1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

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{{Infobox Athletics Championships

|Name = 1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

|Logo =

|Size =

|Host city = Kingston, Jamaica

|Optional caption =

|Nations participating =

|Athletes participating =

|Events =

|Dates = 14–17 July

|Stadium = National Stadium

|Previous = Havana 1969

|Next = Maracaibo 1973

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The 1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica between 14–17 July.

Medal summary

{{main|1971 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results}}

=Men's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)

|Don Quarrie
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

10.2 CR

|Lennox Miller
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

10.2

|Pablo Montes
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

10.4
200 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)

|Don Quarrie
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

20.6 CR

|Guillermo González
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

21.3

|Pablo Montes
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

21.3
400 metres

|Alfred Daley
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

46.6 CR

|Melesio Piña
{{flagu|Mexico}}

47.4

|Raúl Dome
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

47.6
800 metres

|Byron Dyce
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

1:49.7 CR

|Leandro Civil
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

1:49.7

|Lennox Stewart
{{flagcountry|Trinidad and Tobago}}

1:50.0
1500 metres

|Byron Dyce
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

3:46.8 CR

|Antonio Colón
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

3:47.5

|Carlos Martínez
{{flagu|Mexico}}

3:48.2
5000 metres

|Héctor Ortiz
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

14:25.6 CR

|Rodolfo Gómez
{{flagu|Mexico}}

14:25.8

|Lucirio Garrido
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

14:30.0
10,000 metres

|Valentín Robles
{{flagu|Mexico}}

31:32.0

|Victoriano López
{{flagcountry|Guatemala}}

31:41.8

|Héctor Ortiz
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

31:53.0
Half marathon

|Andrés Romero
{{flagu|Mexico}}

1:10:24

|John Mowatt
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

1:12:46

|Lucas Lara
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

1:12:50
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 0.0 m/s)

|Juan Morales
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

13.8 CR

|Arnaldo Bristol
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

13.9

|Godfrey Murray
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

13.9
400 metres hurdles

|Juan García
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

52.1 CR

|Francisco Dumeng
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

52.3

|Fernando Montelongo
{{flagu|Mexico}}

52.7
3000 metres steeplechase

|Lucirio Garrido
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

8:58.6 CR

|Rigoberto Mendoza
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

8:58.8

|José Cobo
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

9:11.6
4 × 100 metres relay

| {{flagcountry|Jamaica}}
Alfred Daley
Carl Lawson
Don Quarrie
Lennox Miller

39.2 CR

| {{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}
Arnaldo Bristol
Jorge Vizcarrondo
Guillermo González
Santiago Antonetti

40.7

| {{flagcountry|Venezuela}}
Alberto Marchán
Félix Mata
Jesús Rico
Antonio González

40.7
4 × 400 metres relay

| {{flagcountry|Jamaica}}
Leighton Priestley
Trevor Campbell
Alfred Daley
Garth Case

3:09.0 CR

| {{flagcountry|Cuba}}
Leandro Civil
Rodobaldo Díaz
Antonio Álvarez
José Triana

3:10.1

| {{flagcountry|Trinidad and Tobago}}
Pat Marshall
Alfred Logie
Desmond Melville
R. Brown

3:13.3
10,000 m track walk

|Lucas Lara
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

47:20.2 CR

|Ismael Ávila
{{flagu|Mexico}}

47:43.8

|Raúl González
{{flagu|Mexico}}

49:35.2
High jump

|Pedro Yequez
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

1.98

|Lloyd Scott
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

1.95

|Miguel Durañona
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

1.95
Pole vault

|Roberto Moré
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

4.80 CR

|Juan Laza
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

4.40

|Guillermo González
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

4.30
Long jump

|George Swanston
{{flagcountry|Trinidad and Tobago}}

7.43

|Wilfredo Maisonave
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

7.38

|Abelardo Pacheco
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

7.19
Triple jump

|Pedro Pérez
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

15.94 CR

|Juan Velázquez
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

15.42

|Tim Barrett
{{flag|Bahamas|colonial}}

15.32
Shot put

|Benigno Hodelín
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

15.76

|Alfredo Leyva
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

15.33

|Jorge Marrero
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

14.96
Discus throw

|Bárbaro Cañizares
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

55.50 CR

|Javier Moreno
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

54.44

|Leopold Blake
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

46.04
Hammer throw

|Víctor Suárez
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

56.54

|Jesús Fuentes
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

53.98

|Pedro Granell
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

53.54
Javelin throw

|Juan Jarvis
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

77.20 CR

|Amado Morales
{{flagcountry|Puerto Rico}}

74.38

|Justo Perelló
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

71.40
Decathlon

|Orlando Pedroso
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

6779 CR

|Jesús Mirabal
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

6692

|Dunstan Campbell
{{flag|Grenada|1967}}

6105

=Women's events=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
100 metres
(wind: -2.1 m/s)

|Fulgencia Romay
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

11.6

|Silvia Chivás
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

11.6

|Rosie Allwood
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

11.9
200 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)

|Fulgencia Romay
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

23.6 CR

|Silvia Chivás
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

23.9

|Diva Bishop
{{flagcountry|Panama}}

24.1
400 metres

|Marilyn Neufville
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

53.5 CR

|Carmen Trustée
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

54.0

|Yvonne Saunders
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

54.3
800 metres

|Carmen Trustée
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

2:14.6

|Aurelia Pentón
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

2:15.1

|Beverly Franklin
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

2:15.8
1500 metres

|Lucía Quiroz
{{flagu|Mexico}}

4:34.2 CR

|Enriqueta Nava
{{flagu|Mexico}}

4:37.5

|Melquises Fonseca
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

4:38.5
100 metres hurdles

|Marlene Elejalde
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

13.7 CR

|Lourdes Jones
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

14.0

|Carmen Smith-Brown
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

14.1
200 metres hurdles

|Lourdes Jones
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

28.0 CR

|Raquel Martínez
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

28.2

|Enriqueta Basilio
{{flagu|Mexico}}

29.0
4 × 100 metres relay

| {{flagcountry|Cuba}}
Silvia Chivás
Marlene Elejarde
Fulgencia Romay
Carmen Valdés

45.4

| {{flagcountry|Jamaica}}
Rosie Allwood
Debbie Byfield-White
Lelieth Hodges
Marcia Swaby

46.0

| {{flagcountry|Venezuela}}
Lucia Vaamonde
Adriana Marchena
Zulay Montano
Lourdes Vargas

47.2
4 × 400 metres relay

| {{flagcountry|Cuba}}
Beatriz Castillo
Marcela Chibás
Aurelia Pentón
Carmen Trustée

3:38.6 CR

| {{flagcountry|Jamaica}}
Marilyn Neufville
Yvonne Saunders-Mondesire
Ruth Simpson
Beverly Panton

3:41.0

| {{flagcountry|Trinidad and Tobago}}
Laura Pierre
Joan Porter
June Smith
Cheryl Dyette

4:03.2
High jump

|Audrey Reid
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

1.73 CR

|Andrea Bruce
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

1.70

|Marima Rodríguez
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

1.67
Long jump

|Marina Samuells
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

5.93

|Marcia Garbey
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

5.68

|Yvonne Saunders
{{flagcountry|Jamaica}}

5.65
Shot put

|Carmen Romero
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

14.25 CR

|Grecia Hamilton
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

14.04

|Orlanda Lynch
{{flag|Dutch Guiana|name=Suriname}}

10.20
Discus throw

|Carmen Romero
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

55.24 CR

|María Cristina Betancourt
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

49.38

|Orlanda Lynch
{{flag|Dutch Guiana|name=Suriname}}

34.02
Javelin throw

|Tomasa Núñez
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

51.64 CR

|Milagros Bayard
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

41.54

|Celina Surga
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

37.56
Pentathlon

|Marlene Elejalde
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

4341 CR

|Lucía Vaamonde
{{flagcountry|Venezuela}}

4333

|Marcia Garbey
{{flagcountry|Cuba}}

4122

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host = JAM

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_CUB = 22 | silver_CUB = 19 | bronze_CUB = 10

| gold_JAM = 9 | silver_JAM = 6 | bronze_JAM = 7 | host_JAM = yes

| gold_MEX = 3 | silver_MEX = 4 | bronze_MEX = 4

| gold_VEN = 2 | silver_VEN = 1 | bronze_VEN = 5

| gold_PUR = 1 | silver_PUR = 7 | bronze_PUR = 4

| gold_TRI = 1 | silver_TRI = 0 | bronze_TRI = 3

| gold_GUA = 0 | silver_GUA = 1 | bronze_GUA = 0

| gold_NGY = 0 | silver_NGY = 0 | bronze_NGY = 2 | name_SUR = {{flagteam|NGY|name=Suriname}}

| gold_PAN = 0 | silver_PAN = 0 | bronze_PAN = 1

| gold_GRN = 0 | silver_GRN = 0 | bronze_GRN = 1 | name_GRN = {{flagteam|GRN|1967}}

| gold_BAH = 0 | silver_BAH = 0 | bronze_BAH = 1 | name_BAH = {{flagteam|BAH|colonial}}

}}