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1996 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	XXV CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica
Dates	April 6–8
Nations participating	about 23
Athletes participating	about 272
Events	58
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1995 George Town
Next	1997 Bridgetown

The 25th CARIFTA Games was held in Kingston, Jamaica, on April 6–8, 1996. An appraisal of the results has been given on the occasion of 40th anniversary of the games.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 272 athletes (152 junior (under-20) and 120 youth (under-17)) from about 23 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (8), Aruba (4), Bahamas (23), Barbados (28), Belize (2), Bermuda (12), British Virgin Islands (3), Cayman Islands (13), Dominica (2), French Guiana (1), Grenada (9), Guadeloupe (20), Guyana (2), Jamaica (56), Martinique (15), Montserrat (4), Netherlands Antilles (4), Saint Kitts and Nevis (5), Saint Lucia (1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1), Trinidad and Tobago (30), Turks and Caicos Islands (11), US Virgin Islands (18).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Cydonie Mothersill from the Cayman Islands.{{ 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		3:09.90		3:10.01		3:13.45

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:39.87		3:42.47		3:43.28

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Elarius Frank	53.30	Richard Rock	51.54	Edward Cartwright	48.74

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Francette Pognon	38.94	Anna-Lee Walcott	36.28	Roshanda Robinson	32.92

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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