20th Central American and Caribbean Championships
Dates	8–11 July
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Venue	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	44
Participation	374 athletes from 29 nations
Records set	15
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The 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships in athletics were held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, between 8–11 July 2005.^[1][2]

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago	10.02 CR	Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago	10.02	Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles	10.1
200 metres	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	20.03 CR	Aaron Armstrong  Trinidad and Tobago	20.35	Dominic Demeritte  Bahamas	20.47
400 metres	Lansford Spence  Jamaica	45.29	Ato Modibo  Trinidad and Tobago	45.46	Chris Brown  Bahamas	45.57
800 metres	Yeimer López  Cuba	1:47.64	Sherridan Kirk  Trinidad and Tobago	1:48.31	Moise Joseph  Haiti	1:49.60
1500 metres	Maury Castillo  Cuba	3:47.89	David Freeman  Puerto Rico	3:48.01	Luis Soto  Puerto Rico	3:52.60
5000 metres	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	14:22.57	Juan Carlos Romero  Mexico	14:36.18	Liván Luque  Cuba	14:38.02
10000 metres	Aguelmis Rojas  Cuba	30:14.75	Juan Carlos Romero  Mexico	30:41.87	Henry Ortíz  Cuba	31:38.63
3000 metres steeplechase	Alex Greaux  Puerto Rico	8:56.15	José Alberto Sánchez  Cuba	9:07.44	Salvador Miranda  Mexico	9:11.67
110 metres hurdles	Yoel Hernández  Cuba	13.32w	Dayron Robles  Cuba	13.41w	Alleyne Lett  Grenada	13.49w
400 metres hurdles	Dean Griffiths  Jamaica	48.99 CR	Yacnier Luis  Cuba	49.12	Lueroy Colquhoun  Jamaica	49.23
High jump	Víctor Moya  Cuba	2.26	Lisvany Pérez  Cuba	2.26	Gerardo Martínez  Mexico	2.23
Pole vault	Lázaro Borges  Cuba	4.80	Abiexer Vega  Puerto Rico	4.80	Steven Marrero  Puerto Rico	4.40
Long jump	Leevan Sands  Bahamas	8.13 =CR	Osbourne Moxey  Bahamas	8.03w	Ibrahim Camejo  Cuba	7.88
Triple jump	Yoandri Betanzos  Cuba	17.33w	Allen Simms  Puerto Rico	17.19w	Leevan Sands  Bahamas	17.14w
Shot put	Dorian Scott  Jamaica	20.21 CR	Alexis Paumier  Cuba	19.06	Yoisel Toledo  Cuba	18.28
Discus throw	Yunior Lastre  Cuba	60.10	Loy Martínez  Cuba	59.35	Héctor Hurtado  Venezuela	55.05
Hammer throw	Yosvany Suárez  Cuba	69.47	Erick Jiménez  Cuba	68.42	Santos Vega  Puerto Rico	64.53
Javelin throw	Emeterio González  Cuba	76.44	Yudel Moreno  Cuba	73.95	Justin Cummins  Barbados	61.92
Decathlon	Claston Bernard  Jamaica	7877 CR	Alberto Juantorena Jr.  Cuba	7672	Alexis Chivás  Cuba	7624
20000 m track walk †	Julio Martínez  Guatemala	1:30:38.07	Gabriel Ortiz  Mexico	1:32:46.32	Walter Sandoval  El Salvador	1:37:38.64
4 × 100 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago Darrel Brown Aaron Armstrong Marc Burns Jacey Harper Kevon Pierre*	38.47 CR	Netherlands Antilles Geronimo Goeloe Charlton Raffaela Jairo Duzant Churandy Martina	38.92	Bahamas Jamial Rolle Dominic Demeritte Grafton Ifill Derrick Atkins Troy McIntosh*	39.08
4 × 400 metres relay	Bahamas Aaron Cleare, Andrae Williams, Nathaniel McKinney, Chris Brown	3:01.08	Trinidad and Tobago Ato Stephens, Renny Quow, Sherridan Kirk, Damion Barry	3:01.43	Cuba William Collazo, Dayron Martínez, Glaudel Garzón, Yeimer López	3:02.33

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas	11.02 CR	Tahesia Harrigan  British Virgin Islands	11.29	Fana Ashby  Trinidad and Tobago	11.40
200 metres	Cydonie Mothersille  Cayman Islands	22.26w	Christine Amertil  Bahamas	22.64w	Peta-Gaye Dowdie  Jamaica	22.72w
400 metres	Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas	50.97	Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts and Nevis	51.41	Lisvania Grenot  Cuba	51.53
800 metres	Neisha Bernard-Thomas  Grenada	2:01.07	Aneita Denton  Jamaica	2:01.66	Yuneisi Santiusti  Cuba	2:02.38
1500 metres	Yadira Bataille  Cuba	4:26.43	Ashley Couper  Bermuda	4:26.91	Yanisleidis Castillo  Cuba	4:30.83
5000 metres	Yudelkis Martínez  Cuba	17:12.58	Angélica Sánchez  Mexico	17:15.00	Yanisleidis Castillo  Cuba	17:32.37
10000 metres	Yudelkis Martínez  Cuba	34:53.50	Mariela González  Cuba	35:09.62	Angélica Sánchez  Mexico	36:36.79
3000 metre steeplechase	Mardea Hyman  Jamaica	9:54.01 CR	Korene Hinds  Jamaica	9:58.05	only 2 athletes started the race
100 metres hurdles	Nadine Faustin  Haiti	12.83	Andrea Bliss  Jamaica	12.86	Yahumara Neyra  Cuba	13.09
400 metres hurdles	Debbie-Ann Parris  Jamaica	55.26	Andrea Blackett  Barbados	56.47	Shevon Stoddart  Jamaica	56.64
High jump	Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia	1.94 CR	Karen Beautle  Jamaica Juana Arrendel  Dominican Republic	1.85
Pole vault †	Katiuska Pérez  Cuba	4.25 (CR)	Denisse Orengo  Puerto Rico	4.10	Marjorie Sánchez  Cuba	4.00
Long jump	Yargelis Savigne  Cuba	6.88w	Elva Goulbourne  Jamaica	6.78w	Jackie Edwards  Bahamas	6.71w
Triple jump	Yarianna Martínez  Cuba	14.18 CR	Mabel Gay  Cuba	13.97	Jennifer Arveláez  Venezuela	13.09
Shot put	Yumileidi Cumbá  Cuba	18.98 CR	Cleopatra Borel-Brown  Trinidad and Tobago	18.05	Kimberly Barrett  Jamaica	18.03
Discus throw	Yarelis Barrios  Cuba	56.59	Lisandra Rodríguez  Cuba	53.07	Chafree Bain  Bahamas	47.36
Hammer throw	Candice Scott  Trinidad and Tobago	67.44 CR	Yunaika Crawford  Colombia	66.75	Natalie Grant  Jamaica	61.34
Javelin throw	Laverne Eve  Bahamas	61.11	Olivia McKoy  Jamaica	61.10	Noraida Bicet  Cuba	59.05
Heptathlon	Juana Castillo  Dominican Republic	5760	Yasmiani Pedroso  Cuba	5479	Cheilín Povea  Cuba	5285
10000 m track walk	Cristina López  El Salvador	45:52.32 CR	Evelyn Núnez  Guatemala	47:23.58	Yarelis Sánchez  Cuba	50:57.73
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Danielle Browning Sheri-Ann Brooks Beverly McDonald Peta-Gaye Dowdie	43.21	Bahamas Tamicka Clarke Philippa Arnette-Willie Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup	43.48	Cuba Yaumara Neira Roxana Díaz Misleidys Lazo Yenima Arencibia	45.07
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Moya Thompson Sonita Sutherland Shellene Williams Allison Beckford	3:30.63	Bahamas Sasha Rolle Christine Amertil Shakeitha Henfield Tonique Williams-Darling	3:33.14	Cuba Indira Terrero Yaniuska Pérez Yadira Isaac Libania Grenot	3:33.85

† = non-championship event

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	18	13	17	48
2	Jamaica (JAM)	9	6	5	20
3	Bahamas (BAH)*	5	4	6	15
4	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	3	6	1	10
5	Mexico (MEX)	1	4	3	8
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	4	3	8
7	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	1	0	2
	Guatemala (GUA)	1	1	0	2
9	El Salvador (ESA)	1	0	1	2
	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	1	2
	Haiti (HAI)	1	0	1	2
12	Cayman Islands (CAY)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	0	1
14	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	1	1	2
16	Bermuda (BER)	0	1	0	1
	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	0	1	0	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	1	0	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	0	1	0	1
20	Venezuela (VEN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (20 entries)		44	45	42	131

Participating nations