1983 Pan American Games / Athletics

At the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas ( Venezuela ), 40 athletics competitions were held, 24 of them for men and 16 for women.

Four athletes were disqualified for positive doping tests and later banned from the IAAF .

Men

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Leandro Peñalver	CUB	10.06
2	Sam Graddy	United States	10.18
3	Osvaldo Lara	CUB	10.21
4th	Raymond Stewart	JAM	10.22
5	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.25
6th	Nelson dos Santos	BRA	10.35
	Juan Núñez	DOM	DQ

Wind: 2.0 m / s

Juan Núñez, who finished second with 10.14 s, was disqualified for doping after Fencamfamin was detected in his urine.

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Elliott Quow	United States	20.42
2	Leandro Peñalver	CUB	20.53
3	Bernie Jackson	United States	20.81
4th	Tomás González	CUB	20.85
5	João Batista da Silva	BRA	21.12
6th	Tony Sharpe	CAN	21.20
7th	Andrew Bruce	TRI	21.29
	Juan Núñez	DOM	DQ

Wind: -1.2 m / s

Juan Núñez, who finished fifth with 21.06 s, was disqualified for doping after Fencamfamin was found in his urine.

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Cliff Wiley	United States	45.02
2	Lázaro Martínez	CUB	45.37
3	Gérson de Souza	BRA	45.45
4th	James role	United States	45.70
5	Carlos Reyté	CUB	45.78
6th	Steve Griffiths	JAM	46.57
7th	Aaron Phillips	VEN	46.68
8th	Michael Puckerin	TRI	46.97

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	1: 46.31
2	José Luíz Barbosa	BRA	1: 46.65
3	Stanley Redwine	United States	1: 47.26
4th	Oslen Barr	GUY	1: 47.39
5	James Mays	United States	1: 47.65
6th	Ángel Román	VEN	1: 52.13

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	3: 42.91
2	Ross Donahue	United States	3: 43.09
3	Chuck Aragon	United States	3: 44.57
4th	Eduardo Castro	MEX	3: 44.76
5	Omar Ortega	ARG	3: 47.03
6th	Pedro Cáceres	ARG	3: 48.59
7th	Ricardo Vera	URU	3: 48.64
8th	Philippe Laheurte	CAN	3: 50.76

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Eduardo Castro	MEX	13: 54.11
2	Gerardo Alcalá	MEX	13: 54.37
3	Domingo Tibaduiza	COL	13: 59.68
4th	José João da Silva	BRA	14: 08.02
5	Don Clary	United States	14: 09.07
6th	German Peña	COL	14: 17.53
7th	Omar Aguilar	CHI	14: 27.68
8th	Chris Fox	United States	14: 33.50

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	José Gomez	MEX	29: 14.75
2	Domingo Tibaduiza	COL	29: 17.12
3	Mark Nenow	United States	29: 22.46
4th	José João da Silva	BRA	29: 28.56
5	German Peña	COL	29: 38.91
6th	Rodolfo Gomez	MEX	29: 41.83
7th	Omar Aguilar	CHI	29: 54.27
8th	Mike Feurtado	JAM	30: 19.69

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jorge González	PURE	2:12:43
2	César Mercado	PURE	2:20:30
3	Miguel Cruz	MEX	2:21:12
4th	Armando Azócar	VEN	2:21:30
5	Luis Bautista	VEN	2:22:35
6th	Rafael Parra	COL	2:22:51
7th	Manuel García	MEX	2:24:35
8th	Mike Feurtado	JAM	2:26:29

20 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ernesto Canto	MEX	1:28:12
2	Raúl González	MEX	1:29:21
3	Héctor Moreno	COL	1:30:05
4th	Francisco Vargas	COL	1:33:17
5	Marcel Jobin	CAN	1:34:05
6th	Jim Heiring	United States	1:34:47
7th	Víctor Alonso	GUA	1:37:18
8th	Santiago Fonseca	HON	1:38:38

50 km of walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Raúl González	MEX	4:00:45
2	Martín Bermúdez	MEX	4:04:20
3	Querubin Moreno	COL	4:23:20
4th	Tom Edwards	United States	4:30:53
5	Enrique Peña	COL	4:51:28
6th	Nelson Funes	GUA	4:59:08

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Roger Kingdom	United States	13.44
2	Alejandro Casañas	CUB	13.51
3	Tonie Campbell	United States	13.54
4th	Modesto Castillo	DOM	13.90
5	Jeff Glass	CAN	13.98
6th	Mark McKoy	CAN	14.02
7th	Nelson Rodríguez	VEN	14.40
8th	Elvis Cedeño	VEN	14.42

Wind: -3.1 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Frank Montiéh	CUB	50.02
2	Antônio Dias Ferreira	BRA	50.08
3	James King	United States	50.31
4th	Ian Newhouse	CAN	50.66
5	Oswaldo Zea	VEN	50.85
6th	Lloyd Guss	CAN	51.50
7th	Julio Ferrer	PURE	51.94
8th	Javier Olivar	URU	53.96

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Emilio Ulloa	CHI	08: 57.62
2	Carmelo Ríos	PURE	09: 01.47
3	Greg Duhaime	CAN	09: 06.03
4th	Dave Daniels	United States	09: 08.73
5	Rafael Colmenares	VEN	09: 15.04
6th	José Martínez	VEN	09: 26.22
7th	Tyrone Thibou	ANT	10: 23.00

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Bernie Jackson Ken Robinson Elliott Quow Sam Graddy	38.49
2	Cuba	Osvaldo Lara Silvio Leonard José Isalgué Leandro Peñalver	38.55
3	Brazil	João Batista da Silva Gérson de Souza Robson da Silva Nelson dos Santos	39.08
4th	Canada		39.24
5	Trinidad and Tobago		39.40
6th	Jamaica		39.53
7th	Venezuela		40.44

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Alonzo Babers Mike Bradley James role Eddie Carey	3: 00.27
2	Brazil	Gérson de Souza Evaldo da Silva Agberto Guimarães José Luíz Barbosa	3: 02.79
3	Cuba	Lázaro Martínez Carlos Reyté Héctor Herrera Agustín Pavó	3: 03.15
4th	Trinidad and Tobago		3: 05.91
5	Venezuela		3: 06.50
6th	Canada		3: 07.17
7th	Antigua and Barbuda		3: 15.36

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Francisco Centelles	CUB	2.29
2	Leo Williams	United States	2.27
3	Jorge Alfaro	CUB	2.25
4th	James Barrineau	United States	2.23
5	Alain Metellus	CAN	2.21
6th	Carlos Acosta	PURE	2.14
7th	Fernando Pastoriza	ARG	2.14
8th	Oscar Orta	VEN	2.05

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Mike Tully	United States	5.45
2	Jeff Buckingham	United States	5.25
3	Tomás Valdemar Hintnaus	BRA	5.20
4th	George Barber	CAN	5.10
5	Edgardo Rivera	PURE	5.00
6th	Fernando Ruocco	URU	4.85
7th	Manuel Fuentes	VEN	4.65

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jaime Jefferson	CUB	8.03
2	Vesco Bradley	United States	7.99
3	Juan Felipe Ortiz	CUB	7.91
4th	Lester Benjamin	ANT	7.89
5	Steve Hanna	BAH	7.66
6th	Wilfredo Almonte	DOM	7.61
7th	Oswaldo Torres	VEN	7.29
8th	Franco Francis	VEN	7.23

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jorge Reyna	CUB	17.05
2	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	16.75
3	José Salazar	VEN	16.26
4th	David Siler	United States	16.11
5	Francisco dos Santos	BRA	16.11
6th	Francisco Pichott	CHI	14.39
7th	Paget Spencer	ANT	14.10

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Luis Delís	CUB	18.24
2	Gert Weil	CHI	17.30
3	Hubert Maingot	TRI	16.48
4th	William Romero	VEN	15.73
5	Wilfredo Jaimes	VEN	15.38

Juan de la Cruz from the Dominican Republic, who finished fourth, was disqualified for doping .

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Luis Delís	CUB	67.32
2	Bradley Cooper	BAH	62.38
3	Juan Martínez	CUB	62.04
4th	Gilberto Martínez	DOM	50.86
5	Luis Palacios	VEN	49.14
6th	Wilfredo Jaimes	VEN	48.14
7th	Hubert Maingot	TRI	46.10

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Genovevo Morejón	CUB	65.34
2	Harold Willers	CAN	64.22
3	Alfredo Luis	CUB	63.16
4th	Luis Martínez	PURE	56.52
5	Andrés Polemil	DOM	56.12

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Laslo Babits	CAN	81.40
2	Ramón González	CUB	78.34
3	Amado Morales	PURE	77.40
4th	Reinaldo Patterson	CUB	77.00
5	Curt Ransford	United States	76.62
6th	José de Souza	BRA	71.14
7th	Phil Olsen	CAN	68.84
8th	José Simancas	VEN	66.42

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Dave Steen	CAN	7958
2	Douglas Fernández	VEN	7726
3	Freddy Aberdeen	VEN	7262

Women

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	BRA	11.31
2	Jackie Washington	United States	11.33
3	Luisa Ferrer	CUB	11.38
4th	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	11.62
5	Esther Hope	TRI	11.63
6th	Janice Bernard	TRI	11.73
7th	Adriana Pero	ARG	12.09

Wind: 0.2 m / s

200 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Randy Givens	United States	23.14
2	LaShon Nedd	United States	23.39
3	Luisa Ferrer	CUB	23.39
4th	Gillian Forde	TRI	23.94
5	Nilsa París	PURE	23.99
6th	Alma Vázquez	MEX	24.32
7th	Ester Petitón	CUB	24.52
8th	Margarita green	URU	24.79

Wind: -0.8 m / s

400 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	51.49
2	Ana Fidelia Quirot	CUB	51.83
3	Easter Gabriel	United States	52.45
4th	Cathy Rattray	JAM	52.91
5	June Griffith	GUY	53.14
6th	Mercedes Álvarez	CUB	53.25
7th	Eucaris Caicedo	COL	53.73

800 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Nery McKeen	CUB	2: 02.20
2	Ranza Clark	CAN	2: 02.44
3	Alejandra Ramos	CHI	2: 03.65
4th	Christine Slythe	CAN	2: 03.71
5	Eloína Kerr	CUB	2: 04.96
6th	Diana Richburg	United States	2: 05.29
7th	Angelita Lind	PURE	2: 07.19
8th	Lee Arbogast	United States	2: 07.83

1500 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ranza Clark	CAN	4: 16.18
2	Cindy Brakeman	United States	4: 17.67
3	Missy Kane	United States	4: 21.39
4th	Alejandra Ramos	CHI	4: 25.59
5	Fabiola Rueda	COL	4: 26.05
6th	Mónica Regonesi	CHI	4: 26.48
7th	Adriana Marchena	VEN	4: 27.50
8th	Norma Franco Ramos	ESA	4: 35.10

3000 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Joan Benoit	United States	09: 14.19
2	Brenda Webb	United States	09: 28.89
3	Mónica Regonesi	CHI	09: 41.87
4th	Fabiola Rueda	COL	09: 47.59
5	Ruth Jaime Campos	BY	09: 58.85
6th	Marisela Rivero	VEN	10: 05.73
7th	Norma Franco Ramos	ESA	10: 12.08

100 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	13.16
2	Kim Turner	United States	13.39
3	Elida Aveillé	CUB	13.41
4th	Grisel Machado	CUB	13.41
5	Sue Kameli	CAN	13.45
6th	Karen Nelson	CAN	13.67
7th	Beatriz Capotosto	ARG	13.74
8th	Juraciara da Silva	BRA	14.05

Wind: -0.9 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Judi Brown	United States	56.03
2	Sharrieffa Barksdale	United States	56.09
3	Gwen Wall	CAN	56.93
4th	Sandra Farmer	JAM	57.61
5	Alma Vázquez	MEX	58.12
6th	Mercedes Mesa	CUB	58.30
7th	Andrea Page	CAN	58.49
8th	Vilma París	PURE	60.17

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Alice Jackson Brenda Cliette Jackie Washington Randy Givens	43.21
2	Trinidad and Tobago	Esther Hope Janice Bernard Angela Williams Maxine McMillan	44.63
3	Canada	Karen Nelson Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson Tanya Brothers	44.77
4th	Cuba		45.09
5	Antigua and Barbuda		48.27

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Alice Jackson Judi Brown Easter Gabriel Kelia Bolton	3: 29.97
2	Canada	Christine Slythe Gwen Wall Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson	3: 30.24
3	Cuba	Mercedes Álvarez Nery McKeen Caridad Mayra Guerra Ana Fidelia Quirot	3: 30.76
4th	Trinidad and Tobago		3: 37.36
5	Puerto Rico		3: 42.90
6th	Venezuela		3: 46.50
7th	Antigua and Barbuda		3: 47.38

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Coleen summer	United States	1.91
2	Silvia Costa	CUB	1.88
3	Joni Huntley	United States	1.82
4th	Orlane Maria Dos Santos	BRA	1.76

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.70
2	Eloína Echevarría	CUB	6.61
3	Pat Johnson	United States	6.33
4th	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	6.31
5	Halcyon McKnight	JAM	6.19
6th	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	BRA	6.18
7th	Adelina Polledo	CUB	6.14
8th	Karen Nelson	CAN	6.13

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	María Elena Sarría	CUB	19.34
2	Lorna Griffin	United States	16.61
3	Rosemary breath	CAN	16.38
4th	Denise Wood	United States	14.92
5	Luz Bohórquez	VEN	13.05
6th	Ivonne Omier	NCA	11.89

The Cuban Rosa Fernández , who had finished second with 17.39 m, was disqualified for doping .

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Maritza Martén	CUB	59.62
2	Lorna Griffin	United States	56.52
3	Penny Neer	United States	53.32
4th	Yunaira Piña	VEN	43.52

The Cuban María Cristina Betancourt , who had taken first place with 59.62 m, was disqualified for doping .

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	María Caridad Colón	CUB	63.76
2	Mayra Vila	CUB	63.32
3	Marieta Riera	VEN	53.60
4th	Monique Lapres	CAN	52.36
5	Patty Kearney	United States	52.00
6th	Mariela Riera	VEN	49.90
7th	Deanna Carr	United States	46.16

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Conceição Geremias	BRA	6084
2	Cindy Greiner	United States	6069
3	Elida Aveillé	CUB	5755
4th	Leyda Castro	DOM	4776
5	Hildelisa Despaigne	CUB	4595
6th	Emy González	VEN	4518

Web links

• IX Pan American Game, Caracas 1983 on trackfield.brinkster.net

Footnotes

1. ^ The International Amateur Athletic Federation has imposed lifetime bans . In: UPI . December 19, 1983
2. ↑ ^{a b} Frank Litsky: Use of Steroids: Discovery in the Face of Disbelief . In: The New York Times . August 28, 1983