The athletics competition at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia. At almost exactly 1000 metres elevation, all the marks from this meet marginally qualify as "altitude assisted."
Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games | |
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Dates | 30 July – 5 August |
Host city | Cali, Colombia |
Venue | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero |
Level | Senior |
Events | 37 |
Participation | 375 athletes from 28 nations |
Records set | 1 WR, 19 GR |
Medal summary
editMen's events
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
Don Quarrie |
10.29 | Lennox Miller |
10.32 | Del Meriwether |
10.34 |
200 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s) |
Don Quarrie |
19.86 GR | Marshall Dill |
20.39 | Edwin Roberts |
20.39 |
400 metres |
John Smith |
44.60 GR | Fred Newhouse |
45.09 | Fernando Acevedo |
45.30 NR |
800 metres |
Ken Swenson |
1:48.08 GR | Art Sandison |
1:48.42 | Byron Dyce |
1:48.42 |
1500 metres |
Marty Liquori |
3:42.10 GR | Bill Smart |
3:43.39 | Jim Crawford |
3:43.76 |
5000 metres |
Steve Prefontaine |
13:52.53 | Steve Stageberg |
14:00.76 | Mario Pérez |
14:03.98 |
10,000 metres |
Frank Shorter |
28:50.83 GR | Juan Martínez |
29:05.07 | Álvaro Mejía |
29:06.97 |
Marathon |
Frank Shorter |
2:22:40 | José García |
2:26:30 | Hernán Barreneche |
2:27:19 |
110 metres hurdles (wind: +4.5 m/s) |
Rod Milburn |
13.46w | Arnaldo Bristol |
13.81w | Juan Morales |
13.85w |
400 metres hurdles |
Ralph Mann |
49.11 GR | Jim Seymour |
50.36 | Jacinto Hidalgo |
51.68 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Mike Manley |
8:42.27 | Sidney Sink |
8:42.90 | Héctor Villanueva |
8:46.09 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Alfred Daley Carl Lawson Lennox Miller Don Quarrie |
39.28 | Barbaro Bandomo Pablo Montes Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez |
39.84 | Willie Deckard Marshall Dill Ron Draper Rod Milburn |
39.84 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
Dale Alexander Fred Newhouse Tommy Turner John Smith |
3:00.63 GR | Leighton Priestley Trevor Campbell Alfred Daley Garth Case |
3:03.98 | Edwin Roberts Ben Cayenne Kent Bernard Trevor James |
3:04.58 |
20 kilometres walk |
Goetz Klopfer |
1:37:30 | Tom Dooley |
1:38:16 | José Oliveros |
1:40:26 |
50 kilometres walk |
Larry Young |
4:38:31 | Gabriel Hernández |
4:38:46 | John Knifton |
4:42:15 |
High jump |
Pat Matzdorf |
2.10 m | Wilf Wedmann |
2.10 m | Luis Arbulú |
2.05 m |
Pole vault |
Jan Johnson |
5.33 m | David Roberts |
5.20 m | Bruce Simpson |
4.90 m |
Long jump |
Arnie Robinson |
8.02 m | James "Bouncy" Moore |
7.98 m | Mike Mason |
7.65 m |
Triple jump |
Pedro Pérez |
17.40 m WR | Nelson Prudêncio |
16.82 m | John Craft |
16.32 m |
Shot put |
Al Feuerbach |
19.76 m | Karl Salb |
19.10 m | Mike Mercer |
18.01 m |
Discus throw |
Dick Drescher |
62.26 m GR | Tim Vollmer |
61.06 m | Ain Roost |
58.06 m |
Hammer throw |
Al Hall |
65.84 m GR | George Frenn |
65.68 m | Darwin Piñeyrúa |
61.54 m |
Javelin throw |
Cary Feldmann |
81.52 m GR | Bill Skinner |
80.36 m | Amado Morales |
76.14 m |
Decathlon |
Rick Wanamaker |
7648 pts | Russ Hodge |
7314 pts | Jesús Mirabal |
7295 pts |
Women's events
editMedal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 48 | |
2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | |
5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (13 entries) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
Participating nations
editArgentina (25)
Bahamas (5)
Barbados (2)
Bermuda (1)
Brazil (16)
Canada (41)
Chile (12)
Colombia (29)
Costa Rica (3)
Cuba (44)
Dominican Republic (7)
Ecuador (1)
Guatemala (4)
Guyana (2)
Haiti (3)
Jamaica (18)
Mexico (19)
Nicaragua (5)
Panama (3)
Peru (12)
Puerto Rico (12)
El Salvador (1)
Suriname (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (11)
United States (69)
Virgin Islands (3)
Uruguay (3)
Venezuela (22)