Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games

The Athletics Competition at the 1983 Pan American Games
1983 Pan American Games
The ninth Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing...

was held in Caracas

Caracas

Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...

, Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

Men's Events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the sprints. His personal best is 10.06 seconds, achieved in Caracas in 1983.-External links:... Cuba	10.06	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	10.14	Sam Graddy Sam Graddy Samuel Louis Graddy III is a former American athlete and American football player, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.... United States	10.18
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Elliott Quow Elliott Quow Elliott Quow is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, who was the 4th-ranked 200 meter runner in the world in 1983, only behind Carl Lewis, Calvin Smith and then world record holder Pietro Mennea... United States	20.42	Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the sprints. His personal best is 10.06 seconds, achieved in Caracas in 1983.-External links:... Cuba	20.53	Bernie Jackson United States	20.81
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Cliff Wiley Cliff Wiley Cliff Wiley is a former American track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas... United States	45.02	Lázaro Martínez Lazaro Martínez Lázaro Martínez Despaigne is a retired Cuban sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. His personal best of 46.12 was set during the 1991 World Championships.... Cuba	45.37	Gerson de Souza Brazil	45.45
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Agberto Guimarães Agberto Guimarães Agberto Conceição Guimarães is a former Brazilian middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s... Brazil	1:46.31	José Luiz Barbosa José Luiz Barbosa José Luíz Barbosa is a former Brazilian 800m runner, who won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich... Brazil	1:46.65	Stanley Redwine United States	1:47.26
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Agberto Guimarães Agberto Guimarães Agberto Conceição Guimarães is a former Brazilian middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s... Brazil	3:42.91	Ross Donahue United States	3:43.09	Chuck Aragon United States	3:44.57
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Eduardo Castro Almanza is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who won several medals during the early 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *... Mexico	13:54.11	Gerardo Alcalá Mexico	13:54.37	Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes is a former long-distance runner from Gameza, Colombia, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics: in the 10,000 metres , the 5,000 metres and in the men's marathon... Colombia	13:59.68
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	José Gómez José Gómez (athlete) José Gómez Cervantes is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Mexico	29:14.75	Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes is a former long-distance runner from Gameza, Colombia, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics: in the 10,000 metres , the 5,000 metres and in the men's marathon... Colombia	29:17.12	Mark Nenow Mark Nenow Mark Nenow is a retired long-distance runner from the United States. He ran an American record in the 10,000 meters of 27 minutes, 20.56 seconds in Brussels, Belgium on September 5, 1986, which stood until May 4, 2001.-Achievements:... United States	29:22.46
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...	Jorge González Jorge Gonzalez (runner) Jorge Luis González is a famous Puerto Rican marathon runner. He has won many races and competed in many international events, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games and the Olympic Games.... Puerto Rico	2:12:43 (NR)	César Mercado César Mercado César Mercado is a retired Puerto Rican marathon runner. He competed for his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 31st place. He set is personal best in the classis distance in 1982.... Puerto Rico	2:20:30	Miguel Cruz Miguel Cruz Miguel Cruz was a Salvadoran footballer.-Club career:Nicknamed el Americano , Cruz played club football in El Salvador, before going to Chile to play professionally alongside compatriot Armando Chacón at Universidad Católica.-International career:Cruz scored 16 goals for the El Salvador national... Mexico	2:21:12
3000 metre steeplechase	Emilio Ulloa Emilio Ulloa Emilio Ulloa Valenzuela is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-References:* * *... Chile	8:57.62	Carmelo Ríos Carmelo Ríos Carmelo Ríos Figueroa is a retired male long-distance runner from Puerto Rico, who competed for his native country in the men's 3000 m steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics... Puerto Rico	9:01.47	Greg Duhaime Greg Duhaime Greg Duhaime was a Canadian middle distance runner, onetime Canadian record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase.Duhaime's parents reside in Elliot Lake... Canada	9:06.03
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom is a former sprint hurdler from the United States.Born in Vienna, Georgia, an athlete of note Roger excelled at the high jump and discus in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player... United States	13.44	Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez is a former Cuban hurdler.... Cuba	13.51	Tonie Campbell Tonie Campbell Anthony Eugene Campbell is an American Olympic bronze medalist, who finished in third place in the 110m Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.... United States	13.54
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Frank Montiéh Cuba	50.02	Antônio Díaz Ferreira Antônio Díaz Ferreira Antônio Euzébio Díaz Ferreira is a retired Brazilian hurdler.He won the 400 m hurdles bronze medal at the 1981 Summer Universiade... Brazil	50.08	James King James King (athlete) James King is an American hurdler. In 1975 he won the Pan American Games in the 400 Hurdles. He was a top level performer for many years also competing in the United States Olympic Trials in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984... United States	50.31
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Francisco Centelles Francisco Centelles Juan Francisco Centelles Aizpurúa is a retired male high jumper from Cuba.-Achievements:-References:* *... Cuba	2.29	Leo Williams Leo Williams (athlete) Leo Williams is a retired American high jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1981 Summer Universiade and the silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games... United States	2.27	Jorge Alfaro Cuba	2.25
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Mike Tully Mike Tully Michael Scott Tully is an American pole vaulter. He represented the United States twice in the Olympics, earning a silver in 1984, and held the American pole vault record from 1984 to 1985.-Early career:... United States	5.45	Jeff Buckingham United States	5.25	Tom Hintnaus Brazil	5.20
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Jaime Jefferson Jaime Jefferson Jaime Jefferson is a retired long jumper who represented Cuba. Best known for his World Indoor Championships medals, he has also won the Pan American Games twice as well as other regional games.... Cuba	8.03A	Vesco Bradley United States	7.99	Juan Felipe Ortíz Juan Felipe Ortíz Juan Felipe Ortiz is a retired male long jumper who represented Cuba during his career. His main rival during the 1980s and early 1990s was Jaime Jefferson.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	7.91
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Jorge Reyna Jorge Reyna Jorge Reyna is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba who won a silver medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships in Budapest.His personal best jump was 17.48 metres, achieved in February 1987 in Santiago de Cuba... Cuba	17.05	Lázaro Betancourt Lázaro Betancourt Lázaro Betancourt is a retired male triple jumper from Cuba. Best known for his silver medal at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he also won the Central American and Caribbean Games twice. In June 1986 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.78 metres, which puts him 14th place in the... Cuba	16.75	José Salazar José Salazar -Achievements:-References:*... Venezuela	16.26
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Luis Delís Luis Delís Luis Mariano Delís Fournier is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. Specializing in discus throw on the international scene, he won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980 as well as medals at the two first World Championships.In 1990 he tested positive for banned substances... Cuba	18.24	Gert Weil Gert Weil Gert Michael Weil is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. His best performance at a global event was a sixth place at the 1988 Olympic Games... Chile	17.30	Hubert Maingot Trinidad and Tobago	16.48
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Luis Delís Luis Delís Luis Mariano Delís Fournier is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put. Specializing in discus throw on the international scene, he won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980 as well as medals at the two first World Championships.In 1990 he tested positive for banned substances... Cuba	67.32	Bradley Cooper Bradley Cooper (athlete) Bradley "Brad" Cooper is a retired male discus thrower and shot putter from the Bahamas. He competed for his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. Cooper set his personal best, , in the discus event on June 14, 1986 in Nassau.-References:* * *... The Bahamas	62.38	Juan Martínez Cuba	62.04
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Genovevo Morejón Cuba	65.34	Harold Willers Canada	64.22	Alfredo Luis Cuba	63.16
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Laslo Babits Laslo Babits Laslo Babits is a retired male javelin thrower from Canada. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 8th place. He set his personal best in 1984.-Achievements:-References:*... Canada	81.40	Ramón González Ramón González (athlete) Ramón González is a retired male javelin thrower from Cuba, who won a total number of three medals at the Pan American Games during his career.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	78.34	Amado Morales Amado Morales Amado Rigoberto Morales is a retired male javelin thrower from Puerto Rico, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *... Puerto Rico	77.40
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Dave Steen Dave Steen David Lee Steen, CM is a retired Canadian decathlete, a three-time member of the Canadian Summer Olympic Games team and the first Canadian to score more than 8,000 points in the decathlon.... Canada	7958	Douglas Fernández Douglas Fernández Douglas Fernández is a retired male decathlete from Venezuela. His major achievement was winning the silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in 18th place.-References:* *... Venezuela	7726 (NR)	Freddy Aberdeen Venezuela	7262
20 kilometre road walk	Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Ernesto Canto Gudiño is a former Mexican race walker who mainly competed in the 20 kilometre walk.He competed for Mexico at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event.-Achievements:-External links:*... Mexico	1:28:12	Raúl González Mexico	1:29:21	Héctor Moreno Héctor Moreno Héctor José Moreno Moreno is a retired Colombian racewalker. He went to four Olympian games and five world athletics . he is one of the best athletes in the past fifty years because only two Colombians also have a Panamerican title and he is one of them... Colombia	1:30:05
50 kilometre road walk	Raúl González Mexico	4:00:45	Martín Bermúdez Martín Bermúdez Martín Bermúdez Mendoza is a retired male race walker from Mexico.-Achievements:-References:*... Mexico	4:04:20	Querubín Moreno Querubín Moreno José Querubín Moreno is a retired Colombian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:... Colombia	4:23:20
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	United States • Sam Graddy Sam Graddy Samuel Louis Graddy III is a former American athlete and American football player, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.... • Bernie Jackson • Ken Robinson • Elliott Quow Elliott Quow Elliott Quow is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, who was the 4th-ranked 200 meter runner in the world in 1983, only behind Carl Lewis, Calvin Smith and then world record holder Pietro Mennea...	38.49	Cuba • Osvaldo Lara Osvaldo Lara Osvaldo Lara Cañizares is a retired male track and field sprinter from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. He reached both 100/200 finals where he finished 5th in the 100... • Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver Leandro Peñalver is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the sprints. His personal best is 10.06 seconds, achieved in Caracas in 1983.-External links:... • Silvio Leonard Silvio Leonard Silvio Leonard Sarría also known as Silvio Leonard Tartabull is a former sprinter from Cuba. He was the second athlete to run the 100 metres in less than 10 seconds with electronic timing, running in 9.98 seconds on August 11, 1977 in Guadalajara. The first was 1968 Olympic champion Jim Hines... • José Isalgue	38.55	Brazil • Gerson de Souza • João Batista da Silva • Nelson Rocha • Robson da Silva Robson da Silva Robson Caetano da Silva is the most successful Brazilian sprinter to date. He participated in four consecutive Olympic Summer Games and won the bronze medal over 200 metres in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as well as in the 4×100 m relay in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.Possibly Da Silva's greatest...	39.08
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	United States • Alonzo Babers Alonzo Babers Alonzo C. Babers is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 400 m and the 4x400 m relay.... • Mike Bradley • James Rolle • Eddie Carey	3:00.47	Brazil • Evaldo da Silva • José Luiz Barbosa José Luiz Barbosa José Luíz Barbosa is a former Brazilian 800m runner, who won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich... • Agberto Guimarães Agberto Guimarães Agberto Conceição Guimarães is a former Brazilian middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s... • Gerson de Souza	3:02.79	Cuba • Lázaro Martínez Lazaro Martínez Lázaro Martínez Despaigne is a retired Cuban sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992. His personal best of 46.12 was set during the 1991 World Championships.... • Augustin Pavo • Carlos Reyte • Héctor Herrera Héctor Herrera Héctor Herrera Ortiz is a retired 800 metres runner from Cuba who won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 400 metres relay in Barcelona 1992, together with teammates Lázaro Martínez, Norberto Téllez and Roberto Hernández....	3:03.15

Women's Events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Esmeralda García Esmeralda García Esmeralda de Jesus Freitas García Silami is a retired long and triple jumper from Brazil, who also competed in the sprint events. A two-time Olympian she is best known for setting the world record in the women's triple jump on June 5, 1986 in Indianapolis: 13.68 metres.-References:**... Brazil	11.31	Jackie Washington Jackie Washington Jackie Washington was a Canadian blues musician.Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Washington became Canada's first black disk jockey in 1948, at CHML in Hamilton.... United States	11.33	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	11.38
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Randy Givens United States	23.14	LaShon Nedd United States	23.39	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	23.39
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Charmaine Crooks Charmaine Crooks Charmaine Crooks , is a Canadian athlete, five-time Olympian and Olympic Silver Medalist . Charmaine was born in Mandeville, Jamaica, but represented Canada for close to 20 years in athletics... Canada	51.49	Ana Fidelia Quirot Ana Fidelia Quirot Ana Fidelia Quirot is a female athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m.... Cuba	51.83	Esther Gabriel United States	52.45
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Nery McKeen Nery McKeen Nery McKeen is a retired Cuban middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.Her personal best time was 2.00.23 minutes, achieved in June 1985 in Prague.-Achievements:... Cuba	2:02.20	Ranza Clark Ranza Clark Ranza Clark is a retired middle distance runner from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's 1.500 metres at the 1983 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 15th place in the women's 800 metres.-Achievements:-References:*... Canada	2:02.44	Alejandra Ramos Alejandra Ramos Alejandra Purisina Ramos Sánchez is a retired female middle-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native South American country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Ramos obtained a personal best time of 4:13.07 in the 1,500 metres event in... Chile	2:03.65
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Ranza Clark Ranza Clark Ranza Clark is a retired middle distance runner from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's 1.500 metres at the 1983 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 15th place in the women's 800 metres.-Achievements:-References:*... Canada	4:16.18	Cindy Bremser Cindy Bremser Cynthia Mae Bremser is a retired middle distance runner from the United States. She finished fourth in the 3,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She won the silver medal in the 1,500 metres at the 1983 Pan American games.... United States	4:17.67	Missy Kane United States	4:21.39
3000 metres 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Joan Benoit Samuelson is an American marathon runner, who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the year that the women's marathon was introduced. As a result she was the first ever women's Olympic marathon champion. Benoit Samuelson still holds the fastest times for an American... United States	9:14.19	Brenda Webb United States	9:28.69	Monica Regonesi Monica Regonesi Mónica Patricia Regonesi Muranda is female long-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 32nd place in the women's marathon. Regonesi set her personal best in the classic distance in 1988... Chile	9:41.87
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Benita Fitzgerald United States	13.16	Kim Turner Kim Turner Kimberly "Kim" Turner is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 meter Hurdles.She competed for the United States in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, USA in the 100 meter hurdles where she won the bronze medal jointly with Michèle Chardonnet of France.While at Mumford High... United States	13.39	Elida Aveillé Cuba	13.41
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Judi Brown Judi Brown Judith Lynne Brown-King is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles.She competed for the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she won the silver medal in the women's 400 metre hurdles event.Brown was a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American... United States	56.03	Sharieffa Barksdale United States	56.09	Gwen Wall Canada	56.93
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Coleen Sommer Coleen Sommer Coleen Sommer is a retired high jumper from the United States, who was born as Coleen Rienstra. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She set her personal best on 1982-06-26 in Durham.As a student at Arizona State University, she captured two... United States	1.91	Silvia Costa Silvia Costa Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez is a former high jumper from Cuba most known for winning medals at the 1985 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. She also has three medals from the Summer Universiade... Cuba	1.88	Joni Huntley Joni Huntley Joni Luann Huntley is an American athlete who won the bronze medal in the women's high jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.... United States	1.82
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Kathy McMillan Kathy McMillan Kathy McMillan is a retired American athlete, who mainly competed in the long jump event.... United States	6.70	Eloína Echevarría Eloína Echevarría Eloína C. Echevarría is a retired Cuban long jumper and triple jumper.Her personal best jumps were 6.59 metres in the long jump, achieved in February 1979 in Havana; and 14.34 in the triple jump, achieved in February 1995 in Havana.... Cuba	6.61	Pat Johnson United States	6.33
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	María Elena Sarría María Elena Sarría María Elena Sarría Díaz is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the shot put during her career. Her personal best throw was 20.61 metres, and with 19.34 metres she still holds the Pan American Games record in the event.-Achievements:-External links:*... Cuba	19.34	Rosa Fernández Cuba	17.39	Lorna Griffin Lorna Griffin Lorna Joann Griffin is a retired female shot putter and discus thrower from the United States. A two-time bronze medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games she competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 9th and 12th place .-References:*... United States	16.61
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	María Betancourt María Betancourt María Cristina Betancourt Ramírez is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 66.54 metres, achieved in February 1981 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba	59.62	Maritza Martén Maritza Martén Maritza Martén García is a retired female discus thrower from Cuba who competed in the discus contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. She also won the 1987 Pan American Games. Her personal best throw of 70.68m was achieved in 1992.-Achievements:-External reference:*... Cuba	59.62	Lorna Griffin Lorna Griffin Lorna Joann Griffin is a retired female shot putter and discus thrower from the United States. A two-time bronze medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games she competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing in 9th and 12th place .-References:*... United States	56.52
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	María Caridad Colón Cuba	63.76	Mayra Vila Cuba	63.32	Marieta Riera Marieta Riera Marieta Riera is a retired Venezuelan track and field athlete who competed in the women's javelin throw competition during her career.-Achievements:-External links:... Venezuela	53.60
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Conceição Geremias Conceição Geremias Conceição Aparecida Geremias is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from Brazil, who won the gold medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas. She is a three-time Olympian.-Achievements:-References:... Brazil	6084	Cindy Greiner Cindy Greiner Cynthia Greiner is a retired female heptathlete and long jumper from the United States, who won the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, United States. She is a two-time U.S. champion... United States	6068	Elida Aveillé Cuba	5755
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	United States	43.21	Trinidad and Tobago	44.63	Canada	44.77
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	United States	3:29.97	Canada	3:30.24	Cuba	3:30.76

Medal table

1	United States	14	11	13	38
2	Cuba	12	12	10	34
3	Brazil	4	3	3	10
3	Canada	4	3	3	10
5	Mexico	4	3	1	8
6	Puerto Rico	1	2	1	4
7	Chile	1	1	2	4
8	Colombia	0	1	3	4
8	Venezuela	0	1	3	4
10	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	1	2
11	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
11	The Bahamas	0	1	0	1

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