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1978 Nassau 1979 Kingston All 105 editions

Regional Regional championships · since 1972

1978 CARIFTA Games U20

Nassau, Bahamas 27–28 Mar 1978

events: 30
medals awarded: 90
nations on the podium: 12
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind +4.5

1

Eric Berrie 10.69

2

Rickey Moxey 10.70

3

Fabian Whymns 11.01

Sprints

200m

1

Eric Berrie 21.94

2

Clive Lawrence 22.33

3

Dave Harewood 22.44

Sprints

400m

1

Nelson Hunter 49.23

2

Dean Greenaway 49.69

3

Roydel Russell 50.05

Middle & long

800m

1

Donat Mair 1:56.1

2

Raymond Panther 1:56.2

3

Anselm Lebourne 1:56.9

Middle & long

1500m

1

Andrew Browne 4:07.90

2

William Johnson 4:08.61

3

Vernon Steele 4:08.62

Middle & long

3000m

1

Lloyd Evering 9:04.31

2

William Johnson 9:05.75

3

Vernon Steele 9:11.65

Hurdles

110m hurdles (99.0 cm)

wind +4.1

1

John Messam 14.80

2

Rickey Davis 15.36

3

William Gittens II 15.57

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Frank Baptiste 55.30

2

Colin O'Brien 56.39

3

Greg Rolle 57.40

Jumps

High jump

1

Desmond Morris CR= 1.98

2

Laird McLean 1.91

3

Curtis Charles 1.91

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Archie Johnson CR 4.11

2

Herbert Oembler 3.67

3

Michael Johnson 3.35

Jumps

Long jump

1

Alfred Browne 6.97

2

Dwight Davis 6.90

3

J. Graham 6.88

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Alfred Browne 14.06

2

Dwight Davis 13.98

3

C. Haynes 13.90

Throws

Shot put (5 kg)

1

Roy Alfred 16.13 5.5kg

2

Alvin Edgecombe Implement weight: 5.5 kg 15.24

3

Anthony McKenzie Implement weight: 5.5 kg 14.78

Throws

Discus throw (1.5 kg)

1

Stanley Goodridge 50.68

2

Roy Alfred 47.90

3

Alvin Edgecombe 47.72

Throws

Javelin throw

1

J. Dill 51.72

2

D. Gale 51.40

3

Andre Taylor 49.84

Relays

4x100m

1

Jamaica

42.69

2

Bahamas

Fabian Whymns Rickey Moxey

43.06

3

Trinidad & Tobago

43.52

Relays

4x400m

1

Jamaica

3:21.18

2

Trinidad & Tobago

3:21.77

3

Bahamas

3:26.42

Medal table

12 nations · 90 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Jamaica JAM	16	8	5	29
2	Bahamas BAH	3	11	8	22
3	Barbados BAR	3	2	8	13
4	Bermuda BER	3	1	2	6
5	Trinidad & Tobago TTO	2	4	3	9
6	Antigua & Barbuda ANT	2	0	0	2
7	Guyana GUY	1	0	0	1
8	Guadeloupe GUD	0	2	2	4
9	British Virgin Islands IVB	0	1	0	1
10	Martinique MRT	0	1	0	1
11	Turks & Caicos Islands TKS	0	0	1	1
12	St. Vincent & The Grenadines VIN	0	0	1	1

Records set

5 CR

CR= Desmond Morris High jump · Men 1.98
CR Archie Johnson Pole vault · Men 4.11
CR Lynette Antoine (1959) Shot put · Women 13.45
CR Beryl Bethel (1959) Discus throw · Women 43.38
CR Sonia Smith Javelin throw · Women 46.44