Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1999 Pan American Games was held at University Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Two new events were introduced for women: pole vault and hammer throw. In addition the 20 km road walk replaced the 10,000 m track walk.

Athletics at the
1999 Pan American Games
DatesJuly 24–30
Host cityWinnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaCanada
VenueUniversity Stadium
LevelSenior
Events46
Participation446 athletes from
38 nations


Men's results

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Track

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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(Wind: +0.4 m/s)
Bernard Williams
  United States
10.08 Freddy Mayola
  Cuba
10.10 Claudinei da Silva
  Brazil
10.13
200 metres
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(Wind: −1.9 m/s)
Claudinei da Silva
  Brazil
20.30 Curtis Perry
  USA
20.58 Sebastián Keitel
  Chile
20.82
400 metres
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Greg Haughton
  Jamaica
44.59 Danny McCray
  USA
44.83 Alejandro Cárdenas
  Mexico
44.92
800 metres
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Johnny Gray
  USA
1:45.38 Norberto Téllez
  Cuba
1:45.40 Zach Whitmarsh
  Canada
1:45.94
1500 metres
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Graham Hood
  Canada
3:41.20 Michael Stember
  United States
3:41.96 Hudson de Souza
  Brazil
3:42.18
5000 metres
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David Galván
  Mexico
13:42.04 Elenilson da Silva
  Brazil
13:43.13 Jeff Schiebler
  Canada
13:43.66
10,000 metres
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Elenilson da Silva
  Brazil
28:43.50 David Galván
  Mexico
28:44.03 Pete Julian
  United States
28:44.55
Marathon
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Vanderlei de Lima
  Brazil
2:17:20 Rubén Maza
  Venezuela
2:19:56 Éder Fialho
  Brazil
2:20:09
3000 metres steeplechase
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Joël Bourgeois
  Canada
8:35.03 Francis O'Neill
  United States
8:35.73 Jean-Nicolas Duval
  Canada
8:39.52
110 metres hurdles
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(Wind: +1.1 m/s)
Anier García
  Cuba
13.17 GR Yoel Hernández
  Cuba
13.24 Eugene Swift
  United States
13.41
400 metres hurdles
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Eronilde de Araújo
  Brazil
48.23 GR Eric Thomas
  United States
48.40 Torrance Zellner
  United States
48.45
4 × 100 metres relay
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  Brazil
Raphael de Oliveira
Claudinei da Silva
Édson Ribeiro
André da Silva
38.18 GR   Canada
Trevino Betty
Donovan Bailey
Glenroy Gilbert
Bradley McCuaig
38.49   Jamaica]
Dwight Thomas
Garth Robinson
Patrick Jarrett
Christopher Williams
38.82
4 × 400 metres relay
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  Jamaica
Michael McDonald
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Davian Clarke
Paston Coke*
2:57.97 GR   Brazil
Sanderlei Parrela
Claudinei da Silva
Anderson Jorge dos Santos
Eronilde de Araújo
Cleverson da Silva*
2:58.56   United States
Danny McCray
Deon Minor
Torrance Zellner
Alvin Harrison
3:00.94
20 kilometres walk
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Bernardo Segura
  Mexico
1:20:17 Daniel García
  Mexico
1:20:28 Jefferson Pérez
  Ecuador
1:20:46
50 kilometres walk
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Joel Sánchez
  Mexico
4:06:31 Carlos Mercenario
  Mexico
4:09:48 Philip Dunn
  USA
4:13:45
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Field

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
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Kwaku Boateng
  Canada
Mark Boswell
  Canada
2.25 - - Charles Clinger
  United States
2.25
Pole vault
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Pat Manson
  United States
5.60 Scott Hennig
  United States
5.55 Jason Pearce
  Canada
5.30
Long jump
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Iván Pedroso
  Cuba
8.52 Kareem Streete-Thompson
  Cayman Islands
8.12 Luis Felipe Méliz
  Cuba
8.06
Triple jump
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Yoelbi Quesada
  Cuba
17.19 LaMark Carter
  USA
17.09 Michael Calvo
  Cuba
17.03
Shot put
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Brad Mears
  United States
19.93 Jamie Beyer
  United States
18.95 Bradley Snyder
  Canada
18.74
Discus throw
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Anthony Washington
  USA
64.25 Alexis Elizalde
  Cuba
61.99 Jason Tunks
  Canada
61.75
Hammer throw
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Lance Deal
  United States
79.61 GR Kevin McMahon
  United States
73.41 Juan Ignacio Cerra
  Argentina
70.68
Javelin throw
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Emeterio González
  Cuba
77.46 Máximo Rigondeaux
  Cuba
76.24 Tom Petranoff
  United States
75.95
Decathlon
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Chris Huffins
  United States
8170 pts GR Dan Steele
  United States
8070 pts Raúl Duany
  Cuba
7730 pts
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Women's results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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(Wind: +1.7 m/s)
Chandra Sturrup
  Bahamas
11.10 Angela Williams
  United States
11.16 Peta-Gaye Dowdie
  Jamaica
11.20
200 metres
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(Wind: +0.7 m/s)
Debbie Ferguson
  Bahamas
22.83 Lucimar de Moura
  Brazil
23.03 Felipa Palacios
  Colombia
23.05
400 metres
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Ana Guevara
  Mexico
50.91 Michelle Collins
  USA
51.21 Claudine Williams
  Jamaica
51.58
800 metres
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Letitia Vriesde
  Suriname
1:59.95 Zulia Calatayud
  Cuba
2:00.67 Meredith Valmon
  USA
2:01.51
1500 metres
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Marla Runyan
  United States
4:16.86 Leah Pells
  Canada
4:16.86 Stephanie Best
  United States
4:18.44
5000 metres
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Adriana Fernández
  Mexico
15:56.57 Bertha Sánchez
  Colombia
15:59.04 Blake Phillips
  United States
15:59.77
10,000 metres
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Nora Rocha
  Mexico
32:56.51 Stella Castro
  Colombia
33:05.97 NR Tina Connelly
  Canada
33:27.87
Marathon
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Erika Olivera
  Chile
2:37:41 GR Iglandini González
  Colombia
2:40:06 Viviany de Oliveira
  Brazil
2:40:55
100 metres hurdles
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(Wind: +1.2 m/s)
Aliuska López
  Cuba
12.76 GR Maurren Maggi
  Brazil
12.86 Miesha McKelvy
  USA
12.91
400 metres hurdles
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Daimí Pernía
  Cuba
53.44 GR Andrea Blackett
  Barbados
53.98 Michelle Johnson
  United States
54.22
4 × 100 metres relay
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  Jamaica
Kerry-Ann Richards
Aleen Bailey
Beverly Grant
Peta-Gaye Dowdie
42.62 GR   United States
Shelia Burrell
Passion Richardson
Angela Williams
Torri Edwards
43.27   Cuba
Misleidys Lazo
Idalia Hechavarría
Mercedes Carnesolta
Virgen Benavides
43.52
4 × 400 metres relay
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  Cuba
Julia Duporty
Zulia Calatayud
Idalmis Bonne
Daimí Pernía
3:26.70   United States
Shanelle Porter
Yulanda Nelson
Michelle Collins
Andrea Anderson
3:27.50   Barbados
Joanne Durant
Andrea Blackett
Melissa Straker
Tanya Oxley
3:30.72
20 kilometres walk
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Graciela Mendoza
  Mexico
1:34:19 Rosario Sánchez
  Mexico
1:34:46 Michelle Rohl
  United States
1:35:22
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Field

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
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Solange Witteveen
  Argentina
1.88 Luciane Dambacher
  Brazil
1.85 Nicole Forrester
  Canada
1.85
Pole vault
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Alejandra García
  Argentina
4.30 Kellie Suttle
  USA
4.25 Déborah Gyurcsek
  Uruguay
4.15
Long jump
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Maurren Maggi
  Brazil
6.59 Angela Brown
  USA
6.51 Elva Goulbourne
  Jamaica
6.41
Triple jump
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Yamilé Aldama
  Cuba
14.77 GR Suzette Lee
  Jamaica
14.09 Magdelín Martínez
  Cuba
13.98
Shot put
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Connie Price-Smith
  United States
19.06 Yumileidi Cumbá
  Cuba
18.67 Teri Tunks
  United States
18.03
Discus throw
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Elisangela Adriano
  Brazil
60.92 Aretha Hill
  United States
59.06 Kris Kuehl
  United States
57.21
Hammer throw
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Dawn Ellerbe
  USA
65.36 GR Yipsi Moreno
  Cuba
63.03 Caroline Wittrin
  Canada
61.28
Javelin throw
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Osleidys Menéndez
  Cuba
65.85 Xiomara Rivero
  Cuba
62.46 Laverne Eve
  Bahamas
61.24
Heptathlon
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Magalys García
  Cuba
6290 pts GR Shelia Burrell
  United States
6244 pts Nicole Haynes
  United States
6000 pts
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Medal table

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Bernard Williams won the men's 100 m gold for the United States.
 
In 1999, Ana Guevara of Mexico won the first of her three 400 m titles.
 
Brazil's Maurren Maggi took long jump gold and 100 m hurdles silver.

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States10181644
2  Cuba109524
3  Brazil75416
4  Mexico74112
5  Canada*42915
6  Jamaica3148
7  Argentina2013
  Bahamas2013
9  Chile1012
10  Suriname1001
11  Colombia0314
12  Barbados0112
13  Cayman Islands0101
  Venezuela0101
15  Ecuador0011
  Uruguay0011
Totals (16 entries)474546138

Participating nations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Original winner Javier Sotomayor was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for cocaine. ("Drugs in world athletics". BBC. 2000-07-31. Retrieved 2007-03-11.)
  2. ^ Original winner Juana Arrendel was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for stanozolol. ("Drugs in world athletics". BBC. 2000-07-31. Retrieved 2007-03-11.)