VIII CARIFTA Games | |
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Dates | April 20–22 |
Host city | Kingston, Jamaica ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
10.72 | ![]() |
10.79 | ![]() |
10.91 |
200 metres | ![]() |
21.49 | ![]() |
21.67 | ![]() |
21.74 |
400 metres | ![]() |
48.02 | ![]() |
48.54 | ![]() |
48.59 |
800 metres | ![]() |
1:53.34 | ![]() |
1:53.87 | ![]() |
1:54.3 |
1500 metres | ![]() |
3:57.24 | ![]() |
3:58.79 | ![]() |
4:04.7 |
3000 metres | ![]() |
8:54.6 | ![]() |
8:57.3 | ![]() |
9:00.7 |
110 metres hurdles | ![]() |
14.71 | ![]() |
14.75 | ![]() |
14.88 |
400 metres hurdles | ![]() |
54.21 | ![]() |
56.2 | ![]() |
57.1 |
High jump | ![]() |
2.08 | ![]() |
2.03 | ![]() |
1.98 |
Pole vault | ![]() |
3.66 | ![]() |
3.50 | ![]() |
3.20 |
Long jump | ![]() |
7.36 | ![]() |
7.06 | ![]() |
7.03 |
Triple jump | ![]() |
15.01 | ![]() |
14.89 | ![]() |
14.88 |
Shot put | ![]() |
15.10 | ![]() |
14.87 | ![]() |
14.41 |
Discus throw | ![]() |
48.20 | ![]() |
48.06 | ![]() |
45.12 |
Javelin throw | ![]() |
56.76 | ![]() |
55.72 | ![]() |
53.92 |
4 × 100 metres relay | ![]() Clyde McGregor Chris Thelwell George Walcott Albert Lawrence |
41.41 | ![]() |
41.60 | ![]() |
41.99 |
4 × 400 metres relay | ![]() |
3:13.0 | ![]() |
3:14.6 | ![]() |
3:17.5 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 metres | ![]() |
11.77 | ![]() |
11.87 | ![]() |
11.92 |
200 metres | ![]() |
23.98 | ![]() |
24.05 | ![]() |
24.36 |
400 metres | ![]() |
53.58 | ![]() |
54.88 | ![]() |
54.9 |
800 metres | ![]() |
2:14.3 | ![]() |
2:15.6 | ![]() |
2:16.0 |
1500 metres | ![]() |
4:43.6 | ![]() |
4:46.5 | ![]() |
4:51.4 |
100 metres hurdles | ![]() |
14.77 | ![]() |
14.83 | ![]() |
15.32 |
High jump | ![]() |
1.625 | ![]() |
1.625 | ![]() |
1.625 |
Long jump | ![]() |
5.68 | ![]() |
5.60 | ![]() |
5.28 |
Shot put | ![]() |
12.95 | ![]() |
12.61 | ![]() |
11.29 |
Discus throw | ![]() |
37.94 | ![]() |
34.32 | ![]() |
33.60 |
Javelin throw | ![]() |
53.98 | ![]() |
41.98 | ![]() |
38.96 |
4 × 100 metres relay | ![]() |
45.79 | ![]() Marcia Brown Merlene Ottey Normalee Murray Fredericka Wright |
46.47 | ![]() |
46.88 |
4 × 400 metres relay | ![]() |
3:41.79 | ![]() N. Gordon Normalee Murray Marcia Tate Fredericka Wright |
3:44.82 | ![]() |
3:57.7 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |