Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games
Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games | |
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Dates | 30 July – 5 August |
Host city | Cali, Colombia |
Venue | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
Level | Senior |
Events | 37 |
Participation | 375 athletes from 28 nations |
Records set | 1 WR, 19 GR |
The athletics competition at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia. At almost exactly 1000 metres elevation, all the marks from this meet marginally qualify as "altitude assisted."
Medal summary[]
Men's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Don Quarrie Jamaica |
10.29 | Lennox Miller Jamaica |
10.32 | Del Meriwether United States |
10.34 |
200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
Don Quarrie Jamaica |
19.86 GR | Marshall Dill United States |
20.39 | Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago |
20.39 |
400 metres |
John Smith United States |
44.60 GR | Fred Newhouse United States |
45.09 | Fernando Acevedo Peru |
45.30 NR |
800 metres |
Ken Swenson United States |
1:48.08 GR | United States |
1:48.42 | Byron Dyce Jamaica |
1:48.42 |
1500 metres |
Marty Liquori United States |
3:42.10 GR | Bill Smart Canada |
3:43.39 | United States |
3:43.76 |
5000 metres |
Steve Prefontaine United States |
13:52.53 | United States |
14:00.76 | Mario Pérez Mexico |
14:03.98 |
10,000 metres |
Frank Shorter United States |
28:50.83 GR | Juan Martínez Mexico |
29:05.07 | Álvaro Mejía Colombia |
29:06.97 |
Marathon |
Frank Shorter United States |
2:22:40 | José García Mexico |
2:26:30 | Hernán Barreneche Colombia |
2:27:19 |
110 metres hurdles (wind: +4.5 m/s) |
Rod Milburn United States |
13.46w | Arnaldo Bristol Puerto Rico |
13.81w | Juan Morales Cuba |
13.85w |
400 metres hurdles |
Ralph Mann United States |
49.11 GR | Jim Seymour United States |
50.36 | Venezuela |
51.68 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Mike Manley United States |
8:42.27 | United States |
8:42.90 | Mexico |
8:46.09 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Jamaica Alfred Daley Carl Lawson Lennox Miller Don Quarrie |
39.28 | Cuba Pablo Montes Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez |
39.84 | United States Marshall Dill Rod Milburn |
39.84 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
United States Dale Alexander Fred Newhouse Tommy Turner John Smith |
3:00.63 GR | Jamaica Leighton Priestley Trevor Campbell Alfred Daley |
3:03.98 | Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Roberts Ben Cayenne Kent Bernard Trevor James |
3:04.58 |
20 kilometres walk |
Goetz Klopfer United States |
1:37:30 | Tom Dooley United States |
1:38:16 | José Oliveros Mexico |
1:40:26 |
50 kilometres walk |
Larry Young United States |
4:38:31 | Gabriel Hernández Mexico |
4:38:46 | United States |
4:42:15 |
High jump |
Pat Matzdorf United States |
2.10 m | Wilf Wedmann Canada |
2.10 m | Peru |
2.05 m |
Pole vault |
Jan Johnson United States |
5.33 m | David Roberts United States |
5.20 m | Bruce Simpson Canada |
4.90 m |
Long jump |
Arnie Robinson United States |
8.02 m | James "Bouncy" Moore United States |
7.98 m | Canada |
7.65 m |
Triple jump |
Pedro Pérez Cuba |
17.40 m WR | Nelson Prudêncio Brazil |
16.82 m | John Craft United States |
16.32 m |
Shot put |
Al Feuerbach United States |
19.76 m | Karl Salb United States |
19.10 m | Canada |
18.01 m |
Discus throw |
Dick Drescher United States |
62.26 m GR | Tim Vollmer United States |
61.06 m | Ain Roost Canada |
58.06 m |
Hammer throw |
Al Hall United States |
65.84 m GR | George Frenn United States |
65.68 m | Darwin Piñeyrúa Uruguay |
61.54 m |
Javelin throw |
Cary Feldmann United States |
81.52 m GR | Bill Skinner United States |
80.36 m | Amado Morales Puerto Rico |
76.14 m |
Decathlon |
Rick Wanamaker United States |
7648 pts | Russ Hodge United States |
7314 pts | Jesús Mirabal Cuba |
7295 pts |
Women's events[]
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States (USA) | 25 | 16 | 7 | 48 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
3 | Jamaica (JAM) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
4 | Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
5 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
11 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 nations) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
Participating nations[]
- Argentina (25)
- Bahamas (5)
- Barbados (2)
- Bermuda (1)
- Brazil (16)
- Canada (41)
- Chile (12)
- Colombia (29)
- Costa Rica (3)
- Cuba (44)
- Dominican Republic (7)
- Ecuador (1)
- Guatemala (4)
- Guyana (2)
- Haiti (3)
- Jamaica (18)
- Mexico (19)
- Nicaragua (5)
- Panama (3)
- Peru (12)
- Puerto Rico (12)
- El Salvador (1)
- (2)
- Trinidad and Tobago (11)
- United States (69)
- (3)
- Uruguay (3)
- Venezuela (22)
References[]
Categories:
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