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IV Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Dates	22–25 August
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	73 (37 junior, 36 youth)
Participation	about 263 (150 junior, 113 youth) athletes from 15 nations
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The 4th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Nassau, Bahamas, on 22–25 August 1980.

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B. Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Scott Ferguson (TRI)	10.4	Leroy Reid (JAM)	10.8	Gary Hitchins (TRI)	10.9
200 metres	Leroy Reid (JAM)	21.1	Scott Ferguson (TRI)	21.7	Ron Sobers (TRI)	21.8
400 metres	Rubén Díaz (PUR)	48.4	Phil Lewis (BAH)	48.5	Oswaldo Zea (VEN)	48.8
800 metres	Luis Lizardi (VEN)	1:54.4	Ángel Román (VEN)	1:55.2	Steve Wright (BAH)	1:55.9
1500 metres	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	3:49.8	José Castillo (VEN)	3:49.9	Ángel Román (VEN)	3:51.1
5000 metres	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	14:26.4	Jesús Herrera (MEX)	14:27.4	Wilbur Ferdinand (TRI)	15:21.8
10,000 metres	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	31:20.4	Alonso Reyes (VEN)	31:46.5	Alfonso Cara (MEX)	32:11.4
3000 metres steeplechase	Jesús Herrera (MEX)	9:27.8	José Martínez (VEN)	9:34.8	Héctor Arroyo (PUR)	9:38.5
110 metres hurdles	Modesto Castillo (DOM)	14.0	Rodrigo Casar (MEX)	14.5	Wilfredo Santiago (PUR)	14.7
400 metres hurdles	Wilfredo Santiago (PUR)	53.4	Ladrick Trusty (JAM)	54.6	John Pugh (BAH)	54.7
High jump	Stephen Wray (BAH)	2.21	Delroy Poyser (JAM)	2.06	Juan Morales (PUR)	2.00
Pole vault	Edgardo Villalobos (MEX)	4.01	Stephen Wray (BAH)	3.80	Arvadio Ferguson (BAH)	3.10
Long jump	Lester Benjamin (ATG)	7.01	Aurelio Rivera (PUR)	6.98	Juan González (MEX)	6.62
Triple jump	Brad Johnson (BAH)	15.27	Norbert Elliott (BAH)	15.16	Francisco Olivares (MEX)	15.01
Shot put	Joaquín Vila (PUR)	16.32	Allister Joseph (TRI)	15.37	Allan Silber (PUR)	15.15
Discus throw	Allister Joseph (TRI)	40.94	Alexis Lynch (BAH)	39.98	Alberto Romero (MEX)	39.68
Hammer throw	Felipe Martín (MEX)	54.56	Guillermo Ramírez (MEX)	53.34	Luis Colón (PUR)	49.86
Javelin throw	Héctor Hemmings (PAN)	60.28	Frank Elías (PUR)	55.58	Javier Irizarry (PUR)	54.38
Decathlon	Rafael López (PUR)	6470	José Aguirre (VEN)	6470	Juan Sánchez (MEX)	5174
10,000 metres track walk	Eduardo Linares (MEX)	45:04.1	Víctor Sánchez (MEX)	47:12.0	Ramón Muñiz (PUR)	48:06.4
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica	42.1	Venezuela	42.4	Trinidad and Tobago	42.4
4 × 400 metres relay	Puerto Rico	3:14.9	Venezuela	3:15.3	Jamaica	3:18.0

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Ruperta Charles (ATG)	11.9	Janet Burke (JAM)	12.1	Alma Vázquez (MEX)	12.3
200 metres	Ruperta Charles (ATG)	24.5	Janet Burke (JAM)	24.9	Alma Vázquez (MEX)	25.5
400 metres	Cathy Rattray (JAM)	54.6	Stephanie Farrington (BAH)	56.4	Ruperta Charles (ATG)	56.7
800 metres	Marta Vázquez (MEX)	2:15.7	Whelma Colebrooke (BAH)	2:18.1	Jovita Guerrero (MEX)	2:18.2
1500 metres	Marta Vázquez (MEX)	4:44.5	Irma Núñez (MEX)	4:45.2	Carmen Flores (CRC)	4:50.4
100 metres hurdles	Myrtle Chester (GUY)	14.7	Angie Marie Regis (VEN)	15.0	Sandra Taváres (MEX)	15.4
400 metres hurdles	Myrtle Chester (GUY)	62.7	Stephanie Farrington (BAH)	64.6	Natasha Rolle (BAH)	64.9
High jump	Sharon Rose (BAH)	1.69	Myrtle Chester (GUY)	1.69	Amalia Montes (MEX)	1.67
Long jump	Ruperta Charles (ATG)	5.68	Myrtle Chester (GUY)	5.41	Sorelis Bohórquez (VEN)	5.30
Shot put	Sonia Smith (BER)	11.80	Mónica Ávalos (MEX)	10.95	Carol Woodside (BAH)	10.56
Discus throw	Mónica Ávalos (MEX)	42.20	Yunaira Piña (VEN)	40.08	Carol Woodside (BAH)	39.62
Javelin throw	Sonia Smith (BER)	47.58	Marieta Riera (VEN)	44.06	Yunaira Piña (VEN)	41.68
Pentathlon	Myrtle Chester (GUY)	3696	Stephanie Farrington (BAH)	3029	Debbie Greene (BAH)	3009
4 × 100 metres relay	Mexico	48.6	Bahamas	49.2	Puerto Rico	50.1
4 × 400 metres relay	Mexico	3:50.8	Bahamas	3:53.3	Puerto Rico	4:11.7

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Anthony Munroe (TRI)	10.6	Earle Laing (JAM)	10.9	Kent Tacklyn (BER)	11.1
200 metres	Anthony Munroe (TRI)	22.0	Earle Laing (JAM)	22.3	Kent Tacklyn (BER)	22.5
400 metres	Carlyle Bernard (TRI)	49.1	Aaron Phillips (VEN)	49.4	Richard Louis (BAR)	49.7
800 metres	Aaron Phillips (VEN)	1:57.8	Carlyle Bernard (TRI)	1:57.9	Abdiel Cartagena (PUR)	1:58.7
1200 metres	Rubén Rivera (PUR)	3:09.5	Carlos Guzmán (VEN)	3:10.4	Hugo Allan García (GUA)	3:11.5
3000 metres	Rubén Rivera (PUR)	8:51.2	Waldemar Sotillo (PUR)	8:52.4	Hugo Allan García (GUA)	8:53.4
2000 metres steeplechase	Juan Guerra (MEX)	6:21.2	Martín Robles (MEX)	6:26.3	José López (PUR)	6:37.2
110 metres hurdles	Kent Tacklyn (BER)	14.7	Juan Montes (PUR)	15.0	Fabian Cooper (BAH)	15.2
400 metres hurdles	Edwin Cruz (PUR)	54.6	Efraín Pedroza (MEX)	55.2	Fabian Cooper (BAH)	56.6
High jump	Henry Lozano (MEX)	1.90	Wendell Collie (BAH)	1.88	Carlos Renta (PUR)	1.85
Pole vault	Máximo López (MEX)	3.25	Anthony Conyers (BAH)	3.00	Doyle Peete (BAH)	2.80
Long jump	Joey Wells (BAH)	6.93	Lyndon Sands (BAH)	6.91	Francis Hurtado (VEN)	6.34
Triple jump	Lyndon Sands (BAH)	15.09	Keith Carey (BAH)	13.85	José Crespo (PUR)	13.75
Shot put	Sammy Brennan (BAH)	15.52	Steve Coy (TRI)	15.26	Martín Gómez (VEN)	14.60
Discus throw	Martín Gómez (VEN)	46.21	Jeff Knowles (BAH)	43.14	Crescencio Dromond (AHO)	40.65
Hammer throw	José Gutiérrez (PUR)	49.14	Daniel Marcial (MEX)	44.46	Martín Gómez (VEN)	37.96
Javelin throw	Brooke Onley (BER)	57.76	René Velázquez (MEX)	56.64	Wendell Collie (BAH)	54.30
Heptathlon	Brooke Onley (BER)	4331	Sammy Brennan (BAH)	4104	Joey Wells (BAH)	3963
5000 metres track walk	H. Marton (MEX)	22:48.9	G. Ignacio (MEX)	22:50.0	Phillip McKenzie (BAH)	27:49.8
4 × 100 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago	42.8	Puerto Rico	43.1	Bahamas	43.3
4 × 400 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago	3:21.2	Puerto Rico	3:23.5	Venezuela	3:24.9

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Candy Ford (BER)	11.8	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	12.0	Margaret Campbell (JAM)	12.1
200 metres	Candy Ford (BER)	24.5	Terri Julien (ATG)	24.9	Maxine McMillan (TRI)	25.0
400 metres	Candy Ford (BER)	55.4	Yolande Small (TRI)	56.8	Jocelyn Joseph (ATG)	57.0
800 metres	Roxanne Vincent (TRI)	2:13.6	Ramona Rosario (PUR)	2:14.6	Rolanda Dill (BER)	2:17.6
1200 metres	Ramona Rosario (PUR)	3:39.0	Rosa Muñoz (MEX)	3:41.7	Roxanne Vincent (TRI)	3:42.7
100 metres hurdles	Debbie Greene (BAH)	14.9	Mayela Godoy (MEX)	15.4	Florence Kelly (BAH)	16.0
200 metres hurdles	Debbie Greene (BAH)	29.6	Mayela Godoy (MEX)	31.1	Suad Ayud (MEX)	31.4
High jump	Sandra Eastmond (BAR)	1.62	Florence Kelly (BAH)	1.62	Donna Smith (BAH)	1.57
Long jump	Ingrid Boyce (BAR)	5.60	Debbie Greene (BAH)	5.59	Donna Smith (BAH)	5.33
Shot put	Luz Bohórquez (VEN)	12.77	Laverne Eve (BAH)	12.25	Jacqueline Kennedy (BER)	9.50
Discus throw	Laverne Eve (BAH)	35.16	Michelle Culmer (BAH)	27.66	Damaris Nieves (PUR)	27.65
Javelin throw	Portia Wallace (BAH)	37.38	Barbara Ruíz (MEX)	36.16	Michelle Culmer (BAH)	33.10
Pentathlon	Debbie Greene (BAH)	3446	Monique Millar (BAH)	3145	Daniela Sáinz (MEX)	2863
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas	47.9	Puerto Rico	50.1	Venezuela	50.6
4 × 400 metres relay	Bahamas	3:59.2	Puerto Rico	3:59.3	Venezuela	4:01.1

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	16	15	12	43
2	Bahamas (BAH)*	13	21	18	52
3	Puerto Rico (PUR)	10	9	14	33
4	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	8	5	6	19
5	Bermuda (BER)	8	0	4	12
6	Venezuela (VEN)	4	12	10	26
7	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	4	1	2	7
8	Jamaica (JAM)	3	8	2	13
9	Guyana (GUY)	3	2	0	5
10	Barbados (BAR)	2	0	1	3
11	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
	Panama (PAN)	1	0	0	1
13	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	2	2
14	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		73	73	73	219

A couple of smaller nations gave their debut at the championships, i.e. Antigua and Barbuda (to become independent by the end of that year), Bermuda, Guyana, and the Netherlands Antilles. Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. There is no information on athletes competing in the relay teams. An unofficial count yields the number of about 263 athletes (150 junior (under-20) and 113 youth (under-17)) from about 15 countries, resulting in a new record number of participating nations:

• Official CACAC Website
• World Junior Athletics History

• Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
• 1980 in Bahamian sport
• 1980 in athletics (track and field)
• International athletics competitions hosted by the Bahamas
• 1980 in youth sport