2003 CARIFTA Games
| XXXII CARIFTA Games | |
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| Host city |
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 
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| Date(s) | April 19-21 |
| Main stadium | Hasely Crawford National Stadium |
| Level | Junior and Youth |
| Participation | about 427 (219 junior, 208 youth) athletes from about 23 nations |
| Events | 66 (35 junior (incl. 3 open), 31 youth) |
| Records set | 14 games records |
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The 32nd CARIFTA Games were held in the Hasely Crawford National Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 19-21, 2003. A detailed report on the results was given.
Detailed result lists can be found on the CFPI and the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 427 athletes (219 junior (under-20) and 208 youth (under-17)) from about 23 countries: Anguilla (3), Antigua and Barbuda (15), Aruba (4), Bahamas (64), Barbados (21), Bermuda (7), British Virgin Islands (7), Cayman Islands (13), Dominica (4), French Guiana (2), Grenada (47), Guadeloupe (20), Guyana (15), Haiti (7), Jamaica (70), Martinique (19), Netherlands Antilles (15), Saint Kitts and Nevis (6), Saint Lucia (8), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5), Trinidad and Tobago (66), Turks and Caicos Islands (8), US Virgin Islands (1).
A total of 14 games records were set.
In the boys' U-20 category, Usain Bolt from Jamaica set three new games records finishing the 200 metres in 20.43s (wind: -1.1 m/s), the 400 metres in 46.35s, and together with the Jamaican 4x100m relay team in 39.43s. In triple jump, Ayata Joseph from Antigua and Barbuda set a new mark of 16.20 metres. In shot put, Jamaican Kimani Kirton achieved 17.33 metres. In the discus throw competition, the old mark of 50.41 metres by Jamaican Dwayne Henclewood from the year 2000 was improved three times. First, Kimani Kirton from Jamaica threw 51.25 metres in his second attempt. Then, Eric Mathias from the British Virgin Islands reached 51.43 metres in his fifth attempt, before setting the final mark of 55.20 metres in the last attempt.
In the girls' U-20 category, Camile Robinson from Jamaica finished the 400 metres hurdles in 56.61 seconds. The Jamaican 4x400 metres relay team set the new record to 3:36.20. Peaches Roach from Jamaica and Levern Spencer from Saint Lucia jumped 1.86 metres high.
In the boys' U-17 category, Romaine Gordon from Jamaica won the 100 metres hurdles in the new record time of 13.12s (wind: (-1.8 m/s).
Finally, in the girls' U-17 category, Kimberly Williams from Jamaica set the new record in triple jump of 12.18 metres (wind: 0.3 m/s), and the Jamaican 4x400 metres team achieved 3:39.50.
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