participating nations

• (6)
• (19)
• (10)
• (3)
• (2)
• (7)
• (4)
• (49)
• (3)
• (61)
• (5)
• (36)
• (4)
• (13)
• (3)
• (7)
• Honduras (11)
• (39)
• (38)
• (4)
• (2)
• (7)
• (26)
• (13)
• (6)
• (4)
• (4)
• (1)
• (23)
• (6)
• (28)

References

Results

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Reports

• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2006-07-24). Athletics ready to start - 20th Central American and Caribbean Games - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-21.
• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2006-07-26). Guevara and Martinez shine - CAC Games, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-21.
• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2006-07-27). Robles and Martina break Games records - CAC Games Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-21.
• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2006-07-28). Betanzos, Moreno, Cumbá lead Cuban sweep - CAC Games Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-21.
• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2006-07-30). Cuba dominates last day - CAC Games, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-21.