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1988 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	XVII CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica
Dates	April 2–4
Nations participating	at least 16
Athletes participating	at least 117
Events	52
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1987 Port of Spain
Next	1989 Bridgetown

The 17th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica on April 2–4, 1988.

Participation (unofficial)

For the 1988 CARIFTA Games only the medalists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 117 medalists (67 junior (under-20) and 50 youth (under-17)) from about 16 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Bahamas (17), Barbados (6), Bermuda (2), Cayman Islands (4), Guadeloupe (6), Guyana (6), Jamaica (43), Martinique (13), Montserrat (1), Netherlands Antilles (2), Saint Kitts and Nevis (1), Saint Lucia (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Michelle Freeman 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.{{ Citation |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111023133739/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CAJG/CAJG1988.html |archive-date = 2011-10-23 |url-status = dead

Boys under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:09.46		3:13.98		3:13.98

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:42.72		3:53.47		3:54.83

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Angelo Rolle	55.60	Peterkin Berry	52.90	Adrian Patterson	47.78

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Geraldine George	35.36	Charmaine Hamilton	31.68	Allison Walkine	29.04

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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