Athletics at the 1970 Bolivarian Games

Athletics at the VI Bolivarian Games
Athletics at the VI Bolivarian Games
Dates	August 25 - September 6
Host city	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Venue	Estadio Olímpico
Level	Senior
Events	32 (22 men, 10 women)
	← 1965 Quito 1973 Panama City → ; 1970 Bolivarian Games

Athletics competitions at the 1970 Bolivarian Games were held at the Estadio Olímpico in Maracaibo, Venezuela, between August 25 - September 6, 1970.

A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR.^[1] Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano.^[2]

A total of 32 events were contested, 22 by men and 10 by women.

Medal summary

Medal winners were published.^[3]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Fernando Acevedo (PER)	10.2	Arquímedes Herrera (VEN)	10.4	Alberto Marchán (VEN)	10.4
200 metres	Fernando Acevedo (PER)	21.1	Arquímedes Herrera (VEN)	21.5	Jimmy Sierra (COL)	21.5
400 metres	Fernando Acevedo (PER)	46.1	Midonio Palacios (COL)	48.2	Raúl Dome (VEN)	48.3
800 metres	Wilfredo León (VEN)	1:50.9	Ricardo Bailey (PAN)	1:52.7	Jofre Camacho (VEN)	1:52.9
1500 metres	Félix Mantilla (COL)	3:56.9	José Valdivia (PER)	3:57.7	Julio Orense (VEN)	3:57.37
5000 metres	Víctor Mora (COL)	14:08.1	Miguel Hernández (COL)	14:50.8	Lucirio Garrido (VEN)	14:51.0
10,000 metres	Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)	31:23.8	Miguel Hernández (COL)	31:25.3	Luis Castro (ECU)	31:42.2
Marathon	José Moreno (PAN)	2:51:49	Uis Romero (VEN)	2:53:08	Martín Pavón (COL)	2:56:17
110 metres hurdles	Jesús Villegas (COL)	14.5	Alfredo Deza (PER)	14.5	Jacobo Bucaram (ECU)	14.8
400 metres hurdles	Víctor Maldonado (VEN)	51.0	Alfredo Deza (PER)	51.7	Amos Milwood (PAN)	52.6
3000 metres steeplechase	Víctor Mora (COL)	8:54.6	Rafael Baracaldo (COL)	9:16.2	Lucirio Garrido (VEN)	9:23.1
4 x 100 metres relay	Venezuela Arquímedes Herrera Segundo Guerra Castro Alberto Marchán	40.5	Peru Martinich Augusto Marchinaris Jorge Aleman Fernando Acevedo	40.6	Colombia Murillo Wenceslao Ferrín Jimmy Sierra Pedro Grajales	40.9
4 x 400 metres relay	Venezuela Segundo Guerra Flores Roberto Sarmiento Raúl Dome	3:08.0	Peru Jorge Aleman Alfredo Deza Siguas Fernando Acevedo	3:08.7	Colombia Jimmy Sierra Obregón Pedro Grajales Migdonio Palacios	3:08.8
High Jump	Fernando Abugattás (PER)	2.10	Roberto Abugattás (PER)	2.05	Luis Arbulú (PER)	2.00
Pole Vault	Héctor Thomas (VEN)	4.15	Ciro Valdés (COL)	4.15	Luis Mejía (PER)	4.15
Long Jump	Miguel Zapata (COL)	7.50	Juan Muñoz (VEN)	7.18	Alexis Landaeta (VEN)	7.18
Triple Jump	Iván Baldayo (VEN)	15.17	Jaime Pautt (COL)	14.90	Clevis Fuentes (VEN)	14.80
Shot Put	Héctor Thomas (VEN)	14.91
Discus Throw	Dagoberto González (COL)	52.08	Gustavo Gutiérrez (COL)	5?.36	Ceferino Andar (VEN)	42.70
Hammer Throw	Marcelino Borrero (COL)	52.60	Carlos Menchelli (PER)	50.04	Paul Hurtado (PER)	49.72
Javelin Throw	Gustavo Gutiérrez (COL)	71.28	Ramón Rodríguez (VEN)	69.42	Dante Yorges (PER)	62.73
Decathlon	Héctor Thomas (VEN)	7091	Néstor Villegas (COL)	6644	Luis Planchart (VEN)	6554

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Juana Mosquera (COL)	11.9	María Luisa Vilca (PER)	12.0	Elsa Antúnez (VEN)	12.1
200 metres	Elsa Antúnez (VEN)	24.7	Diva Bishop (PAN)	24.7	Juana Mosquera (COL)	24.9
100 metres hurdles	Lucía Vaamonde (VEN)	14.8	Edith Noeding (PER)	15.1	Alicia Barrera (PER)	15.3
4 x 100 metres relay	Panama Margarita Martínez Nivia Trejos Diva Bishop Patricia Morgan	47.1	Venezuela Elsa Antúnez Lucía Vaamonde Lourdes Vargas Doris Rivas	47.5	Colombia Carcamo Naranjo Ana Maquilon Juana Mosquera	48.1
High Jump	Mery Flor Cozier (VEN)	1.54	Patricia Montero (PER)	1.54	Sheila Guerrero (PAN)	1.52
Long Jump	Lucía Vaamonde (VEN)	5.78	María Luisa Vilca (PER)	5.56	Edith Noeding (PER)	5.48
Shot Put	Delia Vera (PER)	12.33	Francisca Gooding (VEN)	12.09	Patricia Andrus (VEN)	11.82
Discus Throw	Isolina Vergara (COL)	40.12	Dalia Quintero (VEN)	35.44	Patricia Andrus (VEN)	35.25
Javelin Throw	Gladys González (VEN)	43.72	Ana López (PAN)	43.10	Nora Rodríguez (COL)	42.62
Pentathlon	Lucía Vaamonde (VEN)	4403	Edith Noeding (PER)	3834	Alicia Barrera (PER)	3544

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Venezuela)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Venezuela (VEN)*	14	8	13	35
2	Colombia (COL)	11	8	7	26
3	Peru (PER)	5	12	7	24
4	Panama (PAN)	2	3	2	7
5	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		32	31	31	94

References

^ Gamarra Zorrilla, José, Bolivia Olímpica Capítulos VI al VIII (PDF) (in Spanish), ANDES Academia del Conocimiento y el Desarrollo "Fernando Diez de Medina", retrieved June 28, 2012
^ CUADRO DE MEDALLISTAS ECUATORIANOS EN LA HISTORIA DE LOS J. D. B. POR EDICIÓN (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2012, retrieved June 28, 2012
^ BOLIVARIAN GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved June 27, 2012

[bolivia-1] Gamarra Zorrilla, José, Bolivia Olímpica Capítulos VI al VIII (PDF) (in Spanish), ANDES Academia del Conocimiento y el Desarrollo "Fernando Diez de Medina", retrieved June 28, 2012

[2] CUADRO DE MEDALLISTAS ECUATORIANOS EN LA HISTORIA DE LOS J. D. B. POR EDICIÓN (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2012, retrieved June 28, 2012

[gbr-3] BOLIVARIAN GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved June 27, 2012

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