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1977 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	VI CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Bridgetown, Barbados Barbados
Dates	April 25–26
Nations participating	13
Athletes participating	about 114
Events	39
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1976 Nassau
Next	1978 Nassau

The 6th CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados on April 25–26, 1977. For the first time, the Austin Sealy Award was presented to the athlete adjudged the most outstanding, either in terms of record accomplishment, or quality of performance as compared to other top medallists.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 114 athletes (84 junior (under-20) and 30 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (19), Barbados (19), Bermuda (11), Guadeloupe (4), Guyana (3), Jamaica (34), Lesser Antilles (1), Martinique (6), Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (12), US Virgin Islands (1).

Austin Sealy Award

For the first time, the Austin Sealy Trophy was awarded. The recipient was Debbie Jones from Bermuda.{{ Citation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061142/http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents/carifta_magazine_sm_part2.pdf |archive-date = 2012-04-25 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061211/http://www.cariftagames2011.herobo.com/web_documents/carifta_magazine_sm_part3.pdf |archive-date = 2012-04-25 |url-status = dead

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Boys under 20 (Junior), Girls under 20 (Junior), Boys under 17 (Youth), Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay
Paul Wynter
Ian Stapleton
Oliver Heywood
Mitchum Burris	3:14.37	3:16.55	3:18.13

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay
Fredericka Wright
Reva Knight
Verone Webber
Maureen Gottshalk	3:46.33	3:50.51	3:54.35

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Triple jump	Norbert Elliott	14.10	G. Braithwaite	13.44	E. Lockhart	13.15

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Long jump	Sharol Henry	5.91	Sonia Clarke	5.44	Fran Gané	5.39

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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