Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games
Dates	13–20 October
Host city	Mexico City, Mexico
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Level	Senior
Events	37
Participation	377 athletes from 29 nations
← Cali 1971 San Juan 1979 → 1975 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico between 13 and 20 October.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s) details	Silvio Leonard   Cuba	10.15A =GR	Hasely Crawford   Trinidad and Tobago	10.21A	Hermes Ramírez   Cuba	10.34A
200 metres (wind: -2.4 m/s) details	James Gilkes   Guyana	20.43A	Larry Brown  United States	20.69A	Mike Sands   Bahamas	20.98A
400 metres details	Ronnie Ray  United States	44.45A GR	Alberto Juantorena   Cuba	44.80A	Delmo da Silva   Brazil	45.53A
800 metres details	Luis Medina   Cuba	1:47.98A	Leandro Civil   Cuba	1:48.75A	Carlos Martínez  Mexico	1:48.78A
1500 metres details	Tony Waldrop  United States	3:45.09A	Carlos Martínez  Mexico	3:45.98A	Luis Medina   Cuba	3:49.84A
5000 metres details	Domingo Tibaduiza   Colombia	14:02.00A	Theodore Castaneda  United States	14:03.20A	Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico	14:05.25A
10,000 metres details	Luis Hernández  Mexico	29:19.28A	Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico	29:21.22A	Domingo Tibaduiza   Colombia	29:25.45A
Marathon details	Rigoberto Mendoza   Cuba	2:25:03A	Charles "Chuck" Smead  United States	2:25:32A	Tom Howard  Canada	2:25:46A
110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s) details	Alejandro Casañas   Cuba	13.44A	Danny Smith   Bahamas	13.72A	Arnaldo Bristol   Puerto Rico	13.74A
400 metres hurdles details	James King  United States	49.60A	Ralph Mann  United States	50.04A	Dámaso Alfonso   Cuba	50.19A
3000 metres steeplechase details	Mike Manley  United States	9:04.29A	José Romão da Silva   Brazil	9:05.31A	Octavio Guadarrama  Mexico	9:15.00A
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Clancy Edwards Larry Brown Donald Merrick Bill Collins	38.31A GR	Cuba Hermes Ramírez Alejandro Casañas Pablo Montes José Triana	38.46A	Canada Hugh Fraser Marvin Nash Albin Dukowski Robert Martin	38.86A
4 × 400 metres relay details	United States Herman Frazier Robert Taylor Maurice Peoples Ronnie Ray	3:00.76A	Cuba Eddy Gutiérrez Carlos Álvarez Dámaso Alfonso Alberto Juantorena	3:02.82A	Canada Glenn Bogue Randy Jackson Brian Saunders Don Domansky	3:03.92A
20 kilometres walk details	Daniel Bautista  Mexico	1:33:06A	Domingo Colín  Mexico	1:33:59A	Larry Young  United States	1:37:54A
High jump details	Tom Woods  United States	2.25A	John Beers  Canada	2.17A	Rick Cuttell  Canada	2.17A
Pole vault details	Earl Bell  United States	5.40A GR	Bruce Simpson  Canada	5.20A	Roberto Moré   Cuba	5.20A
Long jump details	João Carlos de Oliveira   Brazil	8.19A	Arnie Robinson  United States	7.94A	Al Lanier  United States	7.91A
Triple jump details	João Carlos de Oliveira   Brazil	17.89A WR	Tommy Haynes  United States	17.20A	Milan Tiff  United States	16.98A
Shot put details	Bruce Pirnie  Canada	19.28A	Bishop Dolegiewicz  Canada	19.18A	Terry Albritton  United States	19.18A
Discus throw details	John Powell  United States	62.36A	Julián Morrinson   Cuba	59.88A	Jay Silvester  United States	59.82A
Hammer throw details	Larry Hart  United States	66.56A GR	Ángel Cabrera   Cuba	65.24A	Scott Neilson  Canada	64.56A
Javelin throw details	Sam Colson  United States	83.82A	Juan Jarvis   Cuba	82.30A	Raúl Fernández   Cuba	72.90A
Decathlon details	Bruce Jenner [a]  United States	8045A GR	Fred Dixon  United States	8019A	Jesús Mirabal   Cuba	7582A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s) details	Pamela Jiles  United States	11.38A	Patty Loverock  Canada	11.41A	Marjorie Bailey  Canada	11.42A
200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s) details	Chandra Cheeseborough  United States	22.77A	Pamela Jiles  United States	22.81A	Silvina Pereira   Brazil	23.17A
400 metres details	Joyce Yakubowich  Canada	51.62A GR	Debra Sapenter  United States	52.22A	Lorna Forde   Barbados	52.36A
800 metres details	Kathy Weston  United States	2:04.93A	Abby Hoffman  Canada	2:06.93A	Kathie Hall  United States	2:06.93A
1500 metres details	Jan Merrill  United States	4:18.32A GR	Thelma Wright  Canada	4:22.32A	Abby Hoffman  Canada	4:26.25A
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s) details	Edith Noeding   Peru	13.56A NR	Deby LaPlante  United States	13.68A	Marlene Elejalde   Cuba	13.80A
4 × 100 metres relay details	United States Martha Watson Brenda Morehead Chandra Cheeseborough Pamela Jiles	42.90A GR	Cuba Marlene Elejarde Silvia Chivás Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay	43.65A	Canada Marjorie Bailey Patty Loverock Joanne McTaggart Joyce Yakubowich	43.68A
4 × 400 metres relay details	Canada Margaret McGowen Joanne McTaggart Rachelle Campbell Joyce Yakubowich	3:30.36A GR	United States Sharon Dabney Pat Helms Debra Sapenter Kathy Weston	3:30.64A	Cuba Eia Cabreja Rosa López Asunción Acosta Aurelia Pentón	3:31.65A
High jump details	Joni Huntley  United States	1.89A	Louise Walker  Canada	1.86A	Andrea Bruce   Jamaica	1.83A
Long jump details	Ana Alexander   Cuba	6.63A GR	Martha Watson  United States	6.57A	Kathy McMillan  United States	6.49A
Shot put details	María Elena Sarría   Cuba	18.03A =GR	Hilda Ramírez   Cuba	17.28A	Lucette Moreau  Canada	16.98A
Discus throw details	Carmen Romero   Cuba	60.16A	María Cristina Betancourt   Cuba	58.52A	Jane Haist  Canada	53.12A
Javelin throw details	Sherry Calvert  United States	54.70A	María Beltrán   Cuba	54.36A	Lynn Cannon  United States	48.64A
Pentathlon details	Diane Jones  Canada	4673A	Gale Fitzgerald  United States	4486A	Andrea Bruce   Jamaica	4391A

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	19	13	8	40
2	Cuba (CUB)	7	11	8	26
3	Canada (CAN)	4	7	10	21
4	Mexico (MEX)	2	3	3	8
5	Brazil (BRA)	2	1	2	5
6	Colombia (COL)	1	0	1	2
7	Guyana (GUY)	1	0	0	1
	Peru (PER)	1	0	0	1
9	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
10	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	0	1
11	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	2	2
12	Barbados (BAR)	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		37	37	37	111

Participating nations

Notes

References

• GBR Athletics