Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games

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

Athletics at the 1991 Pan American Games
Host venue (shown in 2013)
Dates	3–11 August
Host city	Havana, Cuba
Venue	Estadio Panamericano
Level	Senior
Events	43
Participation	434 athletes from 34 nations
← Indianapolis 1987 Mar del Plata 1995 → 1991 Pan American Games

Medal summary

Men's events

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

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Liliana Allen Cuba	11.39	Chryste Gaines United States	11.46	Beverly McDonald Jamaica	11.52
200 metres	Liliana Allen Cuba	23.11	Ximena Restrepo Colombia	23.16	Merlene Frazer Jamaica	23.48
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	49.61	Ximena Restrepo Colombia	50.14 AR	Jearl Miles United States	50.82
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	1:58.71	Alisa Hill United States	1:59.99	Celeste Halliday United States	2:01.41
1500 metres	Alisa Hill United States	4:13.12	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	4:16.75	Sarah Howell Canada	4:17.55
3000 metres	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	María del Carmen Díaz Mexico	34:21.13	Lisa Harvey Canada	34:25.52	María Luisa Servín Mexico	34:55.94
Marathon	Olga Appell Mexico	2:43:36	Maribel Durruty Cuba	2:46:04	Emperatriz Wilson Cuba	2:48:48
100 metres hurdles	Aliuska López Cuba	12.99	Odalys Adams Cuba	13.06	Arnita Myricks United States	13.23
400 metres hurdles	Lency Montelier Cuba	57.34	Deon Hemmings Jamaica	57.54	Tonja Buford United States	57.81
4 × 100 metres relay	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	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	Graciela Mendoza Mexico	46:41.56	Debbi Lawrence United States	46:51.53	Maricela Chávez Mexico	47:44.73
High jump	Ioamnet Quintero Cuba	1.88	María del Carmen García Cuba	1.85	Jan Wohlschlag United States	1.80
Long jump	Diane Guthrie-Gresham Jamaica	6.64	Eloína Echevarría Cuba	6.60w	Julie Bright United States	6.53w
Shot put	Belsy Laza Cuba	18.87	Connie Price-Smith United States	18.30	Ramona Pagel United States	17.76
Discus throw	Bárbara Hechevarría Cuba	63.50	Hilda Ramos Cuba	63.38	Lacy Barnes United States	60.32
Javelin throw	Dulce García Cuba	64.78	Donna Mayhew United States	58.44	Herminia Bouza Cuba	56.70
Heptathlon	DeDee Nathan United States	5778	Sharon Hanson United States	5770	Magalys García Cuba	5690

Medal table

Rank	Country				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

•  Antigua and Barbuda (2)
•  Argentina (12)
•  Bahamas (8)
•  Barbados (6)
•  Belize (7)
•  Bermuda (8)
•  Bolivia (6)
•  Brazil (21)
•  British Virgin Islands (4)
•  Canada (47)
•  Chile (9)
•  Colombia (12)
•  Costa Rica (4)
•  Cuba (75)
•  Grenada (2)
•  Guatemala (5)
•  Guyana (3)
•  Haiti (3)
•  Honduras (2)
•  Jamaica (29)
•  Mexico (21)
•  Nicaragua (4)
•  Panama (3)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Peru (3)
•  Puerto Rico (10)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
•  El Salvador (2)
•  Suriname (2)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (10)
•  United States (84)
•  Virgin Islands (10)
•  Uruguay (7)
•  Venezuela (6)

See also

• 1991 in athletics (track and field)

References

• GBR Athletics