Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games

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The Athletics competition in the 1979 Pan American Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Contents

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Silvio Leonard
Flag of Cuba Cuba
10.13 Harvey Glance
Flag of the United States United States
10.19 Emmit King
Flag of the United States United States
10.30
200 metres Silvio Leonard
Flag of Cuba Cuba
20.37w James Gilkes
Flag of Guyana Guyana
20.46w Don Coleman
Flag of the United States United States
20.56w
400 metres Tony Darden
Flag of the United States United States
45.11 Alberto Juantorena
Flag of Cuba Cuba
45.24 Willie Smith
Flag of the United States United States
45.3
800 metres James Robinson
Flag of the United States United States
1:46.3a Alberto Juantorena
Flag of Cuba Cuba
1:46.4a Agberto Guimarães
Flag of Brazil Brazil
1:46.8a
1500 metres Don Paige
Flag of the United States United States
3:40.4a Todd Harbour
Flag of the United States United States
3:41.5a Agberto Guimarães
Flag of Brazil Brazil
3:41.5a
5000 metres Matt Centrowitz
Flag of the United States United States
14:01.0a Herb Lindsay
Flag of the United States United States
14:04.1a Rodolfo Gómez
Flag of Mexico Mexico
14:05.0a
10000 metres Rodolfo Gómez
Flag of Mexico Mexico
29:02.4a Enrique Aquino
Flag of Mexico Mexico
29:03.9a Frank Shorter
Flag of the United States United States
29:06.4a
Marathon Radamés González
Flag of Cuba Cuba
2:24:09 Luis Barboza
Flag of Colombia Colombia
2:24:44 Rich Hughson
Flag of Canada Canada
2:25:34
3000 metre steeplechase Henry Marsh
Flag of the United States United States
8:43.6a William McCullough
Flag of the United States United States
8:44.7a Demetrio Cabanillos
Flag of Mexico Mexico
8:52.4a
110 metres hurdles Renaldo Nehemiah
Flag of the United States United States
13.20 Alejandro Casañas
Flag of Cuba Cuba
13.46 Charles Foster
Flag of the United States United States
13.56
400 metres hurdles James Walker
Flag of the United States United States
49.66 Antônio Díaz Ferreira
Flag of Brazil Brazil
50.85 Frank Montiéh
Flag of Cuba Cuba
51.30
High jump Franklin Jacobs
Flag of the United States United States
2.26 Benn Fields
Flag of the United States United States
2.19 Milt Ottey
Flag of Canada Canada
2.19
Pole vault Bruce Simpson
Flag of Canada Canada
5.15 Greg Woepse
Flag of the United States United States
5.05 Brian Morrissette
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
4.85
Long jump João Carlos de Oliveira
Flag of Brazil Brazil
8.18 David Giralt
Flag of Cuba Cuba
8.15 Carl Lewis
Flag of the United States United States
8.13
Triple jump João Carlos de Oliveira
Flag of Brazil Brazil
17.27 Willie Banks
Flag of the United States United States
16.88 James Butts
Flag of the United States United States
16.69
Shot putt Dave Laut
Flag of the United States United States
20.22 Bishop Dolegiewicz
Flag of Canada Canada
19.67 Bruno Pauletto
Flag of Canada Canada
19.61
Discus throw Mac Wilkins
Flag of the United States United States
63.30 Bradley Cooper
Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas
62.16 Luis Delís
Flag of Cuba Cuba
61.70
Hammer throw Scott Neilson
Flag of Canada Canada
69.64 Armando Orozco
Flag of Cuba Cuba
68.48 Genovevo Morejón
Flag of Cuba Cuba
67.66
Javelin throw Duncan Atwood
Flag of the United States United States
84.16 Antonio González
Flag of Cuba Cuba
84.12 Raúl Pupo
Flag of Cuba Cuba
81.96
Decathlon Bobby Coffman
Flag of the United States United States
8078 Tito Steiner
Flag of Argentina Argentina
7638 Zenon Smiechowski
Flag of Canada Canada
7337
20 kilometre road walk Daniel Bautista
Flag of Mexico Mexico
1:28:15 Neal Pyke
Flag of the United States United States
1:30:17 Todd Scully
Flag of the United States United States
1:32:30
50 kilometre road walk Raúl González
Flag of Mexico Mexico
4:05:17 Martín Bermúdez
Flag of Mexico Mexico
4:11:13 Marco Evoniuk
Flag of the United States United States
4:24:20
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of the United States United States 38.85 Flag of Cuba Cuba 39.14 Flag of Brazil Brazil 39.44
4 x 400 metres relay Flag of the United States United States 3:03.8a Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 3:04.7a Flag of Cuba Cuba 3:06.3a

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Evelyn Ashford
Flag of the United States United States
11.07 Brenda Morehead
Flag of the United States United States
11.11 Angella Taylor-Issajenko
Flag of Canada Canada
11.36
200 metres Evelyn Ashford
Flag of the United States United States
22.24w Angella Taylor-Issajenko
Flag of Canada Canada
22.74w Merlene Ottey
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
22.79w
400 metres Sharon Dabney
Flag of the United States United States
51.81 June Griffith
Flag of Guyana Guyana
51.81 Pat Jackson
Flag of the United States United States
52.32
800 metres Essie Kelley
Flag of the United States United States
2:01.2a Julie Brown
Flag of the United States United States
2:01.2a Aurelia Pentón
Flag of Cuba Cuba
2:02.1a
1500 metres Mary Decker
Flag of the United States United States
4:05.7a Julie Brown
Flag of the United States United States
4:06.4a Penny Werthner
Flag of Canada Canada
4:14.8a
3000 metres Jan Merrill
Flag of the United States United States
8:53.6a Julie Brown
Flag of the United States United States
8:59.9a Geri Fitch
Flag of Canada Canada
9:35.7a
100 metres hurdles Deby LaPlante
Flag of the United States United States
12.90w Sharon Lane
Flag of Canada Canada
13.56w Grisel Machado
Flag of Cuba Cuba
13.60w
High jump Louise Ritter
Flag of the United States United States
1.93 Pamela Spencer
Flag of the United States United States
1.87 Debbie Brill
Flag of Canada Canada
1.85
Long jump Kathy McMillan
Flag of the United States United States
6.46 Ana Alexander
Flag of Cuba Cuba
6.31 Eloína Echevarría
Flag of Cuba Cuba
6.27
Shot putt María Elena Sarría
Flag of Cuba Cuba
18.81 Maren Seidler
Flag of the United States United States
18.57 Carmen Ionesco
Flag of Canada Canada
16.50
Discus throw Carmen Romero
Flag of Cuba Cuba
60.58 María Betancourt
Flag of Cuba Cuba
60.44 Carmen Ionesco
Flag of Canada Canada
57.14
Javelin throw María Caridad Colón
Flag of Cuba Cuba
62.36A Lynn Cannon
Flag of the United States United States
56.18 Cathy Sulinski
Flag of the United States United States
55.82
Pentathlon Diane Konihowski
Flag of Canada Canada
4605 Jodi Anderson
Flag of the United States United States
4434 Jill Ross
Flag of Canada Canada
4112
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of the United States United States 43.30 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 44.18 Flag of Cuba Cuba 46.26
4 x 400 metres relay Flag of the United States United States 3:29.4a Flag of Cuba Cuba 3:36.3a Flag of Canada Canada 3:37.6a

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of the United States United States 25 16 11 52
2 Flag of Cuba Cuba 6 10 9 25
3 Flag of Canada Canada 3 3 12 18
4 Flag of Mexico Mexico 3 2 2 7
5 Flag of Brazil Brazil 2 1 3 6
6 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 0 2 1 3
7 Flag of Guyana Guyana 0 2 0 2
8 Flag of Argentina Argentina 0 1 0 1
Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas 0 1 0 1
Flag of Colombia Colombia 0 1 0 1
11 Flag of the United States Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 1 1

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