1991 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships

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VI Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
DatesJuly 18–20
Host cityKingston, Jamaica Jamaica
LevelJunior
Events41
Participationabout 347 athletes from
26 nations

The 6th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica, on July 18–20, 1991.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 347 athletes from about 26 countries: Argentina (5), Bahamas (1), Barbados (4), Bermuda (3), Brazil (10), British Virgin Islands (2), Canada (65), Chile (6), Cuba (41), Dominica (1), Ecuador (8), Grenada (4), Guatemala (7), Guyana (1), Jamaica (49), Mexico (46), Netherlands Antilles (2), Panama (9), Paraguay (1), Peru (4), Puerto Rico (5), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Turks and Caicos Islands (5), United States (47), Venezuela (14).

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   (USA) 10.29w  Peter Ogilvie (CAN) 10.43w   (VEN) 10.44w
200 metres  Bryan Bronson (USA) 20.62  Peter Ogilvie (CAN) 20.75  Rudolph Mighty (JAM) 20.99
400 metres  Deon Minor (USA) 46.24   (USA) 46.31  Hayden Stephen (TRI) 46.91
800 metres  José Parrilla (USA) 1:49.14   (BRA) 1:49.68  Graham Hood (CAN) 1:49.79
1500 metres  Graham Hood (CAN) 3:52.48   (TRI) 3:52.97   (USA) 3:54.47
5000 metres   (CAN) 14:47.19   (BRA) 14:49.18  Pablo Olmedo (MEX) 14:51.40
10,000 metres   (CAN) 30:29.25   (CAN) 30:34.65   (VEN) 31:21.26
3000 metres steeplechase   (BRA) 9:08.60  Néstor Nieves (VEN) 9:10.08  Jeff Schiebler (CAN) 9:21.78
110 metres hurdles  Chris Phillips (USA) 13.84   (BAR) 14.07   (VEN) 14.20
400 metres hurdles   (USA) 51.31   (JAM) 51.48  Alejandro Argudín (CUB) 52.01
4 × 100 metres relay  United States
Wendell Gaskin


Bryan Bronson		 39.47  Jamaica
Patrick Jarrett
Rudolph Mighty
Leon Gordon
 40.45  Cuba
Iván García
Alberto Manzano
Yoelbi Quesada
Iván Pedroso		 41.58
4 × 400 metres relay  United States
Bryan Bronson


Deon Minor		 3:03.53  Cuba
Norberto Téllez


Alejandro Argudín		 3:09.19  Jamaica

Rudolph Mighty

Greg Haughton		 3:09.58
10,000 metres track walk  Alberto Cruz (MEX) 42:38.51  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 44:06.11   (MEX) 44:42.72
High jump   (USA) 2.19   (JAM) 2.16   (CUB) 2.13
Pole vault  Alberto Manzano (CUB) 5.00   (USA) 4.70   (BRA) 4.70
Long jump  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.08  Victor Houston (BAR) 7.40   (JAM) 7.38
Triple jump  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) 16.81   (CUB) 16.46   (BRA) 16.24
Shot put  John Godina (USA) 17.75   (USA) 16.31  Jorge García (CUB) 16.05
Discus throw  John Godina (USA) 53.98  Yojer Medina (VEN) 49.54   (ARG) 47.44
Hammer throw  Alberto Sánchez (CUB) 63.52  Yosvany Suárez (CUB) 61.06  Kevin McMahon (USA) 59.48
Javelin throw   (MEX) 69.12   (CUB) 66.00  Isbel Luaces (CUB) 65.65
Decathlon   (USA) 7105   (CAN) 6805   (CAN) 6416

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (USA) 11.52  Merlene Frazer (JAM) 11.59  Savatheda Fynes (BAH) 11.75
200 metres  Merlene Frazer (JAM) 23.53   (JAM) 24.11   (USA) 24.17
400 metres  Cheryl Allen (CAN) 53.39  Catherine Scott (JAM) 53.47  Shanelle Porter (USA) 53.66
800 metres  Inez Turner (JAM) 2:04.57  Nicole Teter (USA) 2:06.34   (CAN) 2:06.65
1500 metres   (CAN) 4:24.76   (USA) 4:25.16   (JAM) 4:32.59
3000 metres   (USA) 9:34.56   (MEX) 9:41.90   (CAN) 9:42.82
10,000 metres   (USA) 35:36.57  Jean Harvey (USA) 36:04.33   (ECU) 36:30.93
100 metres hurdles   (CUB) 13.67  Gillian Russell (JAM) 13.73   (USA) 13.74
400 metres hurdles   (CAN) 57.87   (JAM) 58.18   (CUB) 59.03
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica

Merlene Frazer

Nikole Mitchell		 44.57  United States



 45.31  Cuba
Dainelky Pérez


 46.14
4 × 400 metres relay  Jamaica


Inez Turner
Catherine Scott		 3:33.13  United States

Tanya Dooley

Shanelle Porter		 3:34.43  Cuba



Odalmis Limonta		 3:36.48
5000 metres track walk  Rosario Sánchez (MEX) 24:03.47   (CUB) 24:14.58   (CAN) 24:32.59
High jump  Ioamnet Quintero (CUB) 1.90  Tanya Hughes (USA) 1.87   (GUA) 1.79
Long jump   (CUB) 6.19   (CUB) 6.17   (USA) 6.10
Triple jump   (CUB) 12.61   (USA) 12.37  Suzette Lee (JAM) 12.01
Shot put   (CUB) 16.52   (USA) 16.26  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 15.71
Discus throw   (USA) 52.40  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) 51.40   (CUB) 47.38
Javelin throw   (CUB) 52.86   (CAN) 50.86   (CUB) 49.98
Heptathlon   (BRA) 5424   (CUB) 5178   (CUB) 5129

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Jamaica)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1611633
2 Cuba1071128
3 Canada65617
4 Jamaica*48517
5 Mexico3126
6 Brazil2338
7 Venezuela0235
8 Barbados0202
9 Ecuador0112
 Trinidad and Tobago0112
11 Argentina0011
 Bahamas0011
 Guatemala0011
Totals (13 nations)414141123

References[]

  1. ^ a b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on October 23, 2011, retrieved October 24, 2011
  2. ^ "PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 24, 2011

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