Athletics at the 1970 Bolivarian Games

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Athletics at the VI Bolivarian Games
DatesAugust 25 - September 6
Host cityMaracaibo, Venezuela Venezuela
VenueEstadio Olímpico
LevelSenior
Events32 (22 men, 10 women)

1970 Bolivarian Games

Athletics competitions at the 1970 Bolivarian Games were held at the Estadio Olímpico in Maracaibo, Venezuela, between August 25 - September 6, 1970.

A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR.[1] Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.[2]

A total of 32 events were contested, 22 by men and 10 by women.


Medal summary[]

Medal winners were published.[3]


Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Fernando Acevedo (PER) 10.2  Arquímedes Herrera (VEN) 10.4  Alberto Marchán (VEN) 10.4
200 metres  Fernando Acevedo (PER) 21.1  Arquímedes Herrera (VEN) 21.5  Jimmy Sierra (COL) 21.5
400 metres  Fernando Acevedo (PER) 46.1   (COL) 48.2  Raúl Dome (VEN) 48.3
800 metres   (VEN) 1:50.9   (PAN) 1:52.7   (VEN) 1:52.9
1500 metres   (COL) 3:56.9   (PER) 3:57.7   (VEN) 3:57.37
5000 metres  Víctor Mora (COL) 14:08.1   (COL) 14:50.8  Lucirio Garrido (VEN) 14:51.0
10000 metres  Domingo Tibaduiza (COL) 31:23.8   (COL) 31:25.3   (ECU) 31:42.2
Marathon   (PAN) 2:51:49   (VEN) 2:53:08   (COL) 2:56:17
3000 metres steeplechase  Víctor Mora (COL) 8:54.6   (COL) 9:16.2  Lucirio Garrido (VEN) 9:23.1
110 metres hurdles  Jesús Villegas (COL) 14.5  Alfredo Deza (PER) 14.5   (ECU) 14.8
400 metres hurdles  Víctor Maldonado (VEN) 51.0  Alfredo Deza (PER) 51.7   (PAN) 52.6
High Jump   (PER) 2.10  Roberto Abugattás (PER) 2.05   (PER) 2.00
Pole Vault  Héctor Thomas (VEN) 4.15   (COL) 4.15   (PER) 4.15
Long Jump   (COL) 7.50   (VEN) 7.18   (VEN) 7.18
Triple Jump   (VEN) 15.17   (COL) 14.90   (VEN) 14.80
Shot Put  Héctor Thomas (VEN) 14.91
Discus Throw   (COL) 52.08   (COL) 5?.36   (VEN) 42.70
Hammer Throw   (COL) 52.60   (PER) 50.04   (PER) 49.72
Javelin Throw   (COL) 71.28   (VEN) 69.42   (PER) 62.73
Decathlon  Héctor Thomas (VEN) 7091   (COL) 6644   (VEN) 6554
4 x 100 metres relay  Venezuela 40.5  Peru 40.6  Colombia 40.9
4 x 400 metres relay  Venezuela 3:08.0  Peru 3:08.7  Colombia 3:08.8

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Juana Mosquera (COL) 11.9  María Luisa Vilca (PER) 12.0   (VEN) 12.1
200 metres   (VEN) 24.7   (PAN) 24.7  Juana Mosquera (COL) 24.9
100 metres hurdles  Lucía Vaamonde (VEN) 14.8  Edith Noeding (PER) 15.1   (PER) 15.3
High Jump   (VEN) 1.54   (PER) 1.54   (PAN) 1.52
Long Jump  Lucía Vaamonde (VEN) 5.78  María Luisa Vilca (PER) 5.56  Edith Noeding (PER) 5.48
Shot Put   (PER) 12.33   (VEN) 12.09   (VEN) 11.82
Discus Throw   (COL) 40.12   (VEN) 35.44   (VEN) 35.25
Javelin Throw  Gladys González (VEN) 43.72   (PAN) 43.10   (COL) 42.62
Pentathlon  Lucía Vaamonde (VEN) 4403  Edith Noeding (PER) 3834   (PER) 3544
4 x 100 metres relay  Panama 47.1  Venezuela 47.5  Colombia 48.1

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (Venezuela)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Venezuela (VEN)*1481335
2 Colombia (COL)118726
3 Peru (PER)512724
4 Panama (PAN)2327
5 Ecuador (ECU)0022
Totals (5 nations)32313194


References[]

  1. ^ Gamarra Zorrilla, José, Bolivia Olímpica Capítulos VI al VIII (PDF) (in Spanish), ANDES Academia del Conocimiento y el Desarrollo "Fernando Diez de Medina", retrieved June 28, 2012
  2. ^ CUADRO DE MEDALLISTAS ECUATORIANOS EN LA HISTORIA DE LOS J. D. B. POR EDICIÓN (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2012, retrieved June 28, 2012
  3. ^ BOLIVARIAN GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved June 27, 2012
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