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)
1	Silvio Leonard	CUB	10.13
2	Harvey Glance	United States	10.19
3	Emmit King	United States	10.30
4th	Nelson dos Santos	BRA	10.33
5	Rui da Silva	BRA	10.41
6th	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	10.47
7th	Rawle Clarke	BAR	10.48
8th	Desai Williams	CAN	10.58

Wind: 1.5 m / s

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Silvio Leonard	CUB	20.37
2	James Gilkes	GUY	20.46
3	Don Coleman	United States	20.56
4th	Altevir de Araújo	BRA	20.60
5	Floyd Brown	JAM	20.74
6th	Desai Williams	CAN	20.98
7th	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	21.00
8th	Rudy Levarity	BAH	21.08

Wind: 3.9 m / s

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tony Darden	United States	45.11
2	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	45.24
3	Willie Smith	United States	45.30
4th	Bert Cameron	JAM	45.97
5	Brian Saunders	CAN	46.16
6th	Colin Bradford	JAM	46.36
7th	Clyde Edwards	BAR	46.66
8th	Joseph Coombs	TRI	46.98

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	James Robinson	United States	1: 46.3
2	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	1: 46.4
3	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	1: 46.8
4th	Owen Hamilton	JAM	1: 47.3
5	Emilio Ulloa	CHI	1: 49.2
6th	Leandro Civil	CUB	1: 49.5
7th	Doug Wournell	CAN	1: 50.0
8th	Cristián Molina	CHI	1: 51.7

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Don Paige	United States	3: 40.4
2	Todd Harbor	United States	3: 41.5
3	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	3: 41.5
4th	Eduardo Castro	MEX	3: 42.1
5	John Craig	CAN	3: 42.6
6th	Peter Spir	CAN	3: 46.0
7th	Michael Watson	BER	3: 46.3
8th	José González	VEN	3: 46.7

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Matt Centrowitz	United States	14: 01.0
2	Herb Lindsay	United States	14: 04.1
3	Rodolfo Gomez	MEX	14: 05.0
4th	Enrique Aquino	MEX	14: 05.9
5	Peter Butler	CAN	14: 07.6
6th	Jaime Velez	PURE	14: 17.2
7th	Victor Mora	COL	14: 17.7
8th	Jorge Monín	ARG	14: 21.3

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Rodolfo Gomez	MEX	29: 02.4
2	Enrique Aquino	MEX	29: 03.9
3	Frank Shorter	United States	29: 06.4
4th	Ric Rojas	United States	29: 09.8
5	Peter Butler	CAN	29: 20.4
6th	Victor Mora	COL	29: 27.4
7th	Elói Schleder	BRA	29: 35.6
8th	Jaime Velez	PURE	30: 12.2

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Radamés González	CUB	2:24:10
2	Luis Barboza	COL	2:24:44
3	Rich Hughson	CAN	2:25:34
4th	Héctor Rodríguez	COL	2:25:51
5	Edmundo Warnke	CHI	2:26:14
6th	Tom Fleming	United States	2:28:06
7th	Tom Howard	CAN	2:28:50
8th	Francisco Vargas	PURE	2:29:11

20 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Daniel Bautista	MEX	1:28:15
2	Neal Pyke	United States	1:30:17
3	Todd Scully	United States	1:32:30
4th	Santiago Fonseca	HON	1:35:20
5	Marcel Jobin	CAN	1:38:42
6th	Domingo Colin	MEX	1:40:02
7th	Ernesto Alfaro	COL	1:41:30
8th	Alexis López	CRC	1:41:33

50 km of walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Raúl González	MEX	4:05:17
2	Martín Bermúdez	MEX	4:11:13
3	Marco Evoniuk	United States	4:24:20
4th	Ernesto Alfaro	COL	4:39:36
5	Vince O'Sullivan	United States	4:44:20
6th	Ismael Soto	PURE	4:51:04
7th	Henry Klein	ISV	5:17:01

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	13.20
2	Alejandro Casañas	CUB	13.46
3	Charles Foster	United States	13.56
4th	Pat Fogarty	CAN	14.13
5	Rafael Echavarría	MEX	14.15
6th	Dionisio Vera	CUB	14.32
7th	Mariano Reyes	DOM	14.73
8th	Jesús Costas	PURE	14.75

Wind: 2.0 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	James Walker	United States	49.66
2	Antônio Dias Ferreira	BRA	50.85
3	Frank Montiéh	CUB	51.30
4th	Julio Ferrer	PURE	51.48
5	Ian Newhouse	CAN	51.58
6th	Donizete Soares	BRA	51.72
7th	Carlos Yambot	PURE	51.76
8th	Luis Misigñak	CUB	53.08

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Henry Marsh	United States	8: 43.6
2	Bill McCullough	United States	8: 44.7
3	Demetrio Cabanillos	MEX	8: 52.4
4th	José Cobo	CUB	9: 01.6
5	Greg Duhaime	CAN	9: 02.0
6th	Modesto Comprés	DOM	9: 07.9
7th	Octavio Guadarrama	MEX	9: 18.1
8th	Luis Palma	CHI	9: 21.3

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Harvey Glance Mike Roberson Cliff Wiley Steve Riddick	38.85
2	Cuba	Alejandro Casañas Juan Saborit Silvio Leonard Osvaldo Lara	39.14
3	Brazil	Milton de Castro Rui da Silva Nelson dos Santos Altevir de Araújo	39.44
4th	Jamaica		39.83
5	Canada		39.92
6th	Puerto Rico		40.28
7th	Trinidad and Tobago		40.44

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Tony Darden Maurice Peoples Herman Frazier James Walker	3: 03.8
2	Jamaica	Colin Bradford Floyd Brown Ian Stapleton Bert Cameron	3: 04.7
3	Cuba	Alberto Juantorena Pedro Tanis Carlos Álvarez Frank Montiéh	3: 06.3
4th	Canada		3: 09.2
5	Brazil		3: 10.9
6th	Trinidad and Tobago		3: 11.6
7th	Dominican. republic		3: 14.1
8th	Antigua and Barbuda		3: 14.6

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Franklin Jacobs	United States	2.26
2	Benn Fields	United States	2.19
3	Milton Ottey	CAN	2.19
4th	Francisco Centelles	CUB	2.17
5	Dean Bauck	CAN	2.15
6th	Carlos Acosta	PURE	2.15
7th	Cristóbal de León	DOM	2.12
8th	Richard Spencer	CUB	2.09

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Bruce Simpson	CAN	5.15
2	Greg Woepse	United States	5.05
3	Brian Morrissette	ISV	4.85

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	João Carlos de Oliveira	BRA	8.18
2	David Giralt	CUB	8.15
3	Carl Lewis	United States	8.13
4th	Altevir de Araújo	BRA	7.73
5	Ray Quiñones	PURE	7.52
6th	Richard Rock	CAN	7.31
7th	Agustin Newland	CUB	7.31
8th	Calvin Greenaway	ANT	6.85

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	João Carlos de Oliveira	BRA	17.27
2	Willie Banks	United States	16.88
3	James Butts	United States	16.69
4th	Alejandro Herrera	CUB	16.46
5	Carmelo Martínez	CUB	16.28
6th	Francisco de Oliveira	BRA	15.93
7th	Wilfredo Almonte	DOM	15.69
8th	Ernesto Torres	PURE	15.06

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dave Loud	United States	20.22
2	Bishop Dolegiewicz	CAN	19.67
3	Bruno Pauletto	CAN	19.61
4th	Al Feuerbach	United States	18.86
5	Luis Delís	CUB	18.21
6th	Nicolás Hernández	CUB	16.37
7th	Radai Mendoza	PURE	16.17
8th	Bradley Cooper	BAH	15.37

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mac Wilkins	United States	63.30
2	Bradley Cooper	BAH	62.16
3	Luis Delís	CUB	61.60
4th	Juan Martínez	CUB	60.80
5	Borys Chambul	CAN	59.42
6th	Robert Gray	CAN	54.30
7th	Gert Weil	CHI	43.24

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Scott Neilson	CAN	69.64
2	Armando Orozco	CUB	68.48
3	Genovevo Morejón	CUB	67.66
4th	Andy Bessette	United States	66.22
5	José Vallejo	ARG	59.50
6th	Daniel Gomez	ARG	58.58
7th	Luis Martínez	PURE	54.20
8th	Mario Egnem	CHI	51.52

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Duncan Atwood	United States	84.16
2	Antonio González	CUB	84.12
3	Raúl Pupo	CUB	81.96
4th	Phil Olsen	CAN	76.28
5	Amado Morales	PURE	76.00
6th	Rod Ewaliko	United States	75.78
7th	Ramón Ángel Garmendia	ARG	72.24
8th	Denes Pajtas	CAN	65.70

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Bobby Coffman	United States	8078
2	Tito Steiner	ARG	7638
3	Zenon Smiechowski	CAN	7337
4th	Roberto Steinmetz	ARG	7021
5	Roberto McFarlane	CRC	6669

Women

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.07
2	Brenda Morehead	United States	11.11
3	Angella Taylor	CAN	11.36
4th	Silvia Chivás	CUB	11.48
5	Leleith Hodges	JAM	11.49
6th	Rosie Allwood	JAM	11.69
7th	Sheila de Oliveira	BRA	11.80
8th	Isabel Taylor	CUB	11.94

Wind: 0.8 m / s

200 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	22.24
2	Angella Taylor	CAN	22.74
3	Merlene Ottey	JAM	22.79
4th	Valerie Brisco	United States	22.84
5	Jacqueline Pusey	JAM	23.08
6th	Candy Ford	BER	23.70
7th	Silvia Chivás	CUB	23.79
8th	Beatriz Allocco	ARG	23.99

Wind: 2.2 m / s

400 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sharon Dabney	United States	51.81
2	June Griffith	GUY	51.81
3	Patricia Jackson	United States	52.32
4th	Aurelia Pentón	CUB	52.71
5	Micheline Racette	CAN	53.30
6th	Helen Blake	JAM	53.41
7th	Marita Payne	CAN	53.99
8th	Joyce dos Santos	BRA	56.49

800 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Essie Kelley	United States	2: 01.2
2	Julie Brown	United States	2: 01.2
3	Aurelia Pentón	CUB	2: 02.1
4th	Anne Mackie-Morelli	CAN	2: 03.0
5	Nery McKeen	CUB	2: 05.4
6th	Alejandra Ramos	CHI	2: 06.2
7th	Brit McRoberts	CAN	2: 06.7
8th	Soraya Telles	BRA	2: 07.3

1500 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mary Decker	United States	4: 05.7
2	Julie Brown	United States	4: 06.4
3	Penny Bales	CAN	4: 14.8
4th	Francine Gendron	CAN	4: 15.0
5	Alejandra Ramos	CHI	4: 24.8
6th	Ileana Hocking	PURE	4: 27.3
7th	Soraya Telles	BRA	4: 30.2
8th	Carmen Garduño	MEX	4: 40.4

3000 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jan Merrill	United States	08: 53.6
2	Julie Brown	United States	08: 59.9
3	Geri Fitch	CAN	09: 35.7
4th	Carmen Garduño	MEX	09: 49.5
5	Carmen Montañez	PURE	10: 14.8
6th	Angelita Lind	PURE	10: 30.8
7th	Norma Franco	ESA	10: 55.8
8th	Edith Rodríguez	HON	11: 41.5

100 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Deby LaPlante	United States	12.90
2	Sharon Lane	CAN	13.56
3	Grisel Machado	CUB	13.60
4th	Candy Young	United States	13.67
5	Cecilia Branch	CAN	14.03
6th	Beatriz Capotosto	ARG	14.18
7th	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU	14.23
8th	Maria Larrazábal	CUB	14.53

Wind: 3.9 m / s

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Valerie Brisco Chandra Cheeseborough Brenda Morehead Karen Hawkins	43.30
2	Jamaica	Leleith Hodges Rosie Allwood Carmetta Drummond Merlene Ottey	44.18
3	Cuba	Eloína Echevarría Isabel Taylor Marta Zulueta Silvia Chivás	46.26
4th	Brazil		46.98
5	Dominican. republic		47.25

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Essie Kelley Sharon Dabney Patricia Jackson Rosalyn Bryant	3: 29.4
2	Cuba	Ana Luisa Guibert Nery McKeen Ana Fidelia Quirot Aurelia Pentón	3: 36.3
3	Canada	Anne Mackie-Morelli Jeanette Wood Marita Payne Micheline Racette	3: 37.6
4th	Brazil		3: 45.7
5	Puerto Rico		3: 49.4

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Louise Ritter	United States	1.93
2	Pam Spencer	United States	1.87
3	Debbie Brill	CAN	1.85
4th	Julie White	CAN	1.85
5	Maria Luisa Betioli	BRA	1.83
6th	Angela Carbonell	CUB	1.81
7th	Elizabeth Huber	CHI	1.74
8th	Silvia Costa	CUB	1.74

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.46
2	Ana Alexander	CUB	6.31
3	Eloína Echevarría	CUB	6.27
4th	Diane Konihowski	CAN	6.10
5	Jane Frederick	United States	6.10
6th	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	6.07
7th	Madeline de Jesús	PURE	5.88
8th	Jill Ross	CAN	5.85

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	María Elena Sarría	CUB	18.81
2	Maren Seidler	United States	18.57
3	Carmen Ionesco	CAN	16.50
4th	Ann Turbyne	United States	16.45
5	Hilda Ramirez	CUB	15.96
6th	Lucette Moreau	CAN	14.90
7th	Vicky Lopez	PURE	12.36

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Carmen Romero	CUB	60.58
2	Maria Cristina Betancourt	CUB	60.44
3	Carmen Ionesco	CAN	57.14
4th	Lorna Griffin	United States	54.08
5	Lucette Moreau	CAN	52.52
6th	Lynne Winbigler	United States	51.65
7th	Norma Lucía Azcune	URU	40.36
8th	Elena Cajigas	PURE	38.92

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	María Caridad Colón	CUB	62.30
2	Lynn Cannon	United States	56.48
3	Cathy Sulinski	United States	56.44
4th	Laurie Kern	CAN	55.70
5	Marli dos Santos	BRA	52.66
6th	Ana Núñez	CUB	48.84
7th	Sonya Smith	BER	46.54
8th	Vicky Lopez	PURE	41.14

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Diane Konihowski	CAN	4605
2	Jodi Anderson	United States	4434
3	Jill Ross	CAN	4112
4th	Olga Verissimo	BRA	3865
5	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU	3818
6th	Yvonne Neddermann	ARG	3815
7th	María Ángeles Cato	MEX	3782
8th	Elida Aveillé	CUB	3706

Web links

• VIII Pan American Game, San Juan 1979 on trackfield.brinkster.net