Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games

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Athletics at the
1983 Pan American Games
Dates23–28 August
Host cityCaracas, Venezuela Venezuela
VenueEstadio Olímpico
LevelSenior
Events40
Participation340 athletes from
27 nations


The athletics competition at the 1983 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Olímpico in Caracas, Venezuela, between 23 and 28 August.

Medal summary

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Men's Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.0 m/s)
details
Leandro Peñalver
 Cuba
10.06 Sam Graddy
 United States
10.18 Osvaldo Lara
 Cuba
10.21
200 metres
(wind: -1.3 m/s)
details
Elliott Quow
 United States
20.42 Leandro Peñalver
 Cuba
20.53 Bernie Jackson
 United States
20.81
400 metres
details
Cliff Wiley
 United States
45.02 Lázaro Martínez
 Cuba
45.37 Gérson de Souza
 Brazil
45.45
800 metres
details
Agberto Guimarães
 Brazil
1:46.31 José Luíz Barbosa
 Brazil
1:46.65 Stanley Redwine
 United States
1:47.26
1500 metres
details
Agberto Guimarães
 Brazil
3:42.91 Ross Donoghue
 United States
3:43.09 Chuck Aragon
 United States
3:44.57
5000 metres
details
Eduardo Castro
 Mexico
13:54.11 Gerardo Alcalá
 Mexico
13:54.37 Domingo Tibaduiza
 Colombia
13:59.68
10,000 metres
details
José Gómez
 Mexico
29:14.75 Domingo Tibaduiza
 Colombia
29:17.12 Mark Nenow
 United States
29:22.46
Marathon
details
Jorge González
 Puerto Rico
2:12:43 (NR) César Mercado
 Puerto Rico
2:20:30 Miguel Cruz
 Mexico
2:21:12
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Emilio Ulloa
 Chile
8:57.62 Carmelo Ríos
 Puerto Rico
9:01.47 Greg Duhaime
 Canada
9:06.03
110 metres hurdles
(wind: -3.2 m/s)
details
Roger Kingdom
 United States
13.44 Alejandro Casañas
 Cuba
13.51 Tonie Campbell
 United States
13.54
400 metres hurdles
details
Frank Montiéh
 Cuba
50.02 Antônio Dias Ferreira
 Brazil
50.08 James King
 United States
50.31
4 × 100 metres relay
details
 United States
Sam Graddy
Bernie Jackson
Ken Robinson
Elliott Quow
38.49  Cuba
Osvaldo Lara
Leandro Peñalver
Silvio Leonard
José Isalgue
38.55  Brazil
Gérson de Souza
João Batista da Silva
Nelson dos Santos
Robson da Silva
39.08
4 × 400 metres relay
details
 United States
Alonzo Babers
Mike Bradley
James Rolle
Eddie Carey
3:00.47  Brazil
Evaldo da Silva
José Luíz Barbosa
Agberto Guimarães
Gérson de Souza
3:02.79  Cuba
Lázaro Martínez
Agustín Pavó
Carlos Reyté
Héctor Herrera
3:03.15
20 kilometres walk
details
Ernesto Canto
 Mexico
1:28:12 Raúl González
 Mexico
1:29:21 Héctor Moreno
 Colombia
1:30:05
50 kilometres walk
details
Raúl González
 Mexico
4:00:45 Martín Bermúdez
 Mexico
4:04:20 Querubín Moreno
 Colombia
4:23:20
High jump
details
Francisco Centelles
 Cuba
2.29 Leo Williams
 United States
2.27 Jorge Alfaro
 Cuba
2.25
Pole vault
details
Mike Tully
 United States
5.45 Jeff Buckingham
 United States
5.25 Tomás Valdemar Hintnaus
 Brazil
5.20
Long jump
details
Jaime Jefferson
 Cuba
8.03A Vesco Bradley
 United States
7.99 Juan Felipe Ortiz
 Cuba
7.91
Triple jump
details
Jorge Reyna
 Cuba
17.05 Lázaro Betancourt
 Cuba
16.75 José Salazar
 Venezuela
16.26
Shot put
details
Luis Delís
 Cuba
18.24 Gert Weil
 Chile
17.30 Hubert Maingot
 Trinidad and Tobago
16.48
Discus throw
details
Luis Delís
 Cuba
67.32 Bradley Cooper
 Bahamas
62.38 Juan Martínez
 Cuba
62.04
Hammer throw
details
Genovevo Morejón
 Cuba
65.34 Harold Willers
 Canada
64.22 Alfredo Luis
 Cuba
63.16
Javelin throw
details
Laslo Babits
 Canada
81.40 Ramón González
 Cuba
78.34 Amado Morales
 Puerto Rico
77.40
Decathlon
details
Dave Steen
 Canada
7958 Douglas Fernández
 Venezuela
7726
(NR)
Freddy Aberdeen
 Venezuela
7262

Women's Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -2.7 m/s)
details
Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia
 Brazil
11.31 Jackie Washington
 United States
11.33 Luisa Ferrer
 Cuba
11.38
200 metres
(wind: -0.8 m/s)
details
Randy Givens
 United States
23.14 LaShon Nedd
 United States
23.39 Luisa Ferrer
 Cuba
23.39
400 metres
details
Charmaine Crooks
 Canada
51.49 Ana Fidelia Quirot
 Cuba
51.83 Easter Gabriel
 United States
52.45
800 metres
details
Nery McKeen
 Cuba
2:02.20 Ranza Clark
 Canada
2:02.44 Alejandra Ramos
 Chile
2:03.65
1500 metres
details
Ranza Clark
 Canada
4:16.18 Cindy Bremser
 United States
4:17.67 Missy Kane
 United States
4:21.39
3000 metres
details
Joan Benoit
 United States
9:14.19 Brenda Webb
 United States
9:28.69 Monica Regonesi
 Chile
9:41.87
100 metres hurdles
(wind: -0.9 m/s)
details
Benita Fitzgerald
 United States
13.16 Kim Turner
 United States
13.39 Elida Aveillé
 Cuba
13.41
400 metres hurdles
details
Judi Brown
 United States
56.03 Sharrieffa Barksdale
 United States
56.09 Gwen Wall
 Canada
56.93
4 × 100 metres relay
details
 United States
Alice Jackson
Jackie Washington
Brenda Cliette
Randy Givens[1]
43.21  Trinidad and Tobago
Gillian Forde
Janice Bernard
Esther Hope
Angela Williams
44.63  Canada
Karen Nelson
Tanya Brothers
Charmaine Crooks
Jillian Richardson
44.77
4 × 400 metres relay
details
 United States
Alice Jackson
Judi Brown
Easter Gabriel
Kelia Bolton
3:29.97  Canada
Andrea Page
Gwen Wall
Christine Slythe
Jillian Richardson
3:30.24  Cuba
Mayra Guerra
Nery McKeen
Mercedes Álvarez
Ana Fidelia Quirot
3:30.76
High jump
details
Coleen Sommer
 United States
1.91 Silvia Costa
 Cuba
1.88 Joni Huntley
 United States
1.82
Long jump
details
Kathy McMillan
 United States
6.70 Eloína Echevarría
 Cuba
6.61 Pat Johnson[2]
 United States
6.33
Shot put
details
María Elena Sarría
 Cuba
19.34 Lorna Griffin
 United States
16.61 Rosemarie Hauch
 Canada
16.38
Discus throw
details
Maritza Martén
 Cuba
59.62 Lorna Griffin
 United States
56.52 Penny Neer
 United States
53.32
Javelin throw
details
María Caridad Colón
 Cuba
63.76 Mayra Vila
 Cuba
63.32 Marieta Riera
 Venezuela
53.60
Heptathlon
details
Conceição Geremias
 Brazil
6084 Cindy Greiner
 United States
6068 Elida Aveillé
 Cuba
5755

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)14141139
2 Cuba (CUB)12101133
3 Canada (CAN)43411
4 Brazil (BRA)43310
5 Mexico (MEX)4318
6 Puerto Rico (PUR)1214
7 Chile (CHI)1124
8 Colombia (COL)0134
 Venezuela (VEN)0134
10 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0112
11 Bahamas (BAH)0101
Totals (11 entries)404040120

Participating nations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Siddons, Larry (1983-08-29). Us Sprints To Pan Am Finish. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved on 2015-07-08.
  2. ^ "Celebrate UW's Black History: Pat Johnson". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2018-10-18.

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