The 1985 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas between 25–27 July.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Andrés Simón  Cuba	10.22	Osvaldo Lara  Cuba	10.30	Fabian Whymns  Bahamas	10.41
200 metres	Leandro Peñalver  Cuba	20.56 CR	Félix Stevens  Cuba	20.70	David Smith  Jamaica	20.82
400 metres	Roberto Hernández  Cuba	45.34	Bert Cameron  Jamaica	45.44	Elvis Forde  Barbados	45.74
800 metres	Reuben Bayley  Barbados	1:48.93	Steve Burgess  Bermuda	1:49.48	Livingston Marshall  Bahamas	1:49.77
1500 metres	Rafael Martínez  Mexico	3:43.81	Francisco Pacheco  Mexico	3:44.75	Carlos Quiñones  Puerto Rico	3:45.60
5000 metres	Francisco Pacheco  Mexico	13:53.30 CR	Silvio Salazar  Colombia	13:54.00	Mauricio González  Mexico	14:11.50
10,000 metres	Jesús Herrera  Mexico	29:56.30	Martín Pitayo  Mexico	29:58.20	Silvio Salazar  Colombia	30:12.00
Marathon	Claudio Cabán  Puerto Rico	2:38:18	Anthony Williams  Bahamas	2:43:25
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Alejandro Casañas  Cuba	13.68	Juan Saborit  Cuba	13.83	Gary Bullard  Bahamas	14.74
400 metres hurdles	Jesús Aguilasocho  Mexico	49.81 CR	Greg Rolle  Bahamas	51.01	Wilfredo Santiago  Puerto Rico	51.30
3000 metres steeplechase	Juan Ramón Conde  Cuba	8:36.80 CR	Juan Jesús Linares  Cuba	8:39.20	Carmelo Ríos  Puerto Rico	8:40.90
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Osvaldo Lara Leandro Peñalver Félix Stevens Andrés Simón	39.17 CR	Bahamas Ricardo Grey Austin Albury Fabian Whymns Audrick Lightbourne	40.25	Puerto Rico Luis Morales Ray Quiñones Elmer Williams José Valdez	40.5
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Félix Stevens Julio Prado Leandro Peñalver Roberto Hernández	3:03.38 CR	Barbados David Peltier Richard Louis David Carter Elvis Forde	3:03.69	Mexico Luis Karim Toledo Antonio Álvarez Jorge Burgos Jesús Aguilasocho	3:07.50
20 km road walk	Ernesto Canto  Mexico	1:28:26	Biliulfo Andablo  Mexico	1:31:16	Héctor Moreno  Colombia	1:32:52
50 km road walk	Martín Bermúdez  Mexico	4:22:33	Pedro Aroche  Mexico	4:28:09	Edel Oliva  Cuba	4:40:37
High jump	Javier Sotomayor  Cuba	2.30 CR	Francisco Centelles  Cuba	2.30	Clarence Saunders  Bermuda	2.14
Pole vault	Rubén Camino  Cuba	5.20 =CR	Manuel Fuentes  Venezuela	4.70	Alberto Nieves  Puerto Rico	4.60
Long jump	Jaime Jefferson  Cuba	8.13 CR	Ubaldo Duany  Cuba	8.07	Elmer Williams  Puerto Rico	7.93w
Triple jump	Steve Hanna  Bahamas	17.07 CR	Lázaro Balcindes  Cuba	16.80	Ernesto Torres  Puerto Rico	16.46w
Shot put	Paul Ruiz  Cuba	18.98	Luis Delís  Cuba	18.52	James Dedier  Trinidad and Tobago	16.37
Discus throw	Luis Delís  Cuba	66.50 CR	Juan Martínez  Cuba	64.78	Bradley Cooper  Bahamas	60.10
Hammer throw	Alejandro Labardesque  Cuba	63.90	Francisco Soria  Cuba	60.68	David Castrillón  Colombia	59.42
Javelin throw	Reinaldo Patterson  Cuba	79.20	Ramón González  Cuba	76.88	Juan de la Garza  Mexico	74.90
Decathlon	Sidney Cartwright  Bahamas	7000	Brooke Onley  Bermuda	6908	Ron McPhee  Bahamas	6694

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	11.18 CR	Grace Jackson  Jamaica	11.27	Pauline Davis  Bahamas	11.47
200 metres	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	22.39 CR	Grace Jackson  Jamaica	22.64	Pauline Davis  Bahamas	23.37
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	50.96 CR	Andrea Thomas  Jamaica	52.58	Jocelyn Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	53.25
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba	2:03.60 CR	Nery McKeen  Cuba	2:04.10	Norfalia Carabalí  Colombia	2:05.40
1500 metres	Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico	4:23.35	Nery McKeen  Cuba	4:25.03	Alicia Diffourt  Cuba	4:25.84
3000 metres	Santa Velázquez  Mexico	9:35.10 CR	Adriana Frausto  Mexico	9:46.10	Sergia Martínez  Cuba	9:47.90
10,000 metres	Yolanda Veranes  Cuba	36:56.40 CR	Carmen Martínez  Puerto Rico	37:28.30	Ileana Arroyo  Puerto Rico	37:48.20
100 metres hurdles	Grisel Machado  Cuba	13.43w	Sandra Taváres  Mexico	13.78w	Odalys Hernández  Cuba	13.83w
400 metres hurdles	Belkis Chávez  Cuba	58.77	Odalys Hernández  Cuba	59.50	Carmel Major  Bahamas	59.90
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas Carmel Major Pauline Davis Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Chandra Sturrup	45.71	Mexico Alejandra Flores Sandra Taváres Giomar Fernández Alma Vázquez	46.04	Puerto Rico Virgen Fontanez Mercedes Ríos Marta Moreno Jenny Fuentes	47.25
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Belkis Chávez Odalys Hernández Nery McKeen Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:34.47 CR	Mexico Rocio Rohen Alma Vázquez Erendira Villagómez Leticia García	3:40.75	Bahamas Whelma Colebrooke Carmel Major Joanne Major Chandra Sturrup	3:43.33
High jump	Silvia Costa  Cuba	1.88 CR	Cristina Fink  Mexico	1.81	Laura Agront  Puerto Rico	1.75
Long jump	Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas	6.47w	Eloína Echevarría  Cuba	6.41w	Victoria Despaigne  Cuba	5.97
Shot put	Marcelina Rodríguez  Cuba	17.16	Rosa Fernández  Cuba	16.76	Laverne Eve  Bahamas	14.54
Discus throw	Maritza Martén  Cuba	61.02	Hilda Ramos  Cuba	60.78	María Isabel Urrutia  Colombia	55.56
Javelin throw	Mayra Vila  Cuba	63.38 CR	María Caridad Colón  Cuba	62.78	Sonya Smith  Bermuda	49.44
Heptathlon	Victoria Despaigne  Cuba	5323	Nadia Katich  Colombia	5245	Leyda Castro  Dominican Republic	4884

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	25	18	5	48
2	Mexico (MEX)	7	9	3	19
3	Bahamas (BAH)*	4	3	10	17
4	Jamaica (JAM)	2	4	1	7
5	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2	1	10	13
6	Barbados (BAR)	1	1	1	3
7	Colombia (COL)	0	2	5	7
8	Bermuda (BER)	0	2	2	4
9	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
10	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		41	41	40	122

See also

• 1985 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Men Results – GBR Athletics
• Women Results – GBR Athletics