Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games
Athletics at the VIII Pan American Games | |
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Dates | July 7–14, 1979 |
Host city | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar |
Events | 39 |
Participation | 380 athletes from 30 nations |
Athletics competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan were held from July 7 to 14[1] at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[2]
Medalists[]
Key | |
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GR | Pan American Games record |
Men's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s) |
Silvio Leonard Cuba |
10.13 | Harvey Glance United States |
10.19 | Emmit King United States |
10.30 |
200 metres (wind: +3.9 m/s) |
Silvio Leonard Cuba |
20.37 | James Gilkes Guyana |
20.46 | United States |
20.56 |
400 metres |
Tony Darden United States |
45.11 | Alberto Juantorena Cuba |
45.24 | Willie Smith United States |
45.3 |
800 metres |
James Robinson United States |
1:46.3 GR | Alberto Juantorena Cuba |
1:46.4 | Agberto Guimarães Brazil |
1:46.8 |
1500 metres |
Don Paige United States |
3:40.4 GR | United States |
3:41.5 | Agberto Guimarães Brazil |
3:41.5 |
5000 metres |
Matt Centrowitz United States |
14:01.0 | Herb Lindsay United States |
14:04.1 | Rodolfo Gómez Mexico |
14:05.0 |
10,000 metres |
Rodolfo Gómez Mexico |
29:02.4 | Enrique Aquino Mexico |
29:03.9 | Frank Shorter United States |
29:06.4 |
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.0 m/s) |
Renaldo Nehemiah United States |
13.20 GR | Alejandro Casañas Cuba |
13.46 | Charles Foster United States |
13.56 |
400 metres hurdles |
James Walker United States |
49.66 | Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil |
50.85 | Frank Montiéh Cuba |
51.30 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Henry Marsh United States |
8:43.6 | United States |
8:44.7 | Mexico |
8:52.4 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
United States Mike Roberson Harvey Glance Cliff Wiley Steve Riddick |
38.85 | Cuba Osvaldo Lara Alejandro Casañas Silvio Leonard Juan Saborit |
39.14 | Brazil Milton de Castro Nelson dos Santos Rui da Silva Altevir de Araújo |
39.44 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
United States James Walker Herman Frazier Maurice Peoples Tony Darden |
3:03.8 | Jamaica Ian Stapleton Floyd Brown Bert Cameron Colin Bradford |
3:04.7 | Cuba Frank Montiéh Carlos Álvarez Alberto Juantorena |
3:06.3 |
Marathon |
Radamés González Cuba |
2:24:09 | Luis Barbosa Colombia |
2:24:44 | Canada |
2:25:34 |
20 kilometres walk |
Daniel Bautista Mexico |
1:28:15 GR | United States |
1:30:17 | Todd Scully United States |
1:32:30 |
50 kilometres walk |
Raúl González Mexico |
4:05:17 GR | Martín Bermúdez Mexico |
4:11:13 | Marco Evoniuk United States |
4:24:20 |
High jump |
Franklin Jacobs United States |
2.26 GR | Benn Fields United States |
2.19 | Milton Ottey Canada |
2.19 |
Pole vault |
Bruce Simpson Canada |
5.15 | Greg Woepse United States |
5.05 | Brian Morrissette Virgin Islands |
4.85 |
Long jump |
João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil |
8.18 | David Giralt Cuba |
8.15 | Carl Lewis United States |
8.13 |
Triple jump |
João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil |
17.27 | Willie Banks United States |
16.88 | James Butts United States |
16.69 |
Shot put |
Dave Laut United States |
20.22 GR | Bishop Dolegiewicz Canada |
19.67 | Bruno Pauletto Canada |
19.61 |
Discus throw |
Mac Wilkins United States |
63.30 | Bradley Cooper Bahamas |
62.16 GR | Luis Delís Cuba |
61.70 |
Hammer throw |
Scott Neilson Canada |
69.64 GR | Armando Orozco Cuba |
68.48 | Genovevo Morejón Cuba |
67.66 |
Javelin throw |
Duncan Atwood United States |
84.16 GR | Antonio González Cuba |
84.12 | Cuba |
81.96 |
Decathlon |
Bobby Coffman United States |
8078 GR | Tito Steiner Argentina |
7638 | Canada |
7337 |
Women's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) |
Evelyn Ashford United States |
11.07 | Brenda Morehead United States |
11.11 | Angella Taylor Canada |
11.36 |
200 metres (wind: +2.2 m/s) |
Evelyn Ashford United States |
22.24 | Angella Taylor Canada |
22.74 | Merlene Ottey Jamaica |
22.79 |
400 metres |
Sharon Dabney United States |
51.81 | June Griffith Guyana |
51.81 | Patricia Jackson United States |
52.32 |
800 metres |
Essie Kelley United States |
2:01.2 GR | Julie Brown United States |
2:01.2 | Aurelia Pentón Cuba |
2:02.1 |
1500 metres |
Mary Decker United States |
4:05.7 GR | Julie Brown United States |
4:06.4 | Penny Werthner Canada |
4:14.8 |
3000 metres |
Jan Merrill United States |
8:53.6 GR | Julie Brown United States |
8:59.9 | Geri Fitch Canada |
9:35.7 |
100 metres hurdles (wind: +3.9 m/s) |
Deby LaPlante United States |
12.90 | Canada |
13.56 | Cuba |
13.60 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
United States Valerie Brisco Karen Hawkins Chandra Cheeseborough Brenda Morehead |
43.30 | Jamaica Lelieth Hodges Rosie Allwood Merlene Ottey |
44.18 | Cuba Silvia Chivás Isabel Taylor Eloína Echevarría |
46.26 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
United States Sharon Dabney Patricia Jackson Rosalyn Bryant Essie Kelley |
3:29.4 GR | Cuba Ana Fidelia Quirot Nery McKeen Aurelia Pentón |
3:36.3a | Canada Marita Payne |
3:37.6a |
High jump |
Louise Ritter United States |
1.93 GR | Pam Spencer United States |
1.87 | Debbie Brill Canada |
1.85 |
Long jump |
Kathy McMillan United States |
6.46 | Ana Alexander Cuba |
6.31 | Eloína Echevarría Cuba |
6.27 |
Shot put |
María Elena Sarría Cuba |
18.81 GR | Maren Seidler United States |
18.57 | Carmen Ionesco Canada |
16.50 |
Discus throw |
Carmen Romero Cuba |
60.58 GR | María Cristina Betancourt Cuba |
60.44 | Carmen Ionesco Canada |
57.14 |
Javelin throw |
María Caridad Colón Cuba |
62.30 GR | United States |
56.18 | Cathy Sulinski United States |
55.82 |
Pentathlon |
Diane Konihowski Canada |
4605 | Jodi Anderson United States |
4434 | Jill Ross Canada |
4112 |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 25 | 16 | 11 | 52 |
2 | Cuba | 6 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
3 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 |
4 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Jamaica | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Guyana | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 nations) | 39 | 39 | 39 | 117 |
Participating nations[]
- Antigua and Barbuda (ATG) (7)
- Argentina (ARG) (14)
- Bahamas (BAH) (3)
- Barbados (BAR) (5)
- Bermuda (BER) (6)
- Bolivia (BOL) (1)
- Brazil (BRA) (26)
- Canada (CAN) (50)
- Chile (CHI) (13)
- Colombia (COL) (6)
- Costa Rica (CRC) (5)
- Cuba (CUB) (50)
- Dominican Republic (DOM) (11)
- Ecuador (ECU) (2)
- Guatemala (GUA) (1)
- Guyana (GUY) (3)
- Honduras (HON) (8)
- Jamaica (JAM) (17)
- Mexico (MEX) (15)
- Panama (PAN) (2)
- Paraguay (PAR) (1)
- Peru (PER) (1)
- Puerto Rico (PUR) (41)
- El Salvador (ESA) (3)
- (SUR) (1)
- Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) (9)
- United States (USA) (68)
- Virgin Islands (ISV) (8)
- Uruguay (URU) (2)
- Venezuela (VEN) (1)
References[]
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 231. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
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