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1974 Maracaibo 1978 Xalapa ↗ All 20 editions

Americas Continental championships · since 1974

1976 CAC U20 Championships

Xalapa ↗ , Mexico 26–29 Aug 1976

events: 36
medals awarded: 107
nations on the podium: 10
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

Rickey Moxey 10.53

2

Andrew Bruce 10.64

3

Euclides Bell 10.65

Sprints

200m

1

Rickey Moxey 21.76

2

Euclides Bell 21.92

3

William Rodriguez 21.97

Sprints

400m

1

Clyde Edwards 48.28

2

Juan de Jesus 49.17

3

Alejandro Rincon 49.24

Middle & long

800m

1

William Wuycke 1:53.58

2

Osman Escobar 1:55.46

3

William Sanders 1:56.72

Middle & long

1500m

1

Carlos Victorino 4:04.5

2

Francisco Silva 4:05.1

3

Anibal Rivera 4:05.8

Middle & long

5000m

1

Francisco Rojas 15:16.0

2

Humberto Alba 15:16.4

3

Alberto Santos 15:16.6

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Pedro Santiago 31:36.4

2

Victor Gil 31:55.0

3

Alberto Santos 32:10.4

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Juan Zetina 9:10.8

2

Victor Gil 9:42.8

3

Alberto Santos 9:48.6

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Luis Alex Misiniak 14.18

2

Nelson Rodriguez 14.81

3

Miguel Mora 15.03

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Luis Alex Misiniak 53.84

2

Pedro Gilberto 54.34

3

Nelson Rodriguez 54.76

Jumps

High jump

1

Victor Romero 1.90

2

Gerald Wilson 1.83

3

Arnold Monge (1959) 1.83

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Ramon Sequeira 4.10

2

Elias Minian 3.55

3

Jesus Figueroa 3.25

Jumps

Long jump

1

David Giralt (1959) 7.46

2

Rey Quinones 7.40

3

Heriberto Battista 7.04

Jumps

Triple jump

1

David Giralt (1959) 16.25

2

Steve Hanna 14.72

3

Jorge Garcia 14.08

Throws

Shot put

1

Juan Martinez 15.98

2

Alberto Santiago 14.95

3

Javier Cunningham 13.73

Throws

Discus throw

1

Juan Martinez 53.98

2

Santiago Pernia 39.43

3

Rafael Velez 36.86

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Andres Polemil 48.35

2

Rey Santiago 44.53

3

Miguel Juarez 42.65

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Rafael Velez 58.07

2

Stokeley Dean 51.83

3

Manuel Torres 51.22

Race walks

10,000m race walk

1

Ernesto Canto 46:18.6

2

Rudy Castillo 50:41.8

3

Rafael Hernandez 52:15.2

Combined

Decathlon

1

Javier Meza 6024

2

Rey Quinones 5996

3

Gustavo Rivera 5643

Relays

4x100m

1

Cuba

. Calvo Luis Alex Misiniak Euclides Bell David Giralt (1959)

42.44

2

Puerto Rico

Juan de Jesus Juan Rodriguez Miguel Mora William Rodriguez

42.49

3

Mexico

43.19

Relays

4x400m

1

Puerto Rico

3:19.11

2

Mexico

3:23.09

3

Venezuela

3:28.15

Medal table

10 nations · 107 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Cuba CUB	11	3	3	17
2	Puerto Rico PUR	8	9	10	27
3	Mexico MEX	6	10	14	30
4	Trinidad & Tobago TTO	3	3	1	7
5	Bahamas BAH	3	3	0	6
6	Barbados BAR	3	0	0	3
7	Venezuela VEN	1	6	3	10
8	Dominican Republic DOM	1	1	1	3
9	El Salvador ESA	0	1	2	3
10	Costa Rica CRC	0	0	1	1

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