1997 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships

IX Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
Dates	July 18–20
Host city	Havana, Cuba
Level	Junior
Events	43
Participation	about 437 athletes from 25 nations
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The 9th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held in Havana, Cuba, on July 18–20, 1997.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.^[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 437 athletes from about 25 countries: Argentina (11), Bahamas (14), Barbados (16), Brazil (31), Canada (40), Cayman Islands (4), Chile (10), Colombia (7), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (71), Dominican Republic (13), Ecuador (6), El Salvador (3), Guatemala (8), Guyana (2), Jamaica (41), Mexico (47), Panama (3), Paraguay (3), Peru (2), Puerto Rico (9), Trinidad and Tobago (7), United States (73), Uruguay (4), Venezuela (10).

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	Ja'Warren Hooker (USA)	10.39	(USA)	10.48	Misael Ortíz (CUB)	10.60
200 metres	Geno White (USA)	21.05	(USA)	21.10	Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX)	21.31
400 metres	Shane Niemi (CAN)	45.83	Avard Moncur (BAH)	46.56	Carlos Santa (DOM)	46.59
800 metres	(USA)	1:51.38	(USA)	1:51.43	(COL)	1:52.46
1500 metres	Michael Stember (USA)	3:49.81	Gabe Jennings (USA)	3:50.07	(BRA)	3:51.17
5000 metres	(CAN)	14:23.65	(URU)	14:26.09	(MEX)	14:27.01
10,000 metres	(BRA)	30:45.73	(BRA)	30:49.03	(MEX)	30:54.70
3000 metres steeplechase	(CUB)	8:59.50	(CUB)	9:05.80	(CHI)	9:09.38
110 metres hurdles	(USA)	14.18	Stephen Jones (BAR)	14.34	(CUB)	14.49
400 metres hurdles	Angelo Taylor (USA)	50.03	(CAN)	51.62	(USA)	51.66
4 × 100 metres relay	United States	39.87	Cuba José Ángel César Misael Ortíz	40.21	Bahamas Avard Moncur T. Gray Dominic Demeritte	40.77
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Geno White Angelo Taylor	3:05.34	Bahamas Dominic Demeritte Chris Brown Avard Moncur	3:09.11	Jamaica Sanjay Ayre Michael Campbell	3:09.48
10,000 metres track walk	Saúl Méndez (MEX)	43:55.90	(CUB)	44:39.75	(CUB)	44:39.80
High jump	Mike Ponikvar (CAN)	2.24	(BRA)	2.18	(BRA)	2.12
Pole vault	Robison Pratt (MEX)	5.00	(CAN)	4.80	(BRA)	4.70
Long jump	Joan Lino Martínez (CUB)	8.06	(JAM)	7.87	(USA)	7.80
Triple jump	(USA)	16.00	(CUB)	15.74	(CUB)	15.48
Shot put	(USA)	16.76	(COL)	16.56	(CAN)	16.30
Discus throw	Frank Casañas (CUB)	56.28	(USA)	54.12	(USA)	52.12
Hammer throw	(USA)	60.68	(CUB)	59.54	(ARG)	56.00
Javelin throw	(CUB)	70.88	(CUB)	70.08	Patrick Ramsey (USA)	67.14
Decathlon	(USA)	6762	Santiago Lorenzo (ARG)	6738	(CUB)	6586

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Angela Williams (USA)	11.34	(USA)	11.39	Cydonie Mothersill (CAY)	11.68
200 metres	(USA)	23.90	(BAH)	24.10	Cydonie Mothersill (CAY)	24.13
400 metres	(CUB)	53.50	(CUB)	53.88	(JAM)	53.98
800 metres	(CUB)	2:03.70	(CUB)	2:06.21	(USA)	2:07.67
1500 metres	Fabiana Cristine da Silva (BRA)	4:16.07	(CUB)	4:18.22	(CUB)	4:22.48
3000 metres	Fabiana Cristine da Silva (BRA)	9:42.05	(USA)	9:45.97	(CUB)	9:46.04
5000 metres	(CUB)	16:34.59	(USA)	16:35.68	(CUB)	16:35.75
100 metres hurdles	(USA)	13.61	(USA)	13.83	(CUB)	14.32
400 metres hurdles	Peta-Gaye Gayle (JAM)	57.50	(CUB)	58.26	(USA)	58.27
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Angela Williams	44.02	Jamaica Aleen Bailey	44.63	Bahamas Tamicka Clarke	45.49
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Shellene Williams	3:36.75	Cuba	3:36.96	United States	3:38.97
5000 metres track walk	(MEX)	24:36.53	(USA)	24:36.69	(ECU)	25:01.15
High jump	(CUB)	1.85	(CAN)	1.82	(USA)	1.76
Pole vault	(USA)	3.70	(USA)	3.50	(MEX)	3.35
Long jump	Elva Goulbourne (JAM)	6.10	(USA)	6.02	(JAM)	5.98
Triple jump	Christine Simmons (USA)	13.22	Yuliana Pérez (CUB)	13.01	(CUB)	12.85
Shot put	Seilala Sua (USA)	16.25	(CUB)	15.28	(USA)	14.87
Discus throw	Seilala Sua (USA)	57.88	(USA)	50.00	(CUB)	49.88
Hammer throw	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	55.74	(USA)	55.28	(CUB)	47.48
Javelin throw	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	61.76	(USA)	53.10	(DOM)	49.80
Heptathlon	(CUB)	5094	Judy Anderson (USA)	4950	(USA)	4892

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Cuba)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	20	16	10	46
2	Cuba*	11	13	12	36
3	Canada	3	3	1	7
4	Brazil	3	2	3	8
	Jamaica	3	2	3	8
6	Mexico	3	0	4	7
7	Bahamas	0	3	2	5
8	Argentina	0	1	1	2
	Colombia	0	1	1	2
10	Barbados	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
12	Cayman Islands	0	0	2	2
	Dominican Republic	0	0	2	2
14	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		43	43	43	129

References[]

External links[]

• World Junior Athletics History