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2013 CARIFTA Games

Field	Value
Name	XLII CARIFTA Games
Logo	2013 Carifta Games Logo.png
Size	256px
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas
Dates	March 29-April 1
Stadium	Robinson National Stadium
Nations participating	25
Athletes participating	423
Events	68:
16 junior boys + 1 exhibition + 1 open;
15 junior boys + 2 exhibition (incl. 1 open);
15 youth boys + 1 exhibition;
15 youth girls;
2 special olympics
Records set	7 CR
Level	Junior and Youth
Previous	2012 Hamilton
Next	2014 Fort-de-France

16 junior boys + 1 exhibition + 1 open; 15 junior boys + 2 exhibition (incl. 1 open); 15 youth boys + 1 exhibition; 15 youth girls; 2 special olympics

The 2013 CARIFTA Games took place between March 30-April 1, 2013. The event was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. A report of the event was given for the IAAF. The games mark the seventh time in which the event was held in The Bahamas. The other years being 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1992 and 2002.

Bidding Process

Bidding took place during the 2012 CARIFTA Games held in Bermuda. Initially four countries, namely the Bahamas, Barbados, the Cayman Islands and Martinique, had shown some interest in hosting the games. But ultimately Martinique withdrew its bid in favour of the Bahamas, and Barbados did not come forward with an official bid. The Bahamas was eventually chosen over the Cayman Islands to host the event. This was attributed to a myriad of reasons such as the newly constructed Thomas Robinson Stadium, the Bahamas's fortieth independence celebrations in 2013, and the fact that the country hadn't hosted the event in ten years.

Venue

The 2013 Games will be staged in the 15,000 seater, thirty million dollar Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. Fifty million dollars are being spent to beautify the area and upgrade utilities around the stadium, which is the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, in time for both the CARIFTA games and the IAAF World Relays.

Austin Sealy Award

The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Shaunae Miller, Bahamas. She won three gold medals (200 m, 400 m, and 4 × 100 metres relay) in the junior (U-20) category setting a new 200m games record in 22.77s.

Records

A total of 7 new championship records (CR) were set.

Event	Record	Athlete	Country	Type
4 × 400 metres relay	3:05.68	Lennox Williams
Omar McLeod
Jevaughn Minzie
Jovan Francis	JAM	CR
200 m	22.77s
(wind: +1.7 m/s)	Shaunae Miller	BAH	CR
High jump	1.87m	Jeanelle Scheper	LCA	CR
Triple jump	15.19m
(wind: -0.6 m/s)	Miguel Van Assen	SUR	CR
Javelin throw (700g)	64.01m	Anderson Peters	GRN	CR
Shot put (3 kg)	14.48m	Chelsea James	TRI	CR
Javelin throw (500g)	43.89m	Shanee Angol	DMA	CR

;Key:

AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record

Medal summary

Medal winners were published for boys and for girls.