The team from Jamaica dominated the games gaining a total of 63 medals (25 gold, 20 silver, 18 bronze), more than twice as much as the next team, Mexico with 28 medals. Moreover, Jamaica won the team trophies in all categories leading the corresponding point classifications.
AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record
Medal summary
The results are published.[3][4] Events marked as "Exhibition" did not meet the official conditions with respect to the minimum number of participants ("not less than five (5) competitors of three (3) countries").[1] In the Male Junior B category, there is no information on the originally scheduled events "5000 m race walk" and "octathlon".
†: Alysbeth Felix from Puerto Rico cleared 1.70m in the first attempt, while Peta-Gaye Reid from Jamaica only in the second attempt. The medal table was corrected accordingly.
‡: Javari Fairclough from Jamaica had the second best performance of 7.11m, while the second best jump of Juan Mosquera from Panamá was only 6.97m. The medal table was corrected accordingly.
Team trophies were distributed to the 1st place of the women category, to the 1st place of the men category, and to the 1st place overall (men and women categories).[1] The results were published.[7][8]
The published team roster[9]
comprise 532 athletes from 27 countries. Working through the results,[3][4] an unofficial
count yields the number of about 500 athletes (205 junior, 195 youth)
in the start list. Following, the numbers in brackets refer to (athletes in published team roster/athletes in start list):