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Athletics at the
1983 Pan American Games
Athletics at the ; 1983 Pan American Games
Dates	23–28 August
Host city	Caracas, Venezuela
Venue	Estadio Olímpico
Level	Senior
Events	40
Participation	340 athletes from ; 27 nations
	← San Juan 1979 Indianapolis 1987 → ; 1983 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1983 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Olímpico in Caracas, Venezuela, between 23 and 28 August.

Medal summary

Men's Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s) details	Leandro Peñalver Cuba	10.06	Sam Graddy United States	10.18	Osvaldo Lara Cuba	10.21
200 metres (wind: -1.3 m/s) details	Elliott Quow United States	20.42	Leandro Peñalver Cuba	20.53	Bernie Jackson United States	20.81
400 metres details	Cliff Wiley United States	45.02	Lázaro Martínez Cuba	45.37	Gérson de Souza Brazil	45.45
800 metres details	Agberto Guimarães Brazil	1:46.31	José Luíz Barbosa Brazil	1:46.65	Stanley Redwine United States	1:47.26
1500 metres details	Agberto Guimarães Brazil	3:42.91	Ross Donoghue United States	3:43.09	Chuck Aragon United States	3:44.57
5000 metres details	Eduardo Castro Mexico	13:54.11	Gerardo Alcalá Mexico	13:54.37	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	13:59.68
10,000 metres details	José Gómez Mexico	29:14.75	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	29:17.12	Mark Nenow United States	29:22.46
Marathon details	Jorge González Puerto Rico	2:12:43 (NR)	César Mercado Puerto Rico	2:20:30	Miguel Cruz Mexico	2:21:12
3000 metres steeplechase details	Emilio Ulloa Chile	8:57.62	Carmelo Ríos Puerto Rico	9:01.47	Greg Duhaime Canada	9:06.03
110 metres hurdles (wind: -3.2 m/s) details	Roger Kingdom United States	13.44	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.51	Tonie Campbell United States	13.54
400 metres hurdles details	Frank Montiéh Cuba	50.02	Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil	50.08	James King United States	50.31
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Sam Graddy Bernie Jackson Ken Robinson Elliott Quow	38.49	Cuba Osvaldo Lara Leandro Peñalver Silvio Leonard José Isalgue	38.55	Brazil Gérson de Souza João Batista da Silva Nelson dos Santos Robson da Silva	39.08
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Alonzo Babers Mike Bradley James Rolle Eddie Carey	3:00.47	Brazil Evaldo da Silva José Luíz Barbosa Agberto Guimarães Gérson de Souza	3:02.79	Cuba Lázaro Martínez Agustín Pavó Carlos Reyté Héctor Herrera	3:03.15
20 kilometres walk details	Ernesto Canto Mexico	1:28:12	Raúl González Mexico	1:29:21	Héctor Moreno Colombia	1:30:05
50 kilometres walk details	Raúl González Mexico	4:00:45	Martín Bermúdez Mexico	4:04:20	Querubín Moreno Colombia	4:23:20
High jump details	Francisco Centelles Cuba	2.29	Leo Williams United States	2.27	Jorge Alfaro Cuba	2.25
Pole vault details	Mike Tully United States	5.45	Jeff Buckingham United States	5.25	Tomás Valdemar Hintnaus Brazil	5.20
Long jump details	Jaime Jefferson Cuba	8.03A	Vesco Bradley United States	7.99	Juan Felipe Ortiz Cuba	7.91
Triple jump details	Jorge Reyna Cuba	17.05	Lázaro Betancourt Cuba	16.75	José Salazar Venezuela	16.26
Shot put details	Luis Delís Cuba	18.24	Gert Weil Chile	17.30	Hubert Maingot Trinidad and Tobago	16.48
Discus throw details	Luis Delís Cuba	67.32	Bradley Cooper Bahamas	62.38	Juan Martínez Cuba	62.04
Hammer throw details	Genovevo Morejón Cuba	65.34	Harold Willers Canada	64.22	Alfredo Luis Cuba	63.16
Javelin throw details	Laslo Babits Canada	81.40	Ramón González Cuba	78.34	Amado Morales Puerto Rico	77.40
Decathlon details	Dave Steen Canada	7958	Douglas Fernández Venezuela	7726 (NR)	Freddy Aberdeen Venezuela	7262

Women's Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.7 m/s) details	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil	11.31	Jackie Washington United States	11.33	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	11.38
200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s) details	Randy Givens United States	23.14	LaShon Nedd United States	23.39	Luisa Ferrer Cuba	23.39
400 metres details	Charmaine Crooks Canada	51.49	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	51.83	Easter Gabriel United States	52.45
800 metres details	Nery McKeen Cuba	2:02.20	Ranza Clark Canada	2:02.44	Alejandra Ramos Chile	2:03.65
1500 metres details	Ranza Clark Canada	4:16.18	Cindy Bremser United States	4:17.67	Missy Kane United States	4:21.39
3000 metres details	Joan Benoit United States	9:14.19	Brenda Webb United States	9:28.69	Monica Regonesi Chile	9:41.87
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s) details	Benita Fitzgerald United States	13.16	Kim Turner United States	13.39	Elida Aveillé Cuba	13.41
400 metres hurdles details	Judi Brown United States	56.03	Sharrieffa Barksdale United States	56.09	Gwen Wall Canada	56.93
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Alice Jackson Jackie Washington Brenda Cliette Randy Givens^[1]	43.21	Trinidad and Tobago Gillian Forde Janice Bernard Esther Hope Angela Williams	44.63	Canada Karen Nelson Tanya Brothers Charmaine Crooks Jillian Richardson	44.77
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Alice Jackson Judi Brown Easter Gabriel Kelia Bolton	3:29.97	Canada Andrea Page Gwen Wall Christine Slythe Jillian Richardson	3:30.24	Cuba Mayra Guerra Nery McKeen Mercedes Álvarez Ana Fidelia Quirot	3:30.76
High jump details	Coleen Sommer United States	1.91	Silvia Costa Cuba	1.88	Joni Huntley United States	1.82
Long jump details	Kathy McMillan United States	6.70	Eloína Echevarría Cuba	6.61	Pat Johnson^[2] United States	6.33
Shot put details	María Elena Sarría Cuba	19.34	Lorna Griffin United States	16.61	Rosemarie Hauch Canada	16.38
Discus throw details	Maritza Martén Cuba	59.62	Lorna Griffin United States	56.52	Penny Neer United States	53.32
Javelin throw details	María Caridad Colón Cuba	63.76	Mayra Vila Cuba	63.32	Marieta Riera Venezuela	53.60
Heptathlon details	Conceição Geremias Brazil	6084	Cindy Greiner United States	6068	Elida Aveillé Cuba	5755

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	14	14	11	39
2	Cuba (CUB)	12	10	11	33
3	Canada (CAN)	4	3	4	11
4	Brazil (BRA)	4	3	3	10
5	Mexico (MEX)	4	3	1	8
6	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	2	1	4
7	Chile (CHI)	1	1	2	4
8	Colombia (COL)	0	1	3	4
8	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	3	4
10	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	1	2
11	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	0	1
Totals (11 entries)		40	40	40	120

Participating nations

Antigua and Barbuda (15)
Argentina (8)
Bahamas (4)
Barbados (2)
Brazil (20)
Canada (34)
Chile (7)
Colombia (9)
Cuba (47)
Dominican Republic (8)
Ecuador (1)
Guatemala (2)
Guyana (2)
Honduras (2)
Jamaica (9)
Mexico (10)
Nicaragua (4)
Panama (4)
Paraguay (1)
Peru (1)
Puerto Rico (12)
El Salvador (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (17)
United States (63)
Virgin Islands (4)
Uruguay (4)
Venezuela (49)

References

^ Siddons, Larry (1983-08-29). Us Sprints To Pan Am Finish. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved on 2015-07-08.
^ "Celebrate UW's Black History: Pat Johnson". uwbadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2018-10-18.