title: Swimming at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
text: # Swimming at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
  
  Swimming at the 19th Central American and Caribbean Games occurred in November 2002 in San Salvador, El Salvador. The competition consisted of 32 events: 16 for males, 16 for females; with 13 individual and 3 relays each. All were swum in a long course (50m) pool.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50 freestyle | Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico | 22.55 =GR | Camilo Becerra  Colombia | 23.05 | Francisco Sánchez  Venezuela | 23.33 |
  | 100 freestyle | Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico | 50.25 | Francisco Páez  Venezuela | 51.93 | Josh Ilika  Mexico | 52.08 |
  | 200 freestyle | Josh Ilika  Mexico | 1:52.15 | Ricardo Monasterio  Venezuela | 1:54.20 | Edwin Maldonado  Venezuela | 1:54.47 |
  | 400 freestyle | Ricardo Monasterio  Venezuela | 3:57.63 GR | Edwin Maldonado  Venezuela | 4:01.04 | Leonardo Salinas  Mexico | 4:03.11 |
  | 1500 freestyle | Ricardo Monasterio  Venezuela | 15:39.90 GR | Edwin Maldonado  Venezuela | 15:54.32 | Iván López  Mexico | 15:56.26 |
  | 100 backstroke | Juan Rodela  Mexico | 58.00 | Diego Urreta  Mexico | 58.28 | Nicholas Neckles  Barbados | 58.39 |
  | 200 backstroke | Diego Urreta  Mexico | 2:05.06 | Juan Rodela  Mexico | 2:05.35 | Nicholas Neckles  Barbados | 2:07.67 |
  | 100 breaststroke | Francisco Suriano  El Salvador | 1:04.51 | Hiram Carrión  Puerto Rico | 1:05.39 | Alvaro Fortuny  Guatemala | 1:05.57 |
  | 200 breaststroke | Francisco Suriano  El Salvador | 2:20.60 | Alvaro Fortuny  Guatemala | 2:22.87 | Leopoldo Andara  Venezuela | 2:26.19 |
  | 100 butterfly | Josh Ilika  Mexico | 53.86 =GR | Francisco Sánchez  Venezuela | 54.86 | Camilo Becerra  Colombia | 54.97 |
  | 200 butterfly | Juan Veloz  Mexico | 1:58.45 GR | Andrew Livingston  Puerto Rico | 2:01.37 | Pablo Marmolejo  Mexico | 2:03.85 |
  | 200 I.M. | Diego Urreta  Mexico | 2:05.99 GR | César Uribe  Mexico | 2:08.53 | Kevin Gleason  Virgin Islands | 2:09.76 |
  | 400 I.M. | Juan Veloz  Mexico | 4:31.83 | Leopoldo Andara  Venezuela | 4:38.35 | Hiram Carrión  Puerto Rico | 4:39.53 |
  | 4x100 free relay | Venezuela Oswaldo Quevedo, Francisco Páez, Albert Subirats, Francisco Sánchez | 3:25.76 | Mexico Javier Diaz, Alejandro Siqueiros, Emilio Montero, Josh Ilika | 3:27.26 | Puerto Rico Ricardo Busquets, Orlando Torres, Andrew Livingston, Hiram Carrión | 3:32.05 |
  | 4x200 free relay | Mexico Alejandro Siqueiros, Josh Ilika, Leonardo Salinas, Juan Veloz | 7:37.36 GR | Venezuela Ricardo Monasterio, Eduardo Ramírez, Manuel Colmenares, Edwin Maldonado | 7:43.79 | Puerto Rico Hiram Carrión, Orlando Torres, Andrew Livingston, Ricardo Busquets | 7:58.88 |
  | 4x100 medley relay | Mexico Juan Rodela, Marco González, Josh Ilika, Alejandro Siqueiros | 3:47.52 | Venezuela Gabriel Tirabasi, Gerardo Jiménez, Francisco Sánchez, Francisco Páez | 3:49.48 | Puerto Rico Ricardo Busquets, Hiram Carrión, Andrew Livingston, Orlando Torres | 3:51.23 |
  
  ### Female
  
  | Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50 freestyle | Eileen Coparropa  Panama | 25.68 GR | Arlene Semeco  Venezuela | 26.42 | Linda McEachrane  Trinidad and Tobago | 26.99 |
  | 100 freestyle | Eileen Coparropa  Panama | 56.58 GR | Arlene Semeco  Venezuela | 57.87 | Angela Chuck  Jamaica | 58.91 |
  | 200 freestyle | Angela Chuck  Jamaica | 2:07.81 | Atenas López  Mexico | 2:08.09 | Golda Marcus  El Salvador | 2:08.22 |
  | 400 freestyle | Sonia Álvarez  Puerto Rico | 4:28.76 | Tania Galindo  Mexico | 4:29.58 | Golda Marcus  El Salvador | 4:31.02 |
  | 800 freestyle | Tania Galindo  Mexico | 9:05.11 | Claudia Garias  Mexico | 9:06.09 | Golda Marcus  El Salvador | 9:15.72 |
  | 100 backstroke | Gisela Morales  Guatemala | 1:06.17 | Tatiana Maristany  Mexico | 1:06.80 | Carolina Rivera  Venezuela | 1:07.20 |
  | 200 backstroke | Gisela Morales  Guatemala | 2:20.57 | Tatiana Maristany  Mexico | 2:25.20 | Yara Saldaña  Mexico | 2:26.48 |
  | 100 breaststroke | Adriana Marmolejo  Mexico | 1:13.94 | Alejandra González  Puerto Rico | 1:15.45 | Carla Mojica  Puerto Rico | 1:17.26 |
  | 200 breaststroke | Adriana Marmolejo  Mexico | 2:37.84 | Carla Mojica  Puerto Rico | 2:43.18 | Norma Bernal  Mexico | 2:47.76 |
  | 100 butterfly | Paola España  Mexico | 1:03.33 | María Rodríguez  Venezuela | 1:03.78 | Teresa Víctor  Mexico | 1:03.91 |
  | 200 butterfly | Heather Roffey  Cayman Islands | 2:19.23 | Paola España  Mexico | 2:20.02 | María Rodríguez  Venezuela | 2:21.31 |
  | 200 I.M. | Adriana Marmolejo  Mexico | 2:23.73 | Sonia Álvarez  Puerto Rico | 2:25.23 | Vanessa Martínez  Puerto Rico | 2:25.56 |
  | 400 I.M. | Sonia Álvarez  Puerto Rico | 5:06.96 | Nancy García  Mexico | 5:09.90 | Vanessa Martínez  Puerto Rico | 5:12.54 |
  | 4x100 free relay | Venezuela Ximena Vilar Diana López Daniela Aponte Arlene Semeco | 3:57.55 GR | Mexico Tatiana Maristany Atenas López Jascquelina Paredes Lorena Pontones | 3:58.12 | Puerto Rico Solimar Mojica Solmani Mojica Gretchen Gotay Sonia Álvarez | 4:00.27 |
  | 4x200 free relay | Puerto Rico Solimar Mojica Vanessa Martínez Gretchen Gotay Sonia Álvarez | 8:39.75 GR | Mexico Carolina Moreno Tania Galindo Mayra Miranda Atenas López | 8:42.50 | Venezuela Arlene Semeco Oriana Galindo Daniela Aponte Diana López | 8:46.27 |
  | 4x100 medley relay | Mexico Tatiana Maristany Adriana Marmolejo Paola España Atenas López | 4:23.42 GR | Venezuela María Carolina Rivera Corina Goncalves María Rodriguez Arlene Semeco | 4:24.67 | Puerto Rico Emily Plummer Alejandra González Vanessa Martínez Solimar Mojica | 4:30.68 |
  