2013 CARIFTA Games
XLII CARIFTA Games | |
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Dates | March 29-April 1 |
Host city | Nassau, Bahamas |
Venue | Robinson National Stadium |
Level | Junior and Youth |
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 |
Participation | 423 athletes from 25 nations |
Records set | 7 CR |
The 2013 CARIFTA Games took place between March 30-April 1, 2013. The event was held at the
Bidding Process
Bidding took place during the 2012 CARIFTA Games held in Bermuda. Initially four countries, namely the Bahamas,
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
Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to
Records
A total of 7 new championship records (CR) were set.[4][5][6][7]
Event | Record | Athlete | Country | Type |
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Boys Under 20 (Junior) | ||||
4 × 400 metres relay | 3:05.68 | Lennox Williams Omar McLeod Jevaughn Minzie Jovan Francis |
Jamaica | CR |
Girls Under 20 (Junior) | ||||
200 m | 22.77s (wind: +1.7 m/s) |
Shaunae Miller
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Bahamas | CR |
High jump | 1.87m | Jeanelle Scheper | Saint Lucia | CR |
Boys Under 17 (Youth) | ||||
Triple jump | 15.19m (wind: -0.6 m/s) |
Miguel Van Assen
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Suriname | CR |
Javelin throw (700g) | 64.01m | Anderson Peters | Grenada | CR |
Girls Under 17 (Youth) | ||||
Shot put (3 kg) | 14.48m | Chelsea James | Trinidad and Tobago | CR |
Javelin throw (500g) | 43.89m | Shanee Angol | Dominica | CR |
- Key
AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record |
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Medal summary
Medal winners were published for boys[4][5] and for girls.[6][7]
Boys under 20 (Junior)
†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Girls under 20 (Junior)
†: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Boys under 17 (Youth)
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Girls under 17 (Youth)
Special Olympics – Boys
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres‡ wind: 0.8 m/s |
D'Edwin Major | 12.16 | Deron Forbes | 12.24 | Shaquille Bonaby | 12.32 |
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Special Olympics – Girls
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres‡ wind: +1.1 m/s |
Jade Smith | 15.50 | Raquel Major | 16.09 | Charlicia Bain | 16.19 |
‡: Exhibition event (no medals).
Medal table (official)
The official count is in accordance with the medal count published by Carifta 2013's Local Organizing Committee.[8]
* Host nation (Bahamas)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Jamaica | 29 | 25 | 15 | 69 |
2 | Bahamas* | 8 | 10 | 13 | 31 |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
4 | Barbados | 4 | 14 | 2 | 20 |
5 | / Guadeloupe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Suriname | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Guyana | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Bermuda | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Dominica | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
11 | Grenada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Cayman Islands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Anguilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
/ Martinique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
16 | Curaçao | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 63 | 63 | 63 | 189 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count (without relays and special olympics), 423 athletes from 25 countries participated.
- Anguilla (5)
- Antigua and Barbuda (5)
- Aruba (3)
- Bahamas (59)
- Barbados (28)
- Bermuda (23)
- British Virgin Islands (22)
- Cayman Islands (12)
- Curaçao (7)
- Dominica (10)
- / French Guiana (3)
- Grenada (13)
- / Guadeloupe (17)
- Guyana (8)
- Haïti (12)
- Jamaica (69)
- / Martinique (9)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (9)
- Saint Lucia (6)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4)
- Sint Maarten (5)
- Suriname (12)
- Trinidad and Tobago (40)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (24)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (18)
References
- ^ a b
Foster, Anthony (April 2, 2013), Local star Miller makes her mark on the Carifta Games in Nassau, IAAF, retrieved November 13, 2013
- ^ Sheldon Longley (of the Freeport News). "The Bahamas to host 2013 CARIFTA Games". Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ The Bahamas Investor. "Thomas A Robinson National Stadium to be completed this year". Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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