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1938 Panama City 1950 Guatemala City ↗ All 25 editions

Americas Continental championships · since 1926

1946 CAC Games

Barranquilla, Colombia 5–25 Mar 1946

events: 28
medals awarded: 84
nations on the podium: 10
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

Rafael Fortun 10.4

2

Herb McKenley 10.7

3

Emmanuel McBailey No time given officially. —

Sprints

200m

1

Rafael Fortun CR 21.6

2

Lloyd LaBeach 21.7

3

Herb McKenley 21.7

Sprints

400m

1

Arthur Wint CR 48.0

2

Herb McKenley 48.5

3

George Rhoden 49.3

Middle & long

800m

1

Arthur Wint CR 1:54.8

2

Wilfred Tull 1:56.4

3

Ken Hyland 1:57.6

Middle & long

1500m

1

Wilfred Tull CR 4:07.8

2

Ken Hyland 4:09.6

3

Arthur Dujon 4:12.4

Middle & long

5000m

1

Mannie Ramjohn CR 15:54.8

2

Jesus Borgonio 15:55.0

3

Doroteo Flores 15:56.0

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Doroteo Flores 33:55.0

2

Agustin Romero 34:54.8

3

Cipriano Gomez 34:58.2

Road

Half marathon

1

Doroteo Flores 1:14:33

2

Luis Velasquez 1:14:39

3

Rafael Flores 1:15:38

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Eligio Barberia 14.8

2

Teofilo Colon 15.5

3

Julio Sabater —

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Eligio Barberia CR 55.3

2

Relin Sosa 56.4

3

Remigio Castro 56.5

Jumps

High jump

1

Miguel Clovis 1.85

2

Gilberto Torres 1.85

3

Francisco Castro 1.85

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Jose Vicente CR 3.98

2

Jose Barbosa 3.84

3

Jesus Centeno 3.77

Jumps

Long jump

1

Lloyd LaBeach CR 6.96

2

Lance Thompson 6.95

3

Francisco Castro 6.92

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Francisco Castro CR= 14.14

2

Harold Lawson CR= 14.14

3

Raul Lopez 13.74

Throws

Shot put

1

Eduardo 'Beto' Adriana 13.35

2

Carlos Cervantes 13.28

3

Luis Betancourt 13.03

Throws

Discus throw

1

Manuel Seoane 39.94

2

Mauricio Rodriguez 39.86

3

Carlos Perez 38.69

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Francisco Gonzalez (1917) 41.87

2

Luis Betancourt 39.71

3

Lorenzo Barquin 39.70

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Mario Salas 55.00

2

Enrique Pizarro 54.18

3

Nicolas Romero 52.75

Combined

Pentathlon

1

Nestor Marchany 3374

2

Amador Teran 3294

3

Victor Castaneda 3131

Relays

4x100m

1

Panama

Clifford Loney Arturo Thomas Clayton Clarke Lloyd LaBeach

43.0

2

Cuba

Rafael Fortun Jesus Farres Pedro Castillo Eligio Barberia

43.1

3

Trinidad & Tobago

George Lewis Nathaniel Preddie Albert McLean Emmanuel McBailey

43.5

Relays

4x400m

1

Jamaica

Herb McKenley Clinton Woodstock George Rhoden Arthur Wint

CR 3.18.0

2

Cuba

Juan Antonio Saez Jose Luis Gomez Carlos Bombalier Angel Garcia (1919)

3.21.4

3

Panama

Eric Ferguson David Benskin Reginaldo Matthews Cirilo McSween

3.23.2

Medal table

10 nations · 84 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Panama PAN	8	2	3	13
2	Jamaica JAM	5	8	5	18
3	Cuba CUB	5	5	6	16
4	Puerto Rico PUR	4	5	5	14
5	Trinidad & Tobago TTO	2	2	3	7
6	Guatemala GUA	2	1	1	4
7	Mexico MEX	1	4	3	8
8	Netherlands Antilles AHO	1	0	0	1
9	Venezuela VEN	0	1	0	1
10	El Salvador ESA	0	0	2	2

Records set

14 CR

CR Rafael Fortun 200m · Men 21.6
CR Arthur Wint 400m · Men 48.0
CR Arthur Wint 800m · Men 1:54.8
CR Wilfred Tull 1500m · Men 4:07.8
CR Mannie Ramjohn 5000m · Men 15:54.8
CR Eligio Barberia 400m hurdles · Men 55.3
CR Jose Vicente Pole vault · Men 3.98
CR Lloyd LaBeach Long jump · Men 6.96
CR= Francisco Castro Triple jump · Men 14.14
CR= Harold Lawson Triple jump · Men 14.14
CR Jamaica 4x400m · Men 3.18.0
CR Cynthia Thompson 100m · Women 12.1
CR Carmen Phipps High jump · Women 1.54
CR Judith Caballero Discus throw · Women 30.17