Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games
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The athletics competition at the 1971 Pan American Games
1971 Pan American Games
The 6th Pan American Games were held in Cali, Colombia, from July 30 to August 13, 1971. The then called "Salsa World Capital", located at the foot of the Andes Mountains, hosted a total of 2,935 athletes from 32 countries, who participated in seventeen sports...
was held in Cali
Calì
Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
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Men's events
| 100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
Don Quarrie Don Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s....  Jamaica |
10.29 | Lennox Miller Lennox Miller Lennox V. Miller was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller.... Jamaica |
10.32 | Del Meriwether Delano Meriwether Wilhelm Delano Meriwether is an American physician and a former track and field athlete...  United States |
10.34 |
| 200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
Don Quarrie Don Quarrie Donald O'Riley Quarrie C.D is a former Jamaican athlete, one of the world's top sprinters during the 1970s.... Jamaica |
19.86 | Marshall Dill Marshall Dill Born in 1953, Marshall Dill is a native of Detroit and a 1971 graduate of Northern High School; Dill enjoyed a stellar career as one of the most successful interscholastic track and field athletes in United States history.- For the record: 1971 :... United States |
20.39 | Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.He competed for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, where he won the bronze medal...  Trinidad and Tobago |
20.39 |
| 400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
John Smith John Smith (athlete) John Walton Smith is a former American athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games.... United States |
44.60 | Fred Newhouse Fred Newhouse he friggin coolFrederick Vaughn Newhouse was an American competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the men's 4x400 meter relay with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Maxie Parks and silver in the 400 m. He finished second in the Olympic final with a time of 44.40. The final... United States |
45.09 | Fernando Acevedo Fernando Acevedo Fernando Acevedo is a retired track and field athlete from Peru, who won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres at the 1971 Pan American Games. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany....  Peru |
45.30 (NR) |
| 800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps... |
Ken Swenson Ken Swenson Kenneth Lloyd Swenson is a retired middle distance runner from the United States, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.... United States |
1:48.08 | Art Sandison United States |
1:48.42 | Byron Dyce Jamaica |
1:48.42 |
| 1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... |
Marty Liquori Marty Liquori Martin Liquori is an American middle distance athlete.Liquori first rose to fame when he became the third American high schooler to break the four-minute mile by running a 3:59.8 in 1967, three years after Jim Ryun first did it.He grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey and attended Essex Catholic... United States |
3:42.10 | Bill Smart Bill Smart William Smart is a retired male middle distance runner from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany...  Canada |
3:43.39 | Jim Crawford United States |
3:43.76 |
| 5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event... |
Steve Prefontaine Steve Prefontaine Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine was an American middle and long-distance runner. Prefontaine once held the American record in the seven distance track events from the 2,000 meters to the 10,000 meters... United States |
13:52.53 | Steve Stageberg United States |
14:00.76 | Mario Pérez Mexico |
14:03.98 |
| 10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event... |
Frank Shorter Frank Shorter Frank Charles Shorter is a former American long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His victory is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States of the 1970s.... United States |
28:50.83 | Juan Martínez Mexico |
29:05.07 | Álvaro Mejía Álvaro Mejía (athlete) Alvaro Mejía Florez is a former long-distance runner from Colombia, who became a national hero after competing in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games 5,000 meter final....  Colombia |
29:06.97 |
| Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race... |
Frank Shorter Frank Shorter Frank Charles Shorter is a former American long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His victory is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States of the 1970s.... United States |
2:22:40 | José Gaspar Jose Gaspar José Gaspar, known by his nickname Gasparilla , was a purported Spanish pirate, the "last of the Buccaneers," who is claimed to have raided the west coast of Florida during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Though he is a popular figure in Florida folklore, no evidence of his existence... Mexico |
2:26:30 | Hernán Barreneche Hernán Barreneche Hernán Barreneche Ríos is a long-distance runner from Colombia, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics . He won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia... Colombia |
2:27:19 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Mike Manley Mike Manley (athletics) Peter Michael Manley is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from the United States. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase event at the Pan American Games: 1971 and 1975.... United States |
8:42.27 | Sidney Sink United States |
8:42.90 | Héctor Villanueva Héctor Villanueva Héctor Villanueva Balasquide , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1990-1993.... Mexico |
8:46.09 |
| 110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight... |
Rod Milburn United States |
13.46w | Arnaldo Bristol Puerto Rico |
13.81w | Juan Morales Juan Morales Juan Morales is a former Cuban athlete who competed mainly in 110 metres hurdles. Together with Hermes Ramírez, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968...  Cuba |
13.85w |
| 400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
Ralph Mann Ralph Mann Ralph Mann was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meter hurdles. He was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Washington State University... United States |
49.11 | Jim Seymour Jim Seymour James Patrick "Jim" Seymour was an American football wide receiver who played three seasons for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League. He was originally selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1969 NFL Draft, 10th pick overall... United States |
50.36 | Jacinto Hidalgo Venezuela |
51.68 |
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Pat Matzdorf Pat Matzdorf Patrick Clifford Matzdorf is a former high jumper from the United States, who set the world record in the event with a leap of 2.29 metres at a World All-Star Meet in Berkeley, California... United States |
2.10 | Wilf Wedmann Wilf Wedmann Wilf Wedmann is a retired male high jumper from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. A resident of Gloucester, British Columbia he claimed the silver medal in the men's high jump event at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali,... Canada |
2.10 | Luis Arbulú Peru |
2.05 |
| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
Jan Johnson Jan Johnson Jan Johnson was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He graduated in 1972 from the University of Alabama, where he holds the school record in the pole vault at 18 feet, 1/2 inch.... United States |
5.33 | David Roberts United States |
5.20 | Bruce Simpson Canada |
4.90 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Arnie Robinson Arnie Robinson Clarence Earl "Arnie" Robinson, Jr. won the gold medal for the men's long jump in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal. That was an improvement on the bronze medal he won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-Career:Robinson stayed in the San Diego area throughout his career, first at... United States |
8.02 | James "Bouncy" Moore United States |
7.98 | Mike Mason Canada |
7.65 |
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Pedro Pérez Pedro Pérez Pedro Pérez Dueñas is a retired triple jumper from Cuba. He set the world record in the men's triple jump event on August 5, 1971, jumping 17.40 metres in the final of the Pan American Games.-Achievements:-References:* *... Cuba |
17.40 | Nelson Prudêncio Nelson Prudêncio Nelson Prudêncio is a retired Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump. He won one Olympic silver medal and one bronze during his career.-References:*...  Brazil |
16.82 | John Craft United States |
16.32 |
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Al Feuerbach Al Feuerbach Allan Dean Feuerbach is a former track and field athlete from the United States, who competed for his native country in the men's shot put event at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. On... United States |
19.76 | Karl Salb United States |
19.10 | Mike Mercer Canada |
18.01 |
| Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Dick Drescher Dick Drescher Rickard Drescher is a retired male track and field athlete from the United States. He competed in the men's discus throw during his career. Drescher set his personal best in the discus throw event at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut on April 24, 1976.-References:*... United States |
62.26 | Tim Vollmer United States |
61.06 | Ain Roost Ain Roost Ain Roost is a retired male discus thrower, who represented Canada twice at the Summer Olympics. A resident of San Diego, California he claimed the bronze medal in the men's discus throw event at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia.-References:* *... Canada |
58.06 |
| Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Al Hall Al Hall (athlete) Al Hall was an American hammer throw champion, who competed in the Olympics on four occasions.Hall grew up on the family's farm in Hanson, Massachusetts, where he built up his physique using a set of weights he had constructed from concrete cylinders.Hall attended Whitman High School , where he... United States |
65.84 | George Frenn United States |
65.68 | Darwin Piñeyrúa Uruguay |
61.54 |
| Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Cary Feldmann United States |
81.52 | Bill Skinner United States |
80.36 | Amado Morales Amado Morales Amado Rigoberto Morales is a retired male javelin thrower from Puerto Rico, who competed for his native country during the 1970s and the 1980s.-Achievements:-References:* *... Puerto Rico |
76.14 |
| Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not... |
Rick Wanamaker Rick Wanamaker Rick Wanamaker is an American track and basketball athlete, known principally for winning the decathlon in the 1971 Pan American Games and for blocking a shot against Lew Alcindor in the 1969 NCAA national basketball semi-finals.Rick Wanamaker attended Iowa Valley High School in Marengo, where he... United States |
7648 | Russ Hodge Russ Hodge Russell Arden Hodge is an American track and field athlete, world record holder in decathlon from 1966, Olympic competitor from 1964, and silver medalist from the Pan American Games .-Track and field career:... United States |
7314 | Jesús Mirabal Jesús Mirabal Jesús Mirabal is a former Cuban decathlete.He won the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1970 and 1974 and took bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 1971 and 1975. He was the first Cuban decathlete to break the 7000 point barrier, and eventually established his national record at 7506... Cuba |
7295 |
| 20 kilometre road walk | Goetz Klopfer Goetz Klopfer Goetz Heinrich Klopfer was a male race walker, who represented the United States at two Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. His best finish was the 10th place in the men's 50 km walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He won the 20 km event at the 1971 Pan American... United States |
1:37:30 | Tom Dooley United States |
1:38:16 | José Oliveros Mexico |
1:40:26 |
| 50 kilometre road walk | Larry Young Larry Young (athletics) Larry Young is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometer walk.He competed for the United States in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 50 kilometer walk where he won the bronze medal. He repeated this feat four years later in Munich at the 1972 Summer... United States |
4:38:31 | Gabriel Hernández Mexico |
4:38:46 | John Knifton United States |
4:42:15 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
Jamaica |
39.28 | Cuba |
39.84 | United States |
39.84 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes... |
United States |
3:00.63 | Jamaica |
3:03.98 | Trinidad and Tobago Kent Bernard Trevor James Ben Cayenne Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.He competed for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, where he won the bronze medal... |
3:04.58 |
Women's events
| 100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
Iris Davis United States |
11.25w | Stephanie Berto Stephanie Berto Stephanie Berto is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metres and 4x100m relay while becoming the youngest member of the olympic team at age 15... Canada |
11.40w | Silvia Chivás Cuba |
11.47w |
| 200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
Stephanie Berto Stephanie Berto Stephanie Berto is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metres and 4x100m relay while becoming the youngest member of the olympic team at age 15... Canada |
23.57 | Fulgencia Romay Fulgencia Romay Fulgencia Romay is a retired sprinter from Cuba. At the 1968 Summer Olympics she helped win a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, the first Olympic medal ever won by Cuban women. At the 1972 Summer Olympics she won another relay medal, this time a bronze. She also won a silver medal in 200... Cuba |
23.70 | Esther Stroy United States |
23.82 |
| 400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
Marilyn Neufville Marilyn Neufville Marilyn Fay Neufville is a former Jamaican athlete who had success in the sprints between 1967 to 1971. Neufville broke the world record in the 400 m and won four gold medals and one bronze in various regional championships... Jamaica |
52.34 | Carmen Trustée Carmen Trustée Carmen Trustée Lee is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career. She represented her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:*... Cuba |
52.89 | Yvonne Saunders Jamaica |
53.13 |
| 800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps... |
Abby Hoffman Canada |
2:05.54 | Doris Brown Doris Brown Heritage Doris Brown was born on September 17, 1942 in Tacoma, Washington.Brown went to Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor, Washington, graduating in 1960. She then attended Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington where she earned a B.A. in 1964 and a M.S. in 1971.In 1966, Brown became the first... United States |
2:05.90 | Penny Werthner Penny Werthner Penny Werthner is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the women's 1.500 metres... Canada |
2:06.32 |
| 100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner... |
Patricia Johnson Patricia Johnson (athlete) Patricia Jean van Wolvelaere-Johnson is a retired female hurdler from the United States, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. Her best finish was the fourth place in the women's 80m hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics... United States |
13.19w | Marlene Elejalde Cuba |
13.54w | Penny May Canada |
13.70w |
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Debbie Brill Debbie Brill Debbie Brill OC is a Canadian high jump athlete who was the first North American woman to clear 6 feet, at age 16. Her unique reverse jumping style was called the "Brill Bend"... Canada |
1.85 | Audrey Reid Audrey Reid Audrey Reid is a Jamaican film actress, best known for appearing in Dancehall Queen as Marcia.-External links:*... Jamaica |
1.75 | Andrea Bruce Jamaica |
1.70 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Brenda Eisler Brenda Eisler Brenda Lee Eisler is a retired long jumper from Canada. She won the gold medal at the 1971 Pan American Games, and competed for her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:*... Canada |
6.34 | Silvina Pereira Brazil |
6.35 | Marina Samuells Cuba |
6.14 |
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Lynn Graham United States |
15.76 | Grecia Hamilton Cuba |
14.63 | Rosa Molina Chile |
14.50 |
| Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Carmen Romero Carmen Romero Carmen Romero Ferrer is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 69.08 metres, achieved in April 1976 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba |
57.20 | María Betancourt María Betancourt María Cristina Betancourt Ramírez is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 66.54 metres, achieved in February 1981 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba |
51.76 | Carol Martin Canada |
50.04 |
| Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Tomasa Núñez Cuba |
54.02 | Sherry Calvert Sherry Calvert Sharon Lynn Calvert is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. She set her personal best in 1978.-Achievements:-References:*... United States |
51.52 | Roberta Brown Roberta Brown Roberta Brown is an American actress, writer, and swordmaster. She is most notable for her work on the syndicated TV series Queen of Swords. In Queen of Swords, Roberta worked onscreen as sword double for female characters played by Tessie Santiago, Bo Derek, and Paulina Galvez. In addition, she... United States |
50.94 |
| Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games... |
Debbie Van Kiekebelt Debbie Van Kiekebelt Deborah Van Kiekebelt is a Canadian athlete and sports broadcaster. She was a gold medallist in the pentathlon at the 1971 Pan American Games, and was named that year's Canadian Woman Athlete of the year... Canada |
4290 | Penny May Canada |
4112 | Aída dos Santos Brazil |
3887 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
United States |
44.59 | Cuba |
45.01 | Colombia |
45.99 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes... |
United States Cheryl Toussaint Cheryl Toussaint Cheryl Toussaint is an American athlete who mainly competed in the 800 metres.She grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, where she attended Erasmus Hall High School, setting the indoor record in the 600-yard run in 1970, the same year she graduated from high school... Esther Story Gwen Norman Mavis Laing |
3:32.45 | Cuba |
3:34.04 | Jamaica |
3:34.05 |
Medal table
| 1 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 48 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |