2001 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships

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XI Pan American Junior Athletics Championships
DatesOctober 18–20
Host citySanta Fe, Argentina Argentina
VenueCentro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
LevelJunior
Events43
Participationabout 296 athletes from
25 nations

The 11th Pan American Junior Athletics Championships were held at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti in Santa Fe, Argentina, from October 18–20, 2001.

Participation (unofficial)[]

Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.[1] An unofficial count yields the number of about 296 athletes from about 25 countries: Antigua and Barbuda (1), Argentina (40), Barbados (1), Bolivia (3), Brazil (44), Canada (48), Cayman Islands (1), Chile (14), Colombia (19), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (8), Dominican Republic (8), Ecuador (7), El Salvador (2), Guyana (2), Jamaica (19), Mexico (22), Panama (2), Paraguay (2), Peru (5), Suriname (2), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (15), Uruguay (5), Venezuela (15).

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  Marc Burns (TRI) 10.28  Darrel Brown (TRI) 10.49  Steve Mullings (JAM) 10.59
200 metres   (CUB) 21.16   (BRA) 21.38   (TRI) 21.43
400 metres  Damion Barry (TRI) 46.40   (BRA) 47.09   (COL) 47.48
800 metres  Simoncito Silvera (VEN) 1:50.95  Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) 1:51.97   (JAM) 1:52.88
1500 metres  Fabiano Peçanha (BRA) 3:50.38  Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) 3:51.16  José Manuel González (VEN) 3:54.63
5000 metres   (BRA) 14:34.15  Franck de Almeida (BRA) 14:35.34  Antonio Cortez (MEX) 14:35.75
10,000 metres  Franck de Almeida (BRA) 30:28.73  Antonio Cortez (MEX) 31:04.38  Miguel Bárzola (ARG) 31:07.09
3000 metres steeplechase  Mariano Mastromarino (ARG) 9:04.54   (BRA) 9:06.89   (VEN) 9:23.64
110 metres hurdles   (BRA) 14.24   (ARG) 15.04   (MEX) 15.16
400 metres hurdles   (ECU) 53.05   (CHI) 53.16   (CAN) 53.50
4 × 100 metres relay  Brazil



 40.33  Jamaica
Asafa Powell
Steve Mullings
Winston Smith
 40.36  Trinidad and Tobago

Marc Burns

Darrel Brown		 40.37
4 × 400 metres relay  Brazil



3:10.98  Venezuela
José Acevedo

Luis Luna
Simoncito Silvera		 3:14.06  Jamaica

Lansford Spence

 3:17.66
10,000 metres track walk  Horacio Nava (MEX) 43:33.92  Andrés Chocho (ECU) 43:58.89   (BRA) 44:08.41
High jump  Lisvany Pérez (CUB) 2.18  Keith Moffatt (USA) 2.18   (USA) 2.15
Pole vault   (CHI) 5.30  José Francisco Nava (CHI) 5.20  Fábio da Silva (BRA) 5.15
Long jump   (TRI) 7.77   (BRA) 7.59  Allen Simms (USA) 7.56
Triple jump  Yoandri Betanzos (CUB) 16.47  Jefferson Sabino (BRA) 15.89  Ibrahim Camejo (CUB) 15.75
Shot put   (USA) 19.92   (VEN) 16.94   (BRA) 16.68
Discus throw   (VEN) 52.90  Germán Lauro (ARG) 50.14   (BRA) 49.53
Hammer throw   (ARG) 65.04   (ARG) 62.70   (MEX) 60.37
Javelin throw   (CAN) 74.06   (BRA) 70.68   (ARG) 67.74
Decathlon   (BRA) 7107   (BRA) 6282   (TRI) 6275

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Thatiana Ignácio (BRA) 11.54   (CAN) 11.93  Evelyn dos Santos (BRA) 11.94
200 metres  Norma González (COL) 23.88w   (CAN) 23.97w  Melisa Murillo (COL) 24.28w
400 metres  Norma González (COL) 53.38   (CAN) 54.41  Sheryl Morgan (JAM) 54.74
800 metres   (ATG) 2:13.36   (CAN) 2:15.20   (ARG) 2:16.54
1500 metres  Adriana Muñoz (CUB) 4:36.73   (PAN) 4:41.34  Yolanda Caballero (COL) 4:42.64
3000 metres  Inés Melchor (PER) 10:11.50  Karina Pérez (MEX) 10:13.45   (PAN) 10:14.40
5000 metres   (ATG) 17:22.13  Inés Melchor (PER) 17:28.18   (MEX) 17:32.51
100 metres hurdles   (CAN) 14.29  Brigith Merlano (COL) 14.65   (MEX) 15.14
400 metres hurdles   (BRA) 56.52   (CUB) 59.59  Lucy Jaramillo (ECU) 59.82
4 × 100 metres relay  Brazil


Thatiana Ignâcio
Evelyn dos Santos		 45.36  Jamaica


Tracy-Ann Rowe
 46.78  Colombia

Norma González
Caterine Ibargüen
Melisa Murillo		 46.89
4 × 400 metres relay  Brazil


Evelyn dos Santos
 3:45.84  Jamaica


Tracy-Ann Rowe
Sheryl Morgan		 3:53.16  Canada



 3:55.00
10,000 metres track walk  Cristina López (ESA) 51:41.9  Alessandra Picagevicz (BRA) 52:03.9   (BOL) 52:06.6
High jump   (CAN) 1.77   (JAM)
 Catherine Ibargüen (COL)		 1.77
Pole vault  Lacy Janson (USA) 3.85  Kelsie Hendry (CAN) 3.85   (CHI) 3.85
Long jump   (BRA) 6.10  Jennifer Arveláez (VEN) 5.98  Keila Costa (BRA) 5.97
Triple jump  Mabel Gay (CUB) 13.63  Keila Costa (BRA) 13.55  Jennifer Arveláez (VEN) 13.24
Shot put  Jillian Camarena (USA) 15.90   (VEN) 14.17  Kate Forbes (CAN) 14.05
Discus throw   (USA) 49.36   (COL) 46.09   (ECU) 44.50
Hammer throw  Yunaika Crawford (CUB) 63.20  Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) 57.18   (BRA) 54.39
Javelin throw  Ana Gutiérrez (MEX) 49.23  Leryn Franco (PAR) 47.28   (CUB) 45.90
Heptathlon   (CHI) 4956   (BRA) 4915  Thaimara Rivas (VEN) 4832

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil1211730
2 Cuba6129
3 United States4127
4 Canada35311
5 Trinidad and Tobago3137
6 Mexico24511
7 Venezuela24410
8 Argentina*2439
9 Colombia2349
10 Chile2215
11 Netherlands Antilles2002
12 Ecuador1124
13 Peru1102
14 El Salvador1001
15 Jamaica0448
16 Panama0112
17 Paraguay0101
18 Bolivia0011
Totals (18 nations)434442129

References[]

  1. ^ a b World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 2013-08-31, retrieved October 24, 2011
  2. ^ "PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", Athletics Weekly, retrieved October 24, 2011

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