Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1983 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Olímpico in Caracas, Venezuela, between 23 and 28 August.

Athletics at the
1983 Pan American Games
Dates23–28 August
Host cityCaracas, Venezuela Venezuela
VenueEstadio Olímpico
LevelSenior
Events40
Participation340 athletes from
27 nations


Medal summary

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Men's Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.0 m/s)
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Leandro Peñalver
  Cuba
10.06 Sam Graddy
  United States
10.18 Osvaldo Lara
  Cuba
10.21
200 metres
(wind: -1.3 m/s)
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Elliott Quow
  United States
20.42 Leandro Peñalver
  Cuba
20.53 Bernie Jackson
  United States
20.81
400 metres
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Cliff Wiley
  United States
45.02 Lázaro Martínez
  Cuba
45.37 Gérson de Souza
  Brazil
45.45
800 metres
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Agberto Guimarães
  Brazil
1:46.31 José Luíz Barbosa
  Brazil
1:46.65 Stanley Redwine
  United States
1:47.26
1500 metres
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Agberto Guimarães
  Brazil
3:42.91 Ross Donoghue
  United States
3:43.09 Chuck Aragon
  United States
3:44.57
5000 metres
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Eduardo Castro
  Mexico
13:54.11 Gerardo Alcalá
  Mexico
13:54.37 Domingo Tibaduiza
  Colombia
13:59.68
10,000 metres
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José Gómez
  Mexico
29:14.75 Domingo Tibaduiza
  Colombia
29:17.12 Mark Nenow
  United States
29:22.46
Marathon
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Jorge González
  Puerto Rico
2:12:43 (NR) César Mercado
  Puerto Rico
2:20:30 Miguel Cruz
  Mexico
2:21:12
3000 metres steeplechase
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Emilio Ulloa
  Chile
8:57.62 Carmelo Ríos
  Puerto Rico
9:01.47 Greg Duhaime
  Canada
9:06.03
110 metres hurdles
(wind: -3.2 m/s)
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Roger Kingdom
  United States
13.44 Alejandro Casañas
  Cuba
13.51 Tonie Campbell
  United States
13.54
400 metres hurdles
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Frank Montiéh
  Cuba
50.02 Antônio Dias Ferreira
  Brazil
50.08 James King
  United States
50.31
4 × 100 metres relay
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  United States
Sam Graddy
Bernie Jackson
Ken Robinson
Elliott Quow
38.49   Cuba
Osvaldo Lara
Leandro Peñalver
Silvio Leonard
José Isalgue
38.55   Brazil
Gérson de Souza
João Batista da Silva
Nelson dos Santos
Robson da Silva
39.08
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States
Alonzo Babers
Mike Bradley
James Rolle
Eddie Carey
3:00.47   Brazil
Evaldo da Silva
José Luíz Barbosa
Agberto Guimarães
Gérson de Souza
3:02.79   Cuba
Lázaro Martínez
Agustín Pavó
Carlos Reyté
Héctor Herrera
3:03.15
20 kilometres walk
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Ernesto Canto
  Mexico
1:28:12 Raúl González
  Mexico
1:29:21 Héctor Moreno
  Colombia
1:30:05
50 kilometres walk
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Raúl González
  Mexico
4:00:45 Martín Bermúdez
  Mexico
4:04:20 Querubín Moreno
  Colombia
4:23:20
High jump
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Francisco Centelles
  Cuba
2.29 Leo Williams
  United States
2.27 Jorge Alfaro
  Cuba
2.25
Pole vault
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Mike Tully
  United States
5.45 Jeff Buckingham
  United States
5.25 Tomás Valdemar Hintnaus
  Brazil
5.20
Long jump
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Jaime Jefferson
  Cuba
8.03A Vesco Bradley
  United States
7.99 Juan Felipe Ortiz
  Cuba
7.91
Triple jump
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Jorge Reyna
  Cuba
17.05 Lázaro Betancourt
  Cuba
16.75 José Salazar
  Venezuela
16.26
Shot put
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Luis Delís
  Cuba
18.24 Gert Weil
  Chile
17.30 Hubert Maingot
  Trinidad and Tobago
16.48
Discus throw
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Luis Delís
  Cuba
67.32 Bradley Cooper
  Bahamas
62.38 Juan Martínez
  Cuba
62.04
Hammer throw
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Genovevo Morejón
  Cuba
65.34 Harold Willers
  Canada
64.22 Alfredo Luis
  Cuba
63.16
Javelin throw
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Laslo Babits
  Canada
81.40 Ramón González
  Cuba
78.34 Amado Morales
  Puerto Rico
77.40
Decathlon
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Dave Steen
  Canada
7958 Douglas Fernández
  Venezuela
7726
(NR)
Freddy Aberdeen
  Venezuela
7262

Women's Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -2.7 m/s)
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Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia
  Brazil
11.31 Jackie Washington
  United States
11.33 Luisa Ferrer
  Cuba
11.38
200 metres
(wind: -0.8 m/s)
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Randy Givens
  United States
23.14 LaShon Nedd
  United States
23.39 Luisa Ferrer
  Cuba
23.39
400 metres
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Charmaine Crooks
  Canada
51.49 Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Cuba
51.83 Easter Gabriel
  United States
52.45
800 metres
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Nery McKeen
  Cuba
2:02.20 Ranza Clark
  Canada
2:02.44 Alejandra Ramos
  Chile
2:03.65
1500 metres
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Ranza Clark
  Canada
4:16.18 Cindy Bremser
  United States
4:17.67 Missy Kane
  United States
4:21.39
3000 metres
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Joan Benoit
  United States
9:14.19 Brenda Webb
  United States
9:28.69 Monica Regonesi
  Chile
9:41.87
100 metres hurdles
(wind: -0.9 m/s)
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Benita Fitzgerald
  United States
13.16 Kim Turner
  United States
13.39 Elida Aveillé
  Cuba
13.41
400 metres hurdles
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Judi Brown
  United States
56.03 Sharrieffa Barksdale
  United States
56.09 Gwen Wall
  Canada
56.93
4 × 100 metres relay
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  United States
Alice Jackson
Jackie Washington
Brenda Cliette
Randy Givens[1]
43.21   Trinidad and Tobago
Gillian Forde
Janice Bernard
Esther Hope
Angela Williams
44.63   Canada
Karen Nelson
Tanya Brothers
Charmaine Crooks
Jillian Richardson
44.77
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States
Alice Jackson
Judi Brown
Easter Gabriel
Kelia Bolton
3:29.97   Canada
Andrea Page
Gwen Wall
Christine Slythe
Jillian Richardson
3:30.24   Cuba
Mayra Guerra
Nery McKeen
Mercedes Álvarez
Ana Fidelia Quirot
3:30.76
High jump
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Coleen Sommer
  United States
1.91 Silvia Costa
  Cuba
1.88 Joni Huntley
  United States
1.82
Long jump
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Kathy McMillan
  United States
6.70 Eloína Echevarría
  Cuba
6.61 Pat Johnson[2]
  United States
6.33
Shot put
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María Elena Sarría
  Cuba
19.34 Lorna Griffin
  United States
16.61 Rosemarie Hauch
  Canada
16.38
Discus throw
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Maritza Martén
  Cuba
59.62 Lorna Griffin
  United States
56.52 Penny Neer
  United States
53.32
Javelin throw
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María Caridad Colón
  Cuba
63.76 Mayra Vila
  Cuba
63.32 Marieta Riera
  Venezuela
53.60
Heptathlon
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Conceição Geremias
  Brazil
6084 Cindy Greiner
  United States
6068 Elida Aveillé
  Cuba
5755

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)14141139
2  Cuba (CUB)12101133
3  Canada (CAN)43411
4  Brazil (BRA)43310
5  Mexico (MEX)4318
6  Puerto Rico (PUR)1214
7  Chile (CHI)1124
8  Colombia (COL)0134
  Venezuela (VEN)0134
10  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0112
11  Bahamas (BAH)0101
Totals (11 entries)404040120

Participating nations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Siddons, Larry (1983-08-29). Us Sprints To Pan Am Finish. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved on 2015-07-08.
  2. ^ "Celebrate UW's Black History: Pat Johnson". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2018-10-18.