27/4/2020 Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games - Wikipedia Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games Athletics competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Athletics at the Juan were held from July 7 to 14[1] at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[2] VIII Pan American Games Contents Medalists Men's events Women's events Medal table References Dates July 7–14, 1979 Medalists Host San Juan, Puerto Rico city Key Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar Events 39 GR Pan American Games record ← 1975 1983 → Men's events 1979 Pan American Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games 1/7 27/4/2020 Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games - Wikipedia Event Gold Silver Bronze Harvey Emmit King Silvio Leonard Glance 100 metres 10.13 10.19 United 10.30 Cuba United States States Don Coleman Silvio Leonard James Gilkes 200 metres 20.37 20.46 United 20.56 Cuba Guyana States Tony Darden Alberto Willie Smith 400 metres United 45.11 Juantorena 45.24 United 45.3 States Cuba States James Alberto Agberto Robinson 1:46.3 800 metres Juantorena 1:46.4 Guimarães 1:46.8 United GR Cuba Brazil States Don Paige Todd Harbour Agberto 3:40.4 1500 metres United United 3:41.5 Guimarães 3:41.5 GR States States Brazil Matt Herb Lindsay Rodolfo Centrowitz 5000 metres 14:01.0 United 14:04.1 Gómez 14:05.0 United States Mexico States Rodolfo Enrique Frank Shorter 10,000 metres Gómez 29:02.4 Aquino 29:03.9 United 29:06.4 Mexico Mexico States Renaldo Charles Alejandro 110 metres Nehemiah 13.20 Foster Casañas 13.46 13.56 hurdles United GR United Cuba States States James Walker Antônio Dias Frank 400 metres United 49.66 Ferreira 50.85 Montiéh 51.30 hurdles States Brazil Cuba William Henry Marsh Demetrio 3000 metres McCullough United 8:43.6 8:44.7 Cabanillos 8:52.4 steeplechase United States Mexico States Brazil United Cuba Milton de States Osvaldo Lara Castro 4 × 100 metres Mike Roberson Alejandro 38.85 39.14 Nelson dos 39.44 relay Harvey Glance Casañas Santos Cliff Wiley Silvio Leonard Rui da Silva Steve Riddick Juan Saborit Altevir de Araújo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games 2/7 27/4/2020 Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games - Wikipedia 4 × 400 metres United 3:03.8 Jamaica 3:04.7 Cuba 3:06.3 relay States Ian Stapleton Frank James Walker Floyd Brown Montiéh Herman Bert Cameron Carlos Frazier Colin Bradford Álvarez Maurice Alberto Peoples Juantorena Tony Darden Pedro Tanis Radamés Luis Barbosa Rich Marathon González 2:24:09 2:24:44 Hughson 2:25:34 Colombia Cuba Canada Neal Pyke Todd Scully 20 kilometres Daniel Bautista 1:28:15 United 1:30:17 United 1:32:30 walk Mexico GR States States Marco Martín 50 kilometres Raúl González 4:05:17 Evoniuk Bermúdez 4:11:13 4:24:20 walk Mexico GR United Mexico States Franklin Benn Fields Jacobs 2.26 Milton Ottey High jump United 2.19 2.19 United GR Canada States States Brian Greg Woepse Bruce Simpson Morrissette Pole vault 5.15 United 5.05 4.85 Canada Virgin States Islands João Carlos de Carl Lewis David Giralt Long jump Oliveira 8.18 8.15 United 8.13 Cuba Brazil States João Carlos de Willie Banks James Butts Triple jump Oliveira 17.27 United 16.88 United 16.69 Brazil States States Dave Laut Bishop Bruno 20.22 Shot put United Dolegiewicz 19.67 Pauletto 19.61 GR States Canada Canada Mac Wilkins Bradley 62.16 Luis Delís Discus throw United 63.30 Cooper 61.70 GR Cuba States Bahamas Armando Genovevo Scott Neilson 69.64 Hammer throw Orozco 68.48 Morejón 67.66 Canada GR Cuba Cuba Javelin throw Duncan 84.16 Antonio 84.12 Raúl Pupo 81.96 Atwood GR González Cuba Cuba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games 3/7 27/4/2020 Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games - Wikipedia United States Bobby Zenon Coffman 8078 Tito Steiner Decathlon 7638 Smiechowski 7337 United GR Argentina Canada States Women's events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games 4/7 27/4/2020 Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games - Wikipedia Event Gold Silver Bronze Brenda Evelyn Ashford Angella Morehead 100 metres United 11.07 11.11 Taylor 11.36 United States Canada States Merlene Evelyn Ashford Angella Taylor Ottey 200 metres United 22.24 22.74 22.79 Canada States Jamaica Patricia Sharon Dabney June Griffith Jackson 400 metres United 51.81 51.81 52.32 Guyana United States States Essie Kelley Julie Brown Aurelia 2:01.2 800 metres United United 2:01.2 Pentón 2:02.1 GR States States Cuba Mary Decker Julie Brown Penny 4:05.7 1500 metres United United 4:06.4 Werthner 4:14.8 GR States States Canada Jan Merrill Julie Brown 8:53.6 Geri Fitch 3000 metres United United 8:59.9 9:35.7 GR Canada States States Deby LaPlante Grisel 100 metres Sharon Lane United 12.90 13.56 Machado 13.60 hurdles Canada States Cuba Cuba United Eloína States Jamaica Echevarría Valerie Brisco Lelieth Hodges Isabel 4 × 100 metres Chandra Rosie Allwood 43.30 44.18 Taylor 46.26 relay Cheeseborough Carmetta Marta Brenda Drummond Zulueta Morehead Merlene Ottey Silvia Karen Hawkins Chivás Canada Anne Cuba United Mackie- Ana Luisa States Morelli Guibert 4 × 400 metres Essie Kelley 3:29.4 Jeanette Nery McKeen 3:36.3a 3:37.6a relay Sharon Dabney GR Wood Ana Fidelia Patricia Jackson Marita Quirot Rosalyn Bryant Payne Aurelia Pentón Micheline Racette High jump Louise Ritter 1.93 Pam Spencer 1.87 Debbie Brill 1.85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games 5/7 27/4/2020 Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games - Wikipedia United GR United Canada States States Kathy McMillan Eloína Ana Alexander Long jump United 6.46 6.31 Echevarría 6.27 Cuba States Cuba María Elena Maren Seidler Carmen 18.81 Shot put Sarría United 18.57 Ionesco 16.50 GR Cuba States Canada María Cristina Carmen Carmen Romero 60.58 Discus throw Betancourt 60.44 Ionesco 57.14 Cuba GR Cuba Canada Cathy María Caridad Lynn Cannon 62.30 Sulinski Javelin throw Colón United 56.18 55.82 GR United Cuba States States Diane Jodi Anderson Jill Ross Pentathlon Konihowski 4605 United 4434 4112 Canada Canada States Medal table Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 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 Argentina 0 1 0 1 8 Bahamas 0 1 0 1 Colombia 0 1 0 1 11 Virgin Islands 0 0 1 1 Totals (11 nations) 39 39 39 117 References 1. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (https://www.panamsp orts.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 231. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games 6/7 27/4/2020 Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games - Wikipedia 2. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (https://www.panamsp orts.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. GBR Athletics (http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/pag.htm) Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games&oldid=927889217" This page was last edited on 25 November 2019, at 12:27. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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