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Athletics at the
1991 Pan American Games
Host venue (shown in 2013)
Dates3–11 August
Host city Havana, Cuba Cuba
Venue Estadio Panamericano
LevelSenior
Events43
Participation434 athletes from
34 nations


The athletics competition at the 1991 Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Robson da Silva
  Brazil
10.32 Andre Cason
  United States
10.35 Jeff Williams
  United States
10.48
200 metres
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Robson da Silva
  Brazil
20.15 Kevin Little
  United States
20.63 Félix Stevens
  Cuba
20.76
400 metres
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Roberto Hernández
  Cuba
44.52 Ian Morris
  Trinidad and Tobago
45.24 Jeff Reynolds
  United States
45.81
800 metres
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Ocky Clark
  United States
1:46.91 Terril Davis
  United States
1:46.99 Tommy Asinga
  Suriname
1:47.24
1500 metres
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José Valente
  Brazil
3:42.90 Bill Burke
  United States
3:43.04 Dan Bertoia
  Canada
3:43.71
5000 metres
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Arturo Barrios
  Mexico
13:34.67 Ignacio Fragoso
  Mexico
13:35.83 Antonio Silio
  Argentina
13:45.15
10,000 metres
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Martín Pitayo
  Mexico
29:45.49 Ángel Rodríguez
  Cuba
29:54.41 Juan Linares
  Cuba
30:09.58
Marathon
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Alberto Cuba
  Cuba
2:19:27 José Santana
  Brazil
2:19:29 Radamés González
  Cuba
2:23:05
110 metres hurdles
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Cletus Clark
  United States
13.71 Alexis Sánchez
  Cuba
13.76 Elbert Ellis
  United States
13.89
400 metres hurdles
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Eronilde Nunes de Araújo
  Brazil
49.96 McClinton Neal
  United States
50.05 Torrance Zellner
  United States
50.21
3000 metres steeplechase
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Adauto Domingues
  Brazil
8:36.01 Ricardo Vera
  Uruguay
8:36.83 Juan Ramón Conde
  Cuba
8:37.53
4 × 100 metres relay
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  Cuba
Jorge Aguilera
Leandro Peñalver
Félix Stevens
Joel Lamela
39.08   Canada
Everton Anderson
Mike Dwyer
Peter Ogilvie
Donovan Bailey
39.95   U.S. Virgin Islands
Derry Pemberton
Neville Hodge
Keith Smith
Kevin Robinson
41.02
4 × 400 metres relay
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  Cuba
Agustín Pavó
Héctor Herrera
Jorge Valentín
Lázaro Martínez
3:01.93   United States
Clarence Daniel
Quincy Watts
Jeff Reynolds
Gabriel Luke
3:02.02   Jamaica
Michael Anderson
Howard Burnett
Seymour Fagan
Patrick O'Connor
3:02.12
20 kilometres walk
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Héctor José Moreno
  Colombia
1:24:56 Joel Sánchez Guerrero
  Mexico
1:25:45 Marcelo Palma
  Brazil
1:26:42
50 kilometres walk
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Carlos Mercenario
  Mexico
4:03:09 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
  Mexico
4:04:06 Edel Oliva
  Cuba
4:16:27
High jump
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Javier Sotomayor
  Cuba
2.35 Troy Kemp
  Bahamas
2.32 Hollis Conway
  United States
2.32
Pole vault
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Pat Manson
  United States
5.50 Doug Wood
  Canada
5.35 Ángel Luis García
  Cuba
5.20
Long jump
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Jaime Jefferson
  Cuba
8.26 Llewellyn Starks
  United States
8.01 Iván Pedroso
  Cuba
7.96
Triple jump
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Yoelbi Quesada
  Cuba
17.06 Anísio Silva
  Brazil
16.72 Wendell Lawrence
  Bahamas
16.69
Shot put
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Gert Weil
  Chile
19.47 Paul Ruiz
  Cuba
19.30 C.J. Hunter
  United States
19.08
Discus throw
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Anthony Washington
  United States
65.04 Roberto Moya
  Cuba
63.92 Juan Martínez
  Cuba
63.52
Hammer throw
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Jim Driscoll
  United States
72.78 Jud Logan
  United States
70.32 René Díaz
  Cuba
68.36
Javelin throw
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Ramón González
  Cuba
79.12 Mike Barnett
  United States
77.40 Luis Lucumí
  Colombia
77.38
Decathlon
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Pedro da Silva
  Brazil
7762 Eugenio Balanqué
  Cuba
7726 Sheldon Blockburger
  United States
7363

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Liliana Allen
  Cuba
11.39 Chryste Gaines
  United States
11.46 Beverly McDonald
  Jamaica
11.52
200 metres
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Liliana Allen
  Cuba
23.11 Ximena Restrepo
  Colombia
23.16 Merlene Frazer
  Jamaica
23.48
400 metres
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Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Cuba
49.61 Ximena Restrepo
  Colombia
50.14 AR Jearl Miles
  United States
50.82
800 metres
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Ana Fidelia Quirot
  Cuba
1:58.71 Alisa Hill
  United States
1:59.99 Celeste Halliday
  United States
2:01.41
1500 metres
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Alisa Hill
  United States
4:13.12 Letitia Vriesde
  Suriname
4:16.75 Sarah Howell
  Canada
4:17.55
3000 metres
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Sabrina Dornhoefer
  United States
9:16.15 María del Carmen Díaz
  Mexico
9:19.05 Carmem de Oliveira
  Brazil
9:19.18
10,000 metres
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María del Carmen Díaz
  Mexico
34:21.13 Lisa Harvey
  Canada
34:25.52 María Luisa Servín
  Mexico
34:55.94
Marathon
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Olga Appell
  Mexico
2:43:36 Maribel Durruty
  Cuba
2:46:04 Emperatriz Wilson
  Cuba
2:48:48
100 metres hurdles
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Aliuska López
  Cuba
12.99 Odalys Adams
  Cuba
13.06 Arnita Myricks
  United States
13.23
400 metres hurdles
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Lency Montelier
  Cuba
57.34 Deon Hemmings
  Jamaica
57.54 Tonja Buford
  United States
57.81
4 × 100 metres relay
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  Jamaica
Cheryl-Ann Phillips
Merlene Frazer
Beverly McDonald
Dahlia Duhaney
43.79   Cuba
Eusebia Riquelme
Idalmis Bonne
Julia Duporty
Liliana Allen
44.31   United States
Arnita Myricks
Anita Howard
LaMonda Miller
Chryste Gaines
44.62
4 × 400 metres relay
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  United States
Natasha Kaiser
Tasha Downing
Maicel Malone
Jearl Miles
3:24.21   Cuba
Julia Duporty
Odalmis Limonta
Nancy McLeón
Ana Fidelia Quirot
3:24.91   Jamaica
Vivienne Spence-Gardner
Cathy Rattray-Williams
Sandie Richards
Inez Turner
3:28.33
10,000 metres walk
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Graciela Mendoza
  Mexico
46:41.56 Debbi Lawrence
  United States
46:51.53 Maricela Chávez
  Mexico
47:44.73
High jump
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Ioamnet Quintero
  Cuba
1.88 María del Carmen García
  Cuba
1.85 Jan Wohlschlag
  United States
1.80
Long jump
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Diane Guthrie-Gresham
  Jamaica
6.64 Eloína Echevarría
  Cuba
6.60w Julie Bright
  United States
6.53w
Shot put
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Belsy Laza
  Cuba
18.87 Connie Price-Smith
  United States
18.30 Ramona Pagel
  United States
17.76
Discus throw
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Bárbara Hechevarría
  Cuba
63.50 Hilda Ramos
  Cuba
63.38 Lacy Barnes
  United States
60.32
Javelin throw
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Dulce García
  Cuba
64.78 Donna Mayhew
  United States
58.44 Herminia Bouza
  Cuba
56.70
Heptathlon
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DeDee Nathan
  United States
5778 Sharon Hanson
  United States
5770 Magalys García
  Cuba
5690

Medal table

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Cuba 18 12 12 42
2   United States 9 15 16 40
3   Mexico 6 4 2 12
4   Brazil 6 2 2 10
5   Jamaica 2 1 4 7
6   Colombia 1 2 1 4
7   Chile 1 0 0 1
8   Canada 0 3 2 5
9   Suriname 0 1 1 2
  Bahamas 0 1 1 2
11   Uruguay 0 1 0 1
  Trinidad and Tobago 0 1 0 1
13   Virgin Islands 0 0 1 1
  Argentina 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

See also

References