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1997 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	XXVI CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Bridgetown, Barbados Barbados
Dates	April 4–6
Stadium	Barbados National Stadium
Nations participating	about 19
Athletes participating	about 271
(147 junior, 124 youth)
Events	58
(33 junior, 25 youth)
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1996 Kingston
Next	1998 Port of Spain

(147 junior, 124 youth) (33 junior, 25 youth)

The 26th CARIFTA Games was held at the National Stadium{{Citation | archive-date = November 20, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120065157/http://www.montserratreporter.org/news04-2.htm | url-status = dead

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 270 athletes (146 junior (under-20) and 124 youth (under-17)) from about 19 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (8), Aruba (1), Bahamas (27), Barbados (41), Bermuda (11), British Virgin Islands (2), Cayman Islands (5), Dominica (6), Grenada (10), Guadeloupe (16), Guyana (11), Jamaica (53), Martinique (30), Saint Kitts and Nevis (3), Saint Lucia (3), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (7), Suriname (1), Trinidad and Tobago (29), US Virgin Islands (7).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded for the first time jointly to two athletes: Aleen Bailey and Roy Bailey, both 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.{{Citation | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130831123331/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CAJG/CAJG1997.html | archive-date = August 31, 2013 | url-status = dead

Boys under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:09.07		3:12.67		3:18.16

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:39.30		3:45.69		3:48.43

Boys under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Sheldon Black	49.96	Alroy Peters	49.42	Daniel Bellerophon	48.14

Girls under 17 (Youth)

Javelin throw	Francette Pognon	43.66	Séphora Bissoly	39.18	Nikkisha Maynard	37.68

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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