The 2012 CARIFTA Games were held in the
Bermuda National Stadium
The Bermuda National Stadium (also known as the Bermuda National Sports Centre) is a multi-purpose sports complex in Devonshire Parish, Bermuda, just to the east of the capital, Hamilton. The stadium was built on what was once a field used as a ...
in
Hamilton, Bermuda
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between April 6—9, 2012, the fourth time in which the event was held in Bermuda. The other years being
1975
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Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
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1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
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2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
. A detailed analysis of the results and an appreciation of the games has been given elsewhere.
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Records
A total of 9 new games records were set.
Austin Sealy Award
The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas.
Medal summary
Complete results can be found on World-Track, on the World Junior Athletics History
website, and on the original games websites.[
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Boys under 20 (Junior)
: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
*: Initially, Jevaughn Minzie of Jamaica came in second
in 10.33s. However, following a protest of the Bahamas and Anguilla, he was
disqualified for a false start.
Girls under 20 (Junior)
: Open event for both junior and youth athletes.
Boys under 17 (Youth)
**: Miguel van Assen from Suriname finished second in triple jump reaching 14.57m (0.6 m/s); However, he was not entitled to win a medal (see below
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Girls under 17 (Youth)
Medal table (unofficial)
The unofficial count is in accordance with the medal count published elsewhere.[
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Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on World-Track,[ on the World Junior Athletics History
website,][ and on the original games websites.][ The games saw the first appearance of athletes
representing Bonaire after dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.
Athletes from Suriname were treated as guests (see ]below
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An unofficial count yields the number of about 419
athletes, including 10 guests (227 junior (under-20) including 6 guests and 192 youth (under-17) including 4 guests) from about 24
countries + 1 guest country (athletes marked as "unattached" in the original result lists):[
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*Anguilla (4)
*Antigua and Barbuda (6)
*Aruba (4)
*Bahamas (71)
*Barbados (35)
*Bermuda (53)
*/Bonaire (2)
*British Virgin Islands (16)
*Cayman Islands (5)
*Curaçao (7)
*Dominica (4)
*/French Guiana (5)
*Grenada (9)
*/Guadeloupe (13)
*Guyana (7)
*Jamaica (71)
*/Martinique (9)
*Montserrat (3)
*Saint Kitts and Nevis (13)
*Saint Lucia (9)
*Sint Maarten (1)
*Trinidad and Tobago (44)
*Turks and Caicos Islands (14)
*U.S. Virgin Islands (4)
*Suriname*** (10)
***: Guest athletes (see ]below
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Suriname
There was an ongoing dispute between the Surinamese officials Robby Rijssel and Delano
Landvreugd, both gentlemen claiming to lead the Surinamese Athletiek Bond and to
represent Suriname at the IAAF
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. As a result of this, two different
delegations independently tried to register groups of athletes for the games. Alain Jean-Pierre from Haïti, board member of
both the (NACAC) and the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), explained that normally both groups would have to be
suspended from the games following the rules. Nevertheless, there was a
joint decision by the NACAC, the CACAC, and the local organizing committee in favour of the young athletes: all of them from both delegations
were allowed to compete at the games, but they were treated only as guest athletes and
appeared in the result lists as "unattached", rather than from Suriname. As a
consequence, the athletes could not participate in the parade of the opening
ceremony, and they were not considered to be eligible
for winning medals. The victim of the argument between the Surinamese officials
was 15-year-old triple jumper Miguel van Assen who came in second in his
category, but was not entitled to receive the silver medal.[
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References
External links
CARIFTA Games 2012 official web site
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CARIFTA Games
CARIFTA Games
The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). The games were first held in 1972 and consist of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track ev ...
CARIFTA Games
The CARIFTA Games is an annual athletics competition founded by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA). The games were first held in 1972 and consist of track and field events including sprint races, hurdles, middle distance track ev ...
International athletics competitions hosted by Bermuda
2012 in Caribbean sport