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1998 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	XXVII CARIFTA Games
Size	200px
Host city	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Dates	April 11–13
Nations participating	about 20
Athletes participating	about 308
Events	62
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	1997 Bridgetown
Next	1999 Fort-de-France

The 27th CARIFTA Games was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 11–13, 1998.

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 308 athletes (176 junior (under-20) and 132 youth (under-17)) from about 20 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (10), Bahamas (34), Barbados (41), Bermuda (7), British Virgin Islands (3), Cayman Islands (9), Dominica (4), French Guiana (3), Grenada (11), Guadeloupe (19), Guyana (7), Jamaica (59), Martinique (24), Montserrat (1), Netherlands Antilles (5), Saint Kitts and Nevis (4), Saint Lucia (5), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6), Trinidad and Tobago (52), Turks and Caicos Islands (4).

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Janill Williams from Antigua and Barbuda.{{ 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 At the age of 11 years, she already won the gold medal in the women's 3000 metres competition last year in the junior (U-20) category at the 1997 CARIFTA Games being the youngest athlete to win a medal at the games. This year at the age of 12 years, she won 2 gold medals, again the 3000 metres in the junior (U-20) category, and the 1500 metres in the youth (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.{{Citation | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111023131651/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/CAJG/CAJG1998.html | archive-date = October 23, 2011 | url-status = dead

Boys under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:11.49		3:13.40		3:20.85

Girls under 20 (Junior)

4 × 400 metres relay		3:33.19		3:38.01		3:40.23

Boys under 17 (Youth)

4 × 100 metres relay		41.58		41.79		42.51

Girls under 17 (Youth)

4 × 100 metres relay		46.55		47.27		47.88

Medal table (unofficial)

References

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