1979 Pan American Games / Athletics
At the Pan American Games in 1979 in San Juan ( Puerto Rico ) 39 competitions were held in athletics , 24 of them for men and 15 for women.
Men
100 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Silvio Leonard |
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10.13 |
2 | Harvey Glance |
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10.19 |
3 | Emmit King |
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10.30 |
4th | Nelson dos Santos |
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10.33 |
5 | Rui da Silva |
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10.41 |
6th | Osvaldo Lara |
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10.47 |
7th | Rawle Clarke |
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10.48 |
8th | Desai Williams |
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10.58 |
Wind: 1.5 m / s
200 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Silvio Leonard |
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20.37 |
2 | James Gilkes |
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20.46 |
3 | Don Coleman |
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20.56 |
4th | Altevir de Araújo |
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20.60 |
5 | Floyd Brown |
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20.74 |
6th | Desai Williams |
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20.98 |
7th | Osvaldo Lara |
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21.00 |
8th | Rudy Levarity |
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21.08 |
Wind: 3.9 m / s
400 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Tony Darden |
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45.11 |
2 | Alberto Juantorena |
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45.24 |
3 | Willie Smith |
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45.30 |
4th | Bert Cameron |
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45.97 |
5 | Brian Saunders |
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46.16 |
6th | Colin Bradford |
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46.36 |
7th | Clyde Edwards |
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46.66 |
8th | Joseph Coombs |
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46.98 |
800 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | James Robinson |
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1: 46.3 |
2 | Alberto Juantorena |
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1: 46.4 |
3 | Agberto Guimarães |
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1: 46.8 |
4th | Owen Hamilton |
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1: 47.3 |
5 | Emilio Ulloa |
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1: 49.2 |
6th | Leandro Civil |
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1: 49.5 |
7th | Doug Wournell |
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1: 50.0 |
8th | Cristián Molina |
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1: 51.7 |
1500 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Don Paige |
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3: 40.4 |
2 | Todd Harbor |
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3: 41.5 |
3 | Agberto Guimarães |
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3: 41.5 |
4th | Eduardo Castro |
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3: 42.1 |
5 | John Craig |
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3: 42.6 |
6th | Peter Spir |
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3: 46.0 |
7th | Michael Watson |
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3: 46.3 |
8th | José González |
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3: 46.7 |
5000 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Matt Centrowitz |
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14: 01.0 |
2 | Herb Lindsay |
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14: 04.1 |
3 | Rodolfo Gomez |
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14: 05.0 |
4th | Enrique Aquino |
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14: 05.9 |
5 | Peter Butler |
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14: 07.6 |
6th | Jaime Velez |
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14: 17.2 |
7th | Victor Mora |
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14: 17.7 |
8th | Jorge Monín |
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14: 21.3 |
10,000 meter run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rodolfo Gomez |
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29: 02.4 |
2 | Enrique Aquino |
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29: 03.9 |
3 | Frank Shorter |
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29: 06.4 |
4th | Ric Rojas |
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29: 09.8 |
5 | Peter Butler |
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29: 20.4 |
6th | Victor Mora |
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29: 27.4 |
7th | Elói Schleder |
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29: 35.6 |
8th | Jaime Velez |
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30: 12.2 |
marathon
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
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1 | Radamés González |
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2:24:10 |
2 | Luis Barboza |
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2:24:44 |
3 | Rich Hughson |
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2:25:34 |
4th | Héctor Rodríguez |
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2:25:51 |
5 | Edmundo Warnke |
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2:26:14 |
6th | Tom Fleming |
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2:28:06 |
7th | Tom Howard |
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2:28:50 |
8th | Francisco Vargas |
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2:29:11 |
20 km walking
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Bautista |
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1:28:15 |
2 | Neal Pyke |
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1:30:17 |
3 | Todd Scully |
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1:32:30 |
4th | Santiago Fonseca |
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1:35:20 |
5 | Marcel Jobin |
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1:38:42 |
6th | Domingo Colin |
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1:40:02 |
7th | Ernesto Alfaro |
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1:41:30 |
8th | Alexis López |
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1:41:33 |
50 km of walking
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Raúl González |
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4:05:17 |
2 | Martín Bermúdez |
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4:11:13 |
3 | Marco Evoniuk |
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4:24:20 |
4th | Ernesto Alfaro |
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4:39:36 |
5 | Vince O'Sullivan |
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4:44:20 |
6th | Ismael Soto |
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4:51:04 |
7th | Henry Klein |
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5:17:01 |
110 meter hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Renaldo Nehemiah |
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13.20 |
2 | Alejandro Casañas |
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13.46 |
3 | Charles Foster |
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13.56 |
4th | Pat Fogarty |
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14.13 |
5 | Rafael Echavarría |
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14.15 |
6th | Dionisio Vera |
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14.32 |
7th | Mariano Reyes |
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14.73 |
8th | Jesús Costas |
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14.75 |
Wind: 2.0 m / s
400 meter hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | James Walker |
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49.66 |
2 | Antônio Dias Ferreira |
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50.85 |
3 | Frank Montiéh |
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51.30 |
4th | Julio Ferrer |
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51.48 |
5 | Ian Newhouse |
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51.58 |
6th | Donizete Soares |
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51.72 |
7th | Carlos Yambot |
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51.76 |
8th | Luis Misigñak |
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53.08 |
3000 meter obstacle course
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Henry Marsh |
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8: 43.6 |
2 | Bill McCullough |
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8: 44.7 |
3 | Demetrio Cabanillos |
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8: 52.4 |
4th | José Cobo |
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9: 01.6 |
5 | Greg Duhaime |
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9: 02.0 |
6th | Modesto Comprés |
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9: 07.9 |
7th | Octavio Guadarrama |
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9: 18.1 |
8th | Luis Palma |
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9: 21.3 |
4 x 100 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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1 |
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Harvey Glance Mike Roberson Cliff Wiley Steve Riddick |
38.85 |
2 |
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Alejandro Casañas Juan Saborit Silvio Leonard Osvaldo Lara |
39.14 |
3 |
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Milton de Castro Rui da Silva Nelson dos Santos Altevir de Araújo |
39.44 |
4th |
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39.83 | |
5 |
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39.92 | |
6th |
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40.28 | |
7th |
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40.44 |
4 x 400 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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1 |
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Tony Darden Maurice Peoples Herman Frazier James Walker |
3: 03.8 |
2 |
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Colin Bradford Floyd Brown Ian Stapleton Bert Cameron |
3: 04.7 |
3 |
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Alberto Juantorena Pedro Tanis Carlos Álvarez Frank Montiéh |
3: 06.3 |
4th |
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3: 09.2 | |
5 |
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3: 10.9 | |
6th |
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3: 11.6 | |
7th |
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3: 14.1 | |
8th |
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3: 14.6 |
high jump
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Franklin Jacobs |
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2.26 |
2 | Benn Fields |
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2.19 |
3 | Milton Ottey |
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2.19 |
4th | Francisco Centelles |
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2.17 |
5 | Dean Bauck |
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2.15 |
6th | Carlos Acosta |
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2.15 |
7th | Cristóbal de León |
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2.12 |
8th | Richard Spencer |
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2.09 |
Pole vault
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bruce Simpson |
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5.15 |
2 | Greg Woepse |
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5.05 |
3 | Brian Morrissette |
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4.85 |
Long jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | João Carlos de Oliveira |
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8.18 |
2 | David Giralt |
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8.15 |
3 | Carl Lewis |
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8.13 |
4th | Altevir de Araújo |
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7.73 |
5 | Ray Quiñones |
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7.52 |
6th | Richard Rock |
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7.31 |
7th | Agustin Newland |
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7.31 |
8th | Calvin Greenaway |
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6.85 |
Triple jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | João Carlos de Oliveira |
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17.27 |
2 | Willie Banks |
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16.88 |
3 | James Butts |
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16.69 |
4th | Alejandro Herrera |
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16.46 |
5 | Carmelo Martínez |
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16.28 |
6th | Francisco de Oliveira |
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15.93 |
7th | Wilfredo Almonte |
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15.69 |
8th | Ernesto Torres |
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15.06 |
Shot put
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dave Loud |
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20.22 |
2 | Bishop Dolegiewicz |
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19.67 |
3 | Bruno Pauletto |
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19.61 |
4th | Al Feuerbach |
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18.86 |
5 | Luis Delís |
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18.21 |
6th | Nicolás Hernández |
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16.37 |
7th | Radai Mendoza |
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16.17 |
8th | Bradley Cooper |
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15.37 |
Discus throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mac Wilkins |
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63.30 |
2 | Bradley Cooper |
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62.16 |
3 | Luis Delís |
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61.60 |
4th | Juan Martínez |
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60.80 |
5 | Borys Chambul |
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59.42 |
6th | Robert Gray |
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54.30 |
7th | Gert Weil |
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43.24 |
Hammer throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Neilson |
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69.64 |
2 | Armando Orozco |
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68.48 |
3 | Genovevo Morejón |
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67.66 |
4th | Andy Bessette |
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66.22 |
5 | José Vallejo |
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59.50 |
6th | Daniel Gomez |
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58.58 |
7th | Luis Martínez |
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54.20 |
8th | Mario Egnem |
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51.52 |
Javelin throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Duncan Atwood |
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84.16 |
2 | Antonio González |
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84.12 |
3 | Raúl Pupo |
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81.96 |
4th | Phil Olsen |
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76.28 |
5 | Amado Morales |
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76.00 |
6th | Rod Ewaliko |
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75.78 |
7th | Ramón Ángel Garmendia |
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72.24 |
8th | Denes Pajtas |
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65.70 |
Decathlon
space | athlete | country | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bobby Coffman |
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8078 |
2 | Tito Steiner |
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7638 |
3 | Zenon Smiechowski |
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7337 |
4th | Roberto Steinmetz |
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7021 |
5 | Roberto McFarlane |
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6669 |
Women
100 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Evelyn Ashford |
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11.07 |
2 | Brenda Morehead |
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11.11 |
3 | Angella Taylor |
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11.36 |
4th | Silvia Chivás |
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11.48 |
5 | Leleith Hodges |
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11.49 |
6th | Rosie Allwood |
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11.69 |
7th | Sheila de Oliveira |
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11.80 |
8th | Isabel Taylor |
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11.94 |
Wind: 0.8 m / s
200 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Evelyn Ashford |
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22.24 |
2 | Angella Taylor |
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22.74 |
3 | Merlene Ottey |
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22.79 |
4th | Valerie Brisco |
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22.84 |
5 | Jacqueline Pusey |
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23.08 |
6th | Candy Ford |
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23.70 |
7th | Silvia Chivás |
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23.79 |
8th | Beatriz Allocco |
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23.99 |
Wind: 2.2 m / s
400 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Sharon Dabney |
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51.81 |
2 | June Griffith |
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51.81 |
3 | Patricia Jackson |
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52.32 |
4th | Aurelia Pentón |
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52.71 |
5 | Micheline Racette |
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53.30 |
6th | Helen Blake |
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53.41 |
7th | Marita Payne |
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53.99 |
8th | Joyce dos Santos |
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56.49 |
800 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Essie Kelley |
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2: 01.2 |
2 | Julie Brown |
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2: 01.2 |
3 | Aurelia Pentón |
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2: 02.1 |
4th | Anne Mackie-Morelli |
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2: 03.0 |
5 | Nery McKeen |
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2: 05.4 |
6th | Alejandra Ramos |
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2: 06.2 |
7th | Brit McRoberts |
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2: 06.7 |
8th | Soraya Telles |
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2: 07.3 |
1500 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
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1 | Mary Decker |
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4: 05.7 |
2 | Julie Brown |
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4: 06.4 |
3 | Penny Bales |
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4: 14.8 |
4th | Francine Gendron |
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4: 15.0 |
5 | Alejandra Ramos |
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4: 24.8 |
6th | Ileana Hocking |
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4: 27.3 |
7th | Soraya Telles |
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4: 30.2 |
8th | Carmen Garduño |
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4: 40.4 |
3000 meter run
space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jan Merrill |
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8: 53.6 |
2 | Julie Brown |
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8: 59.9 |
3 | Geri Fitch |
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9: 35.7 |
4th | Carmen Garduño |
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9: 49.5 |
5 | Carmen Montañez |
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10: 14.8 |
6th | Angelita Lind |
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10: 30.8 |
7th | Norma Franco |
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10: 55.8 |
8th | Edith Rodríguez |
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11: 41.5 |
100 meter hurdles
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Deby LaPlante |
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12.90 |
2 | Sharon Lane |
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13.56 |
3 | Grisel Machado |
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13.60 |
4th | Candy Young |
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13.67 |
5 | Cecilia Branch |
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14.03 |
6th | Beatriz Capotosto |
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14.18 |
7th | Nancy Vallecilla |
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14.23 |
8th | Maria Larrazábal |
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14.53 |
Wind: 3.9 m / s
4 x 100 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
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1 |
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Valerie Brisco Chandra Cheeseborough Brenda Morehead Karen Hawkins |
43.30 |
2 |
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Leleith Hodges Rosie Allwood Carmetta Drummond Merlene Ottey |
44.18 |
3 |
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Eloína Echevarría Isabel Taylor Marta Zulueta Silvia Chivás |
46.26 |
4th |
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46.98 | |
5 |
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47.25 |
4 x 400 meter relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
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1 |
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Essie Kelley Sharon Dabney Patricia Jackson Rosalyn Bryant |
3: 29.4 |
2 |
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Ana Luisa Guibert Nery McKeen Ana Fidelia Quirot Aurelia Pentón |
3: 36.3 |
3 |
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Anne Mackie-Morelli Jeanette Wood Marita Payne Micheline Racette |
3: 37.6 |
4th |
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3: 45.7 | |
5 |
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3: 49.4 |
high jump
space | Athlete | country | Height (m) |
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1 | Louise Ritter |
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1.93 |
2 | Pam Spencer |
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1.87 |
3 | Debbie Brill |
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1.85 |
4th | Julie White |
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1.85 |
5 | Maria Luisa Betioli |
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1.83 |
6th | Angela Carbonell |
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1.81 |
7th | Elizabeth Huber |
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1.74 |
8th | Silvia Costa |
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1.74 |
Long jump
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kathy McMillan |
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6.46 |
2 | Ana Alexander |
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6.31 |
3 | Eloína Echevarría |
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6.27 |
4th | Diane Konihowski |
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6.10 |
5 | Jane Frederick |
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6.10 |
6th | Shonel Ferguson |
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6.07 |
7th | Madeline de Jesús |
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5.88 |
8th | Jill Ross |
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5.85 |
Shot put
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | María Elena Sarría |
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18.81 |
2 | Maren Seidler |
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18.57 |
3 | Carmen Ionesco |
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16.50 |
4th | Ann Turbyne |
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16.45 |
5 | Hilda Ramirez |
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15.96 |
6th | Lucette Moreau |
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14.90 |
7th | Vicky Lopez |
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12.36 |
Discus throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Carmen Romero |
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60.58 |
2 | Maria Cristina Betancourt |
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60.44 |
3 | Carmen Ionesco |
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57.14 |
4th | Lorna Griffin |
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54.08 |
5 | Lucette Moreau |
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52.52 |
6th | Lynne Winbigler |
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51.65 |
7th | Norma Lucía Azcune |
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40.36 |
8th | Elena Cajigas |
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38.92 |
Javelin throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | María Caridad Colón |
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62.30 |
2 | Lynn Cannon |
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56.48 |
3 | Cathy Sulinski |
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56.44 |
4th | Laurie Kern |
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55.70 |
5 | Marli dos Santos |
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52.66 |
6th | Ana Núñez |
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48.84 |
7th | Sonya Smith |
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46.54 |
8th | Vicky Lopez |
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41.14 |
Pentathlon
space | Athlete | country | Points |
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1 | Diane Konihowski |
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4605 |
2 | Jodi Anderson |
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4434 |
3 | Jill Ross |
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4112 |
4th | Olga Verissimo |
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3865 |
5 | Nancy Vallecilla |
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3818 |
6th | Yvonne Neddermann |
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3815 |
7th | María Ángeles Cato |
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3782 |
8th | Elida Aveillé |
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3706 |
Web links
- VIII Pan American Game, San Juan 1979 on trackfield.brinkster.net