Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games

The Athletics competition at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States. The events were competed at the IU Indianapolis Track and Soccer Stadium.

Athletics at the
1987 Pan American Games
Host venue (shown in 2012)
Dates9–16 August
Host cityIndianapolis, United StatesUnited States
VenueIU Indianapolis Track and Soccer Stadium
LevelSenior
Events43
Participation405 athletes from
36 nations


Medal summary

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Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -3.4 m/s)
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Lee McRae
  United States
10.26 Ray Stewart
  Jamaica
10.27 Juan Núñez
  Dominican Republic
10.44
200 metres
(wind: +1.3 m/s)
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Floyd Heard
  United States
20.25 Robson da Silva
  Brazil
20.49 Wallace Spearmon
  United States
20.53
400 metres
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Raymond Pierre
  United States
44.60 Bert Cameron
  Jamaica
44.72 Roberto Hernández
  Cuba
45.13
800 metres
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Johnny Gray
  United States
1:46.79 José Luíz Barbosa
  Brazil
1:47.37 Stanley Redwine
  United States
1:47.73
1500 metres
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Joaquim Cruz
  Brazil
3:47.34 Jim Spivey
  United States
3:47.46 Steve Scott
  United States
3:47.76
5000 metres
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Arturo Barrios
  Mexico
13:31.40 Adauto Domingues
  Brazil
13:46.41 Omar Aguilar
  Chile
13:47.86
10,000 metres
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Bruce Bickford
  United States
28:20.37 Rolando Vera
  Ecuador
28:22.56 Paul McCloy
  Canada
28:38.07
Marathon
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Ivo Rodrígues
  Brazil
2:20:13 Ronald Lanzoni
  Costa Rica
2:20:39 Jorge González
  Puerto Rico
2:21:14
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +4.4 m/s)
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Andrew Parker
  Jamaica
13.82w Modesto Castillo
  Dominican Republic
13.96w Ernesto Torres
  Puerto Rico
14.68w
400 metres hurdles
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Winthrop Graham
  Jamaica
48.49 Kevin Young
  United States
48.74 Dave Patrick
  United States
49.47
3000 metres steeplechase
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Adauto Domingues
  Brazil
8:23.26 Henry Marsh
  United States
8:23.77 Brian Abshire
  United States
8:27.30
4 × 100 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Lee McRae
Lee McNeill
Harvey Glance
Carl Lewis
38.41   Cuba (CUB)
Ricardo Chacón
Leandro Peñalver
Maximo Sergio Querol
Andrés Simón
38.86   Jamaica (JAM)
John Mair
Andrew Smith
Clive Wright
Ray Stewart
38.86
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Mark Rowe
Kevin Robinzine
Raymond Pierre
Roddie Haley
2:59.54   Cuba (CUB)
Leandro Peñalver
Agustín Pavó
Lazaro Martínez
Roberto Hernández
2:59.72   Jamaica (JAM)
Winthrop Graham
Mark Senior
Berris Long
Devon Morris
3:03.57
20 kilometres walk
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Carlos Mercenario
  Mexico
1:24:50 Tim Lewis
  United States
1:25:50 Querubín Moreno
  Colombia
1:27:08
50 kilometres walk
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Martín Bermúdez
  Mexico
3:58:54 Raúl González
  Mexico
4:07:27 Héctor Moreno
  Colombia
4:18:48
High jump
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Javier Sotomayor
  Cuba
2.32 Troy Kemp
  Bahamas
2.28 Jerome Carter
  United States
2.28
Pole vault
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Mike Tully
  United States
5.71 Rubén Camino
  Cuba
5.50 Scott Davis
  United States
5.30
Long jump
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Carl Lewis
  United States
8.75 Larry Myricks
  United States
8.58w Jaime Jefferson
  Cuba
8.51
Triple jump
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Mike Conley
  United States
17.31w Willie Banks
  United States
16.87w Frank Rutherford
  Bahamas
16.68w
Shot put
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Gert Weil
  Chile
20.21 Gregg Tafralis
  United States
20.17 Paul Ruiz
  Cuba
18.86
Discus throw
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Luis Delís
  Cuba
67.14 Bradley Cooper
  Bahamas
64.56 Randy Heisler
  United States
62.76
Hammer throw
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Jud Logan
  United States
77.24 Andrés Charadía
  Argentina
69.36 Vicente Sánchez
  Cuba
66.02
Javelin throw
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Duncan Atwood
  United States
78.68 Ramón González
  Cuba
75.58 Juan de la Garza
  Mexico
73.76
Decathlon
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Mike Gonzales
  United States
7649 Keith Robinson
  United States
7573 Gordon Orlikow
  Canada
7441

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -2.0 m/s)
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Gail Devers
  United States
11.14 Diane Williams
  United States
11.25 Pauline Davis
  Bahamas
11.47
200 metres
(wind: +2.2 m/s)
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Gwen Torrence
  United States
22.52w Randy Givens
  United States
22.71w Pauline Davis
  Bahamas
22.99w
400 metres
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Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Cuba
50.27 Jillian Richardson
  Canada
50.35 Denean Howard
  United States
50.72
800 metres
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Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Cuba
1:59.06 Delisa Walton-Floyd
  United States
2:00.54 Soraya Telles
  Brazil
2:00.56
1500 metres
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Linda Sheskey
  United States
4:07.84 Debbie Bowker
  Canada
4:08.43 Brit McRoberts
  Canada
4:11.35
3000 metres
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Mary Knisely
  United States
9:06.75 Angela Chalmers
  Canada
9:14.48 Leslie Seymour
  United States
9:19.26
10,000 metres
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Marty Cooksey
  United States
33:00.00 Nancy Tinari
  Canada
33:02.41 Patty Murray
  United States
33:38.12
Marathon
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María del Carmen Cárdenas
  Mexico
2:52:06 Debbie Warner
  United States
2:54:49 Maribel Durruty
  Cuba
2:56:21
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +1.9 m/s)
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LaVonna Martin
  United States
12.81 Stephanie Hightower
  United States
12.82 Aliuska López
  Cuba
12.91
400 metres hurdles
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Judi Brown-King
  United States
54.23 Sandra Farmer
  Jamaica
54.59 LaTanya Sheffield
  United States
56.15
4 × 100 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Sheila Echols
Gwen Torrence
Michelle Finn-Burrell
Gail Devers
42.91   Cuba (CUB)
Eusebia Riquelme
Aliuska López
Susana Armenteros
Liliana Allen
44.16   Brazil (BRA)
Inês Ribeiro
Cleide Amaral
Claudilea dos Santos
Sheila de Oliveira
45.37
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Rochelle Stevens
Denean Howard
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Diane Dixon
3:23.35   Canada (CAN)
Charmaine Crooks
Marita Payne
Molly Killingbeck
Jillian Richardson
3:29.18   Jamaica (JAM)
Cathy Rattray
Vivienne Spence
Ilrey Oliver
Sandie Richards
3:29.50
10,000 metres walk
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María Colín
  Mexico
47:17.15 Ann Peel
  Canada
47:17.97 Maryanne Torrellas
  United States
47:35.12
High jump
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Coleen Sommer
  United States
1.96 Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez
  Cuba
1.92 Mazel Thomas
  Jamaica
1.88
Long jump
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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  United States
7.45 Jennifer Inniss
  United States
6.85 Eloína Echevarría
  Cuba
6.42
Shot put
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Ramona Pagel
  United States
18.56 María Elena Sarría
  Cuba
18.12 Belsis Laza
  Cuba
18.06
Discus throw
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Maritza Martén García
  Cuba
65.58 Hilda Ramos
  Cuba
61.34 Connie Price
  United States
59.52
Javelin throw
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Ivonne Leal
  Cuba
63.70 María Caridad Colón
  Cuba
61.66 Marieta Riera
  Venezuela
57.10
Heptathlon
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Cindy Greiner
  United States
6184 Connie Polman-Tuin
  Canada
5862 Jolanda Jones
  United States
5823
  • nb Some sources erroneously state the winner of the women's marathon as María del Carmen Díaz (later a Pan American Games winner on the track) instead of the correct winner, María del Carmen Cárdenas.[1]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States26141555
2  Cuba69823
3  Mexico5117
4  Brazil3328
5  Jamaica2349
6  Chile1012
7  Canada07310
8  Bahamas0235
9  Dominican Republic0112
10  Argentina0101
  Costa Rica0101
  Ecuador0101
13  Colombia0022
  Puerto Rico0022
15  Venezuela0011
Totals (15 entries)434343129

Participating nations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ María del Carmen Cárdeñas. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-10-28.