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1985 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	XIV CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Bridgetown, Barbados Barbados
Dates	April 7–9
Nations participating	at least 16
Athletes participating	at least 116
Events	52
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1984 Nassau
Next	1986 Les Abymes

The 14th CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on April 7–9, 1985.

Participation (unofficial)

For the 1985 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 116 medalists (67 junior (under-20) and 49 youth (under-17)) from about 16 countries: Bahamas (30), Barbados (12), Bermuda (4), Cayman Islands (4), Dominica (2), Grenada (1), Guadeloupe (9), Guyana (1), Jamaica (36), Martinique (3), Netherlands Antilles (2), Saint Lucia (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (6), US Virgin Islands (3).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Andrea Thomas 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). The medalists can also be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.

Boys under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:12.0		3:14.0		3:28.85

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:42.68		3:46.92		3:50.48

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Adrian Bullen	52.04	Kevin Smith	51.48	Kevin Culmer	49.64

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Joy-Ann Best	35.46	Pamela Levine	34.80	Eurise Farquharson	34.42

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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