The 1997 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico between 26–28 June.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.4 m/s)	Luis Pérez   Cuba	10.28	Jason Shelton   Jamaica	10.29	Carlos Villaseñor  Mexico	10.46
200 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Iván García   Cuba	20.38 CR	Elston Cawley   Jamaica	20.85	Troy Douglas   Bermuda	20.88
400 metres	Danny McFarlane   Jamaica	45.47	Linval Laird   Jamaica	45.49	Dennis Darling   Bahamas	46.05
800 metres	Norberto Téllez   Cuba	1:47.78	Mario Watson   Jamaica	1:47.86	Alex Morgan   Jamaica	1:48.57
1500 metres	Héctor Torres  Mexico	3:47.23	José López   Venezuela	3:47.92	Terrance Armstrong   Bermuda	3:51.92
5000 metres	Herder Vásquez   Colombia	14:07.41	Víctor Rodríguez  Mexico	14:08.77	Juan Díaz   Venezuela	14:22.01
10,000 metres	Herder Vásquez   Colombia	30:21.94	Jacinto López   Colombia	30:24.21	Germán Beltrán   Venezuela	30:27.94
Half marathon	Víctor Rodríguez  Mexico	1:07:07	Carlos Grisales   Colombia	1:07:39	Pamenos Ballantyne   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:08:25
110 metres hurdles (wind: +3.0 m/s)	Erik Batte   Cuba	13.70w	Yoel Hernández   Cuba	13.74w	Maurice Wignall   Jamaica	13.78w
400 metres hurdles	Dinsdale Morgan   Jamaica	49.28	Kemel Thompson   Jamaica	49.77	José Pérez   Cuba	50.92
3000 metres steeplechase	Félix Ladera   Venezuela	8:48.85	Salvador Miranda  Mexico	8:50.29	Néstor Nieves   Venezuela	8:50.46
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Alfredo García-Baró Ivan García Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Misael Ortiz	39.18	Jamaica Elston Cawley Jason Shelton Garth Robinson Jermaine Melbourne	39.7	Bahamas Dennis Darling Craig Hepburn Andrew Tynes Addis Huyler	39.85
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Garth Robinson Linval Laird Dennis Blake Danny McFarlane	3:01.42 CR	Cuba Omar Mena Jorge Crusellas Edel Hevia Norberto Téllez	3:04.50	Bahamas Dennis Darling Avard Moncur Addis Huyler Demarius Cash	3:09.15
20,000 m track walk	Julio Martínez   Guatemala	1:26:24.40 CR	Querubín Moreno   Colombia	1:28:38.96	Alejandro López  Mexico	1:29:08.00
High jump	Gilmar Mayo   Colombia	2.25	Julio Luciano   Dominican Republic	2.15	Fred Valentin   Martinique	2.10
Pole vault	Alberto Manzano   Cuba	5.40	Edgar Díaz   Puerto Rico	5.30	Jorge Tienda  Mexico	4.90
Long jump	Iván Pedroso   Cuba	8.54 w +4.0 m/s	Jaime Jefferson   Cuba	8.01 w +5.2 m/s	Craig Hepburn   Bahamas	7.93 w
Triple jump	Jérôme Romain   Dominica	17.53w	Yoel García   Cuba	17.28w	Brian Wellman   Bermuda	17.03w
Shot put	Yojer Medina   Venezuela	18.11	José Rosario   Puerto Rico	17.49	Yosvany Obregón   Cuba	17.16
Discus throw	Alexis Elizalde   Cuba	64.28	Jean-Claude Retel   Guadeloupe	58.18	Frank Casañas   Cuba	55.32
Hammer throw	Alberto Sánchez   Cuba	72.10	Yosvany Suárez   Cuba	69.90	Guillermo Guzmán  Mexico	67.10
Javelin throw	Emetrio González   Cuba	81.66 CR	Isbel Luaces   Cuba	73.80	Daniel Alonzo   Dominican Republic	65.80
Decathlon	Eugenio Balanqué   Cuba	7633	William Gallardo   Cuba	6973	Eladio Farfán   Venezuela	5818

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.4 m/s)	Debbie Ferguson   Bahamas	11.29	Beverly Grant   Jamaica	11.31	Heather Samuel   Antigua and Barbuda	11.38
200 metres (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Idalmis Bonne   Cuba	23.24	Felipa Palacios   Colombia	23.36	Heather Samuel   Antigua and Barbuda	23.73
400 metres	Julia Duporty   Cuba	51.96	Idalmis Bonne   Cuba	52.01	Tonique Williams   Bahamas	52.38
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba	1:59.01 CR	Mairelín Fuentes   Cuba	2:03.36	Dawn Williams-Sewer   Dominica	2:03.60
1500 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba	4:18.00 CR	Mardrea Hyman   Jamaica	4:21.31	Yesenia Centeno   Cuba	4:23.72
5000 metres	Susana A. Díaz  Mexico	16:31.87 CR	Sonia Betancourt  Mexico	17:02.95	Evelyn Rojas   Costa Rica	17:48.59
10,000 metres	Stella Castro   Colombia	34:34.67	Iglandini González   Colombia	37:06.50	Elsa Monterroso   Guatemala	36:57.30
Half marathon	Stella Castro   Colombia	1:17:15	Iglandini González   Colombia	1:22:06	Maribel Burgos   Puerto Rico	1:24:43
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Aliuska López   Cuba	13.19	Patrina Allen   Jamaica	13.26	Andrea Blackett   Barbados	13.44
400 metres hurdles	Andrea Blackett   Barbados	55.64 CR	Daimí Pernía   Cuba	56.14	Tanya Jarrett   Jamaica	57.73
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas Eldece Clarke-Lewis Debbie Ferguson Tonique Williams Dewana Wright	44.00 CR	Colombia Mirtha Brock Felipa Palacios Patricia Rodríguez Sandra Borrero	44.29	Cuba Idalia Hechavarría Dainelky Pérez Daimí Pernía Yahumara Neyra	44.73
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty Odalmis Limonta Nancy McLeon	3:29.30	Jamaica Michelle Ballentine Charmaine Howell Nadia Graham-Hutchinson Cecile Cargill	3:32.28	Puerto Rico Militza Castro Xiomara Davila Sandra Moya Yamelis Ortiz	3:39.07
10000 m track walk	Graciela Mendoza  Mexico	47:43.99	Oslaidis Cruz   Cuba	48:32.09t	Liliana Bermeo   Colombia	48:50.27
High jump	Niurka Lussón   Cuba	1.81	Karen Beautle   Jamaica	1.81	Romary Rifka  Mexico	1.79
Pole vault	Eva Vázquez   Puerto Rico	3.25 CR	Lorena Espinoza  Mexico	3.25	Estrella Martínez  Mexico	2.50
Long jump	Nadine Caster   Martinique	6.56	Jackie Edwards   Bahamas	6.52	Elisa Pérez   Dominican Republic	6.28
Triple jump	Olga Cepero   Cuba	14.14w	Yamilé Aldama   Cuba	14.12w	Cherita Howard   Barbados	12.94w
Shot put	Herminia Fernández   Cuba	17.36	Christelle Bornil   Martinique	15.10	María Mercedes   Dominican Republic	13.38
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría   Cuba	57.42	Maritza Martén   Cuba	57.06	Christelle Bornil   Martinique	47.32
Hammer throw	María Eugenia Villamizar   Colombia	53.82 CR	Nancy Guillén   El Salvador	52.98	Violeta Guzmán  Mexico	52.70
Javelin throw	Osleidys Menéndez   Cuba	63.08	Laverne Eve   Bahamas	58.16	Sabina Moya   Colombia	55.94
Heptathlon	Zorobabelia Córdoba   Colombia	5503	Lisa Wright   Jamaica	5491	Osiris Pedroso   Cuba	5210

Medal table

  *   Host nation ( Puerto Rico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	22	13	6	41
2	Colombia (COL)	7	7	2	16
3	Mexico (MEX)	4	4	7	15
4	Jamaica (JAM)	3	12	3	18
5	Bahamas (BAH)	2	2	4	8
6	Venezuela (VEN)	2	1	4	7
7	Puerto Rico (PUR)*	1	2	2	5
8	Martinique (MTQ)	1	1	2	4
9	Barbados (BAR)	1	0	3	4
10	Dominica (DMA)	1	0	1	2
	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	1	2
12	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	3	4
13	El Salvador (ESA)	0	1	0	1
	Guadeloupe (GLP)	0	1	0	1
15	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	3	3
16	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	0	2	2
17	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		45	45	45	135

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics