VIII CARIFTA Games | |
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Dates | April 20–22 |
Host city |
Kingston, Jamaica
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Level | Junior and Youth |
Events | 42 |
Participation | about 183 athletes from 14 nations |
The 8th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 20–22, 1979.
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. [1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 183 athletes (131 junior (under-20) and 52 youth (under-17)) from about 14 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (36), Bermuda (23), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (3), Grenada (3), Guadeloupe (4), Guyana (10), Jamaica (44), Lesser Antilles (1), Martinique (10), Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (2), Trinidad and Tobago (20).
The Austin Sealy Trophy was awarded to Jon Jones from Jamaica. [2] [3] He won 4 gold medals (100m, 200m, long jump, triple jump) in the youth (U-17) category, and therefore was described as the most outstanding athletes of the 39 stagings of the games. [2]
Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), [4] Girls under 20 (Junior), [5] Boys under 17 (Youth), [6] and Girls under 17 (Youth). [7] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | ![]() |
10.97 | ![]() |
11.03 | ![]() |
11.34 |
200 metres | ![]() |
22.15 | ![]() |
22.17 | ![]() |
22.83 |
400 metres | ![]() |
50.08 | ![]() |
50.51 | ![]() |
51.25 |
800 metres | ![]() |
1:57.77 | ![]() |
1:58.15 | ![]() |
1:58.43 |
Long jump | ![]() |
7.02 | ![]() |
6.93 | ![]() |
6.80 |
Triple jump | ![]() |
14.77 | ![]() |
14.38 | ![]() |
14.08 |
Shot put | ![]() |
14.65 | ![]() |
14.40 | ![]() |
9.60 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | ![]() |
11.87 | ![]() |
12.03 | ![]() |
12.15 |
200 metres | ![]() |
24.24 | ![]() |
25.01 | ![]() |
25.08 |
400 metres | ![]() |
56.4 | ![]() |
57.7 | ![]() |
58.0 |
800 metres | ![]() |
2:14.4 | ![]() |
2:17.6 | ![]() |
2:19.8 |
Long jump | ![]() |
5.43 | ![]() |
5.42 | ![]() |
5.28 |
* Host nation ( Jamaica)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 18 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 |