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1976 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

Field	Value
Name	II Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Size	200px
Host city	Xalapa, Mexico Mexico
Dates	26–29 August
Nations participating	11
Athletes participating	about 127
(80 junior,
47 youth)
Events	57
(36 junior,
21 youth)
Level	Junior (and Youth?)
Previous	1974 Maracaibo
Next	1978 Xalapa

(80 junior, 47 youth) (36 junior, 21 youth)

The 2nd Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Xalapa, Mexico, on 26–29 August 1976. The city was already the host of the inaugural CAC senior championships in May, 1967.

Although one website states:"Under 17 events were first included on the programme of the biennial Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in 1978," another website displays also results for under-17 events in 1976.

Event summary

In the junior (U-20) category, Cuba won most gold medals (11), while host country Mexico was the overall leader in total medals (30).

In the under-20 men category, both Luis Alex Misiniak and David Giralt from Cuba won 3 golds (110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4 × 100 m relay) and (Long jump, Triple jump, 4 × 100 m relay), respectively. Another Cuban fellow, Juan Martínez and Bahamian Rickey Moxey won two golds each (Shot put, Discus Throw) and (100m, 200m) respectively.

In the under-20 women category, Ileana Hocking from Puerto Rico, who won already a gold (1500m) and a silver medal (800m) at the 1974 championships in Maracaibo, Venezuela, gained a total of 5 medals, 4 golds (800m, 1500m, 4 × 100 m relay, 4 × 400 m relay) and one bronze (400m). Ann Adams from Trinidad and Tobago gained 3 golds (100m, 200m, 100m hurdles), whereas Esther Vega from Puerto Rico won two golds (4 × 100 m relay, 4 × 400 m relay) and two silvers (400m, 100m hurdles), and Jennifer Swanston from Barbados won two golds (Long jump, Pentathlon).

Ernesto Canto from Mexico, future gold medallist in the men's 20 kilometre walk event at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, defended his title and gained the gold medal in the 10,000 metres track walk event. And María Caridad Colón from Cuba, future gold medallist in Javelin Throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union, won gold in Javelin Throw and bronze in the Shot Put event.

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, |url-status=dead and Junior A, Female.

Male Junior A (under 20)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:19.11A		3:23.09A		3:28.15A

Female Junior A (under 20)

4 × 400 metres relay
Lesbia Maldonado
Angelita Lind
Stephanie Vega
Ileana Hocking	3:57.38A
Célia Cruz
Lorenza Orendaín
Guadalupe García
A. Figueroa	4:02.33A	4:21.33A

Boys under 17 (Youth)

4 × 100 metres relay
López
Martínez
Martínez
Juan Falconier	43.51	??	??

Girls under 17 (Youth)

4 × 100 metres relay		47.84		49.45

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 127 athletes from about 11 countries:

Bahamas (8)
Barbados (4)
Costa Rica (2)
Cuba (11)
Dominican Republic (3)
El Salvador (2)
Mexico México (50)
Panama Panamá (1)
Puerto Rico (26)
Trinidad and Tobago (11)
Venezuela (9)

References

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