Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games

The Athletics Competition at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela.

Medal summary

Men's Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Leandro Peñalver Cuba	10.06	Sam Graddy United States	10.18	Osvaldo Lara Cuba	10.21
200 metres	Elliott Quow United States	20.42	Leandro Peñalver Cuba	20.53	Bernie Jackson United States	20.81
400 metres	Cliff Wiley United States	45.02	Lázaro Martínez Cuba	45.37	Gerson de Souza Brazil	45.45
800 metres	Agberto Guimarães Brazil	1:46.31	José Luíz Barbosa Brazil	1:46.65	Stanley Redwine United States	1:47.26
1500 metres	Agberto Guimarães Brazil	3:42.91	Ross Donoghue United States	3:43.09	Chuck Aragon United States	3:44.57
5000 metres	Eduardo Castro Mexico	13:54.11	Gerardo Alcalá Mexico	13:54.37	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	13:59.68
10000 metres	José Gómez Mexico	29:14.75	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	29:17.12	Mark Nenow United States	29:22.46
Marathon	Jorge González Puerto Rico	2:12:43 (NR)	César Mercado Puerto Rico	2:20:30	Miguel Cruz Mexico	2:21:12
3000 metre steeplechase	Emilio Ulloa Chile	8:57.62	Carmelo Ríos Puerto Rico	9:01.47	Greg Duhaime Canada	9:06.03
110 metres hurdles	Roger Kingdom United States	13.44	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.51	Tonie Campbell United States	13.54
400 metres hurdles	Frank Montiéh Cuba	50.02	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	50.08	James King United States	50.31
4 × 100 metres relay	United States • Sam Graddy • Bernie Jackson • Ken Robinson • Elliott Quow	38.49	Cuba • Osvaldo Lara • Leandro Peñalver • Silvio Leonard • José Isalgue	38.55	Brazil • Gerson de Souza • João Batista da Silva • Nelson dos Santos • Robson da Silva	39.08
4 × 400 metres relay	United States • Alonzo Babers • Mike Bradley • James Rolle • Eddie Carey	3:00.47	Brazil • Evaldo da Silva • José Luiz Barbosa • Agberto Guimarães • Gerson de Souza	3:02.79	Cuba • Lázaro Martínez • Agustín Pavó • Carlos Reyte • Héctor Herrera	3:03.15
High jump	Francisco Centelles Cuba	2.29	Leo Williams United States	2.27	Jorge Alfaro Cuba	2.25
Pole vault	Mike Tully United States	5.45	Jeff Buckingham United States	5.25	Tomás Valdemar Hintnaus Brazil	5.20
Long jump	Jaime Jefferson Cuba	8.03A	Vesco Bradley United States	7.99	Juan Felipe Ortiz Cuba	7.91
Triple jump	Jorge Reyna Cuba	17.05	Lázaro Betancourt Cuba	16.75	José Salazar Venezuela	16.26
Shot put	Luis Delís Cuba	18.24	Gert Weil Chile	17.30	Hubert Maingot Trinidad and Tobago	16.48
Discus throw	Luis Delís Cuba	67.32	Bradley Cooper Bahamas	62.38	Juan Martínez Cuba	62.04
Hammer throw	Genovevo Morejón Cuba	65.34	Harold Willers Canada	64.22	Alfredo Luis Cuba	63.16
Javelin throw	Laslo Babits Canada	81.40	Ramón González Cuba	78.34	Amado Morales Puerto Rico	77.40
Decathlon	Dave Steen Canada	7958	Douglas Fernández Venezuela	7726 (NR)	Freddy Aberdeen Venezuela	7262
20 kilometre road walk	Ernesto Canto Mexico	1:28:12	Raúl González Mexico	1:29:21	Héctor Moreno Colombia	1:30:05
50 kilometre road walk	Raúl González Mexico	4:00:45	Martín Bermúdez Mexico	4:04:20	Querubín Moreno Colombia	4:23:20

Women's Events

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	14	11	13	38
2	Cuba	12	12	10	34
3	Brazil	4	3	3	10
	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
	Venezuela	0	1	3	4
10	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	1	2
11	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
	Bahamas	0	1	0	1

See also

• 1983 in athletics (track and field)

References

• GBR Athletics