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1980 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	IX CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Hamilton, Bermuda Bermuda
Dates	May 3–4
Nations participating	13
Athletes participating	about 178
Events	48
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1979 Kingston
Next	1981 Nassau

The 9th CARIFTA Games was held in Hamilton, Bermuda on May 3–4, 1980.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 178 athletes (105 junior (under-20) and 73 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (2), Bahamas (41), Barbados (20), Bermuda (34), Cayman Islands (1), Grenada (4), Guyana (3), Jamaica (38), Lesser Antilles (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Trinidad and Tobago (19), Turks and Caicos Islands (2).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awardeded to Richard Louis from Barbados.{{ 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 (U-17) category.

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		3:17.6		3:20.2		3:23.2

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:48.0		3:49.7		3:52.4

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Brooke Onley	51.70	Jeff Knowles	44.52	John Sands	43.82

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Portia Wallace	32.52	Michelle Culmer	32.24	Mary Francis	24.76

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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