Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games

International athletics championship event

Athletics at the
1983 Pan American Games

Dates| 23–28 August
Host city| Caracas, Venezuela
Venue| Estadio Olímpico
Level| Senior
Events| 40
Participation| 340 athletes from
27 nations

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1983 Pan American Games

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

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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

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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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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 14| 14| 11| 39
2|  Cuba (CUB)| 12| 10| 11| 33
3|  Canada (CAN)| 4| 3| 4| 11
4|  Brazil (BRA)| 4| 3| 3| 10
5|  Mexico (MEX)| 4| 3| 1| 8
6|  Puerto Rico (PUR)| 1| 2| 1| 4
7|  Chile (CHI)| 1| 1| 2| 4
8|  Colombia (COL)| 0| 1| 3| 4
Venezuela (VEN)| 0| 1| 3| 4
10|  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)| 0| 1| 1| 2
11|  Bahamas (BAH)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (11 entries)| 40| 40| 40| 120

## Participating nations

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* Antigua and Barbuda (15)
* Argentina (8)
* Bahamas (4)
* Barbados (2)
* Brazil (20)
* Canada (34)
* Chile (7)
* Colombia (9)
* Cuba (47)
* Dominican Republic (8)
* Ecuador (1)
* Guatemala (2)
* Guyana (2)
* Honduras (2)
* Jamaica (9)
* Mexico (10)
* Nicaragua (4)
* Panama (4)
* Paraguay (1)
* Peru (1)
* Puerto Rico (12)
* El Salvador (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (17)
* United States (63)
* Virgin Islands (4)
* Uruguay (4)
* Venezuela (49)

## See also

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* 1983 in athletics (track and field)

## 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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