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1978 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	VII CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas
Dates	March 27–28
Nations participating	12
Athletes participating	about 86
Events	39
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1977 Bridgetown
Next	1979 Kingston

The 7th CARIFTA Games was held in Nassau, Bahamas on March 27–28, 1978.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 88 athletes (66 junior (under-20) and 22 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: Anguilla (2), Antigua and Barbuda (2), Bahamas (19), Barbados (13), Bermuda (6), British Virgin Islands (1), Guadeloupe (2), Guyana (1), Jamaica (31), Martinique (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (8), Turks and Caicos Islands (1).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy was awardeded to Mary Ann Higgs from the Bahamas.{{ 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), and Girls under 17 (Youth). Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:21.18		3:21.77		3:26.42

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay
M. Cole
Fredericka Wright
Normalee Murray
Jackie Pusey	3:51.54	3:59.52	4:09.75

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Triple jump	Norbert Elliott	14.48	Lester Benjamin	14.11	Jon Jones	13.95

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Long jump	Pamela Alleyne	5.33	D. Samuel	5.28	Y. Cole	5.27

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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