Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games

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
Dates30 July – 5 August
Host cityCali, Colombia
VenueEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
LevelSenior
Events37
Participation375 athletes from
28 nations
Records set1 WR, 19 GR


Medal summary

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
Don Quarrie
 Jamaica
10.29 Lennox Miller
 Jamaica
10.32 Del Meriwether
 United States
10.34
200 metres
(wind: +1.0 m/s)
Don Quarrie
 Jamaica
19.86 GR Marshall Dill
 United States
20.39 Edwin Roberts
 Trinidad and Tobago
20.39
400 metres
John Smith
 United States
44.60 GR Fred Newhouse
 United States
45.09 Fernando Acevedo
 Peru
45.30 NR
800 metres
Ken Swenson
 United States
1:48.08 GR Art Sandison
 United States
1:48.42 Byron Dyce
 Jamaica
1:48.42
1500 metres
Marty Liquori
 United States
3:42.10 GR Bill Smart
 Canada
3:43.39 Jim Crawford
 United States
3:43.76
5000 metres
Steve Prefontaine
 United States
13:52.53 Steve Stageberg
 United States
14:00.76 Mario Pérez
 Mexico
14:03.98
10,000 metres
Frank Shorter
 United States
28:50.83 GR Juan Martínez
 Mexico
29:05.07 Álvaro Mejía
 Colombia
29:06.97
Marathon
Frank Shorter
 United States
2:22:40 José García
 Mexico
2:26:30 Hernán Barreneche
 Colombia
2:27:19
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +4.5 m/s)
Rod Milburn
 United States
13.46w Arnaldo Bristol
 Puerto Rico
13.81w Juan Morales
 Cuba
13.85w
400 metres hurdles
Ralph Mann
 United States
49.11 GR Jim Seymour
 United States
50.36 Jacinto Hidalgo
 Venezuela
51.68
3000 metres steeplechase
Mike Manley
 United States
8:42.27 Sidney Sink
 United States
8:42.90 Héctor Villanueva
 Mexico
8:46.09
4 × 100 metres relay
 Jamaica
Alfred Daley
Carl Lawson
Lennox Miller
Don Quarrie
39.28  Cuba
Barbaro Bandomo
Pablo Montes
Juan Morales
Hermes Ramírez
39.84  United States
Willie Deckard
Marshall Dill
Ron Draper
Rod Milburn
39.84
4 × 400 metres relay
 United States
Dale Alexander
Fred Newhouse
Tommy Turner
John Smith
3:00.63 GR  Jamaica
Leighton Priestley
Trevor Campbell
Alfred Daley
Garth Case
3:03.98  Trinidad and Tobago
Edwin Roberts
Ben Cayenne
Kent Bernard
Trevor James
3:04.58
20 kilometres walk
Goetz Klopfer
 United States
1:37:30 Tom Dooley
 United States
1:38:16 José Oliveros
 Mexico
1:40:26
50 kilometres walk
Larry Young
 United States
4:38:31 Gabriel Hernández
 Mexico
4:38:46 John Knifton
 United States
4:42:15
High jump
Pat Matzdorf
 United States
2.10 m Wilf Wedmann
 Canada
2.10 m Luis Arbulú
 Peru
2.05 m
Pole vault
Jan Johnson
 United States
5.33 m David Roberts
 United States
5.20 m Bruce Simpson
 Canada
4.90 m
Long jump
Arnie Robinson
 United States
8.02 m James "Bouncy" Moore
 United States
7.98 m Mike Mason
 Canada
7.65 m
Triple jump
Pedro Pérez
 Cuba
17.40 m WR Nelson Prudêncio
 Brazil
16.82 m John Craft
 United States
16.32 m
Shot put
Al Feuerbach
 United States
19.76 m Karl Salb
 United States
19.10 m Mike Mercer
 Canada
18.01 m
Discus throw
Dick Drescher
 United States
62.26 m GR Tim Vollmer
 United States
61.06 m Ain Roost
 Canada
58.06 m
Hammer throw
Al Hall
 United States
65.84 m GR George Frenn
 United States
65.68 m Darwin Piñeyrúa
 Uruguay
61.54 m
Javelin throw
Cary Feldmann
 United States
81.52 m GR Bill Skinner
 United States
80.36 m Amado Morales
 Puerto Rico
76.14 m
Decathlon
Rick Wanamaker
 United States
7648 pts Russ Hodge
 United States
7314 pts Jesús Mirabal
 Cuba
7295 pts

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +3.0 m/s)
Iris Davis
 United States
11.25w Stephanie Berto
 Canada
11.40w Silvia Chivás
 Cuba
11.47w
200 metres
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
Stephanie Berto
 Canada
23.57 =GR Fulgencia Romay
 Cuba
23.70 Esther Stroy
 United States
23.82
400 metres
Marilyn Neufville
 Jamaica
52.34 GR Carmen Trustée
 Cuba
52.89 Yvonne Saunders
 Jamaica
53.13
800 metres
Abby Hoffman
 Canada
2:05.54 Doris Brown
 United States
2:05.90 Penny Werthner
 Canada
2:06.32
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +4.4 m/s)
Patty Johnson
 United States
13.19w Marlene Elejalde
 Cuba
13.54w Penny May
 Canada
13.70w
4 × 100 metres relay
 United States
Orien Brown
Pat Hawkins
Mattiline Render
Iris Davis
44.59  Cuba
Silvia Chivás
Marlene Elejarde
Fulgencia Romay
Carmen Valdés
45.01  Colombia
Aida Ortíz
Ana Maquilón
Elsy Rivas
Juana Mosquera
45.99
4 × 400 metres relay
 United States
Esther Stroy
Mavis Laing
Gwen Norman
Cheryl Toussaint
3:32.45 GR  Cuba
Beatriz Castillo
Marcela Chibás
Aurelia Pentón
Carmen Trustée
3:34.04  Jamaica
Beverly Franklin
Ruth Williams
Yvonne Saunders
Marilyn Neufville
3:34.05
High jump
Debbie Brill
 Canada
1.85 m GR Audrey Reid
 Jamaica
1.75 m Andrea Bruce
 Jamaica
1.70 m
Long jump
Brenda Eisler
 Canada
6.34 m GR Silvina Pereira
 Brazil
6.35 m Marina Samuells
 Cuba
6.14 m
Shot put
Lynn Graham
 United States
15.76 m GR Grecia Hamilton
 Cuba
14.63 m Rosa Molina
 Chile
14.50 m
Discus throw
Carmen Romero
 Cuba
57.20 m GR María Cristina Betancourt
 Cuba
51.76 m Carol Martin
 Canada
50.04 m
Javelin throw
Tomasa Núñez
 Cuba
54.02 m GR Sherry Calvert
 United States
51.52 m Roberta Brown
 United States
50.94 m
Pentathlon
Debbie Van Kiekebelt
 Canada
4290 pts Penny May
 Canada
4112 pts Aída dos Santos
 Brazil
3887 pts

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2516748
2 Canada (CAN)54716
3 Jamaica (JAM)43411
4 Cuba (CUB)38415
5 Mexico (MEX)0336
6 Brazil (BRA)0213
7 Puerto Rico (PUR)0112
8 Colombia (COL)0033
9 Peru (PER)0022
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0022
11 Chile (CHI)0011
 Uruguay (URU)0011
 Venezuela (VEN)0011
Totals (13 nations)373737111

Participating nations

References

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