The Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games was awarded to Anthonique Strachan of the Bahamas.

**: 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).

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.