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1979 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	VIII CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica
Dates	April 20–22
Nations participating	14
Athletes participating	about 183
Events	42
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1978 Nassau
Next	1980 Hamilton

The 8th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 20–22, 1979.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. 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).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy was awarded to [[Jon Jones (athlete)|Jon Jones]] from Jamaica.{{ 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		3:13.0		3:14.6		3:17.5

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay
N. Gordon
Normalee Murray
Marcia Tate
Fredericka Wright	3:44.82	3:57.7

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Shot put	Earl Hamilton	14.65	F. Daley	14.40	Wilfred Furbert	9.60

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Long jump	Suzanne Durham	5.43	H. Smith	5.42	Debbie Greene	5.28

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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