1982 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships

II Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
Dates	July 30-August 1
Host city	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Level	Junior
Events	38
Participation	about 211 athletes from 12 nations
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The 2nd Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, on July 30-August 1, 1982.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 211 athletes from about 12 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Argentina (8), Bermuda (1), Brazil (8), Canada (55), Chile (5), Colombia (16), Cuba (16), Dominican Republic (1), Puerto Rico (6), United States (63), Venezuela (31).

Medal summary[]

Medal winners are published.^[2] Complete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Robson da Silva (BRA)	10.34w	(USA)	10.42w	Luis Morales (USA)	10.43w
200 metres	Clinton Davis (USA)	20.39 WYB	(USA)	20.78	Courtney Brown (CAN)	20.93
400 metres	(USA)	46.89	(CAN)	48.21	Oswaldo Zea (VEN)	48.23
800 metres	John Marshall (USA)	1:50.12	Pablo Squella (CHI)	1:50.34	(USA)	1:52.16
1500 metres	(CAN)	3:49.5	(CAN)	3:50.3	(BRA)	3:51.9
5000 metres	(CAN)	14:22.0	(COL)	14:25.7	Tom Ansberry (USA)	14:30.13
2000 metres steeplechase	(CAN)	5:48.5	(USA)	5:49.1	Carey Nelson (CAN)	5:55.8
110 metres hurdles	(CUB)	14.00	Jeff Powell (USA)	14.05	(VEN)	14.62
400 metres hurdles	(USA)	51.41	Pablo Squella (CHI)	51.70	(USA)	52.64
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Luis Morales Jeff Jackson Clinton Davis	39.42	Canada George Wright Courtney Brown Atlee Mahorn	40.24	Venezuela	41.01
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Jeff Jackson Clinton Davis	3:07.70	Canada	3:16.70	Venezuela Oswaldo Zea	3:20.20
10,000 metres track walk	Héctor Moreno (COL)	42:34.3	(COL)	45:34.5	(VEN)	47:39.2
High jump	Alain Metellus (CAN)	2.20	(CAN)	2.15	(USA)  Nick Saunders (BER)	2.10
Pole vault	(USA)	4.75	(CAN)	4.75	(USA)	4.75
Long jump	Vance Johnson (USA)	7.93	(USA)	7.86	(CAN)	7.53
Triple jump	(USA)	16.00	Lázaro Balcindes (CUB)	15.98	Lester Benjamin (ATG)	15.96
Shot put	(USA)	17.11	Arnold Campbell (USA)	16.43	(CAN)	15.92
Discus throw	(USA)	52.52	(USA)	50.22	(CUB)	46.42
Hammer throw	Francisco Soria (CUB)	60.12	(COL)	53.38	(CAN)	51.10
Javelin throw	(USA)	67.20	(BRA)	66.24	(USA)	60.08
Decathlon	Rob Muzzio (USA)	6902	(USA)	6753	(COL)	6267

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(USA)	11.70	(CAN)	11.86	(USA)	11.87
200 metres	(USA)	23.83	(USA)	23.94	Jillian Richardson (CAN)	24.08
400 metres	Jillian Richardson (CAN)	52.74	(USA)	53.00	(USA)	53.42
800 metres	(CAN)	2:06.10	(USA)	2:06.84	(CAN)	2:07.16
1500 metres	Polly Plumer (USA)	4:23.78	(USA)	4:25.24	(CAN)	4:25.99
3000 metres	(USA)	9:46.65	(CAN)	9:50.30	(USA)	9:51.38
100 metres hurdles	(USA)	13.95	Connie Polman-Tuin (CAN)	14.22	(USA)	14.27
400 metres hurdles	(USA)	58.18	(CAN)	59.84	Gwen Wall (CAN)	60.25
4 × 100 metres relay	United States	44.07	Canada Angela Phipps	46.02	Venezuela	48.00
4 × 400 metres relay	United States	3:34.68	Canada Gwen Wall Jillian Richardson	3:43.12	Venezuela	4:03.64
3000 metres Track Walk	(CAN)	14:21.3	Alison Baker (CAN)	14:47.7	(USA)	15:23.9
High jump	(USA)	1.87	(CAN)	1.81	(USA)	1.78
Long jump	(CAN)	6.06	(USA)	5.95	(CUB)	5.90
Shot put	Natalie Kaaiawahia (USA)	15.48	(USA)	14.80	(VEN)	14.32
Discus throw	Maritza Martén (CUB)	55.20	Hilda Ramos (CUB)	50.90	Natalie Kaaiawahia (USA)	47.08
Javelin throw	(CUB)	53.98	Marieta Riera (VEN)	49.46	(CAN)	49.42
Heptathlon	Connie Polman-Tuin (CAN)	5496	(CAN)	5258	(USA)	5232

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Venezuela)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	23	14	15	52
2	Canada	9	15	10	34
3	Cuba	4	2	2	8
4	Colombia	1	3	1	5
5	Brazil	1	1	1	3
6	Chile	0	2	0	2
7	Venezuela*	0	1	8	9
8	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	1	1
	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		38	38	39	115

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History