Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games

The Athletics competition at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States. The events were competed at the IU Indianapolis Track and Soccer Stadium.

Athletics at the
1987 Pan American Games
Host venue (shown in 2012)
Dates9–16 August
Host cityIndianapolis, United StatesUnited States
VenueIU Indianapolis Track and Soccer Stadium
LevelSenior
Events43
Participation405 athletes from
36 nations
← Caracas 1983
Havana 1991 →

1987 Pan American Games

Medal summary

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -3.4 m/s)
 Lee McRae
 United States		10.26 Ray Stewart
 Jamaica		10.27 Juan Núñez
 Dominican Republic		10.44
200 metres
(wind: +1.3 m/s)
 Floyd Heard
 United States		20.25 Robson da Silva
 Brazil		20.49 Wallace Spearmon
 United States		20.53
400 metres
 Raymond Pierre
 United States		44.60 Bert Cameron
 Jamaica		44.72 Roberto Hernández
 Cuba		45.13
800 metres
 Johnny Gray
 United States		1:46.79 José Luíz Barbosa
 Brazil		1:47.37 Stanley Redwine
 United States		1:47.73
1500 metres
 Joaquim Cruz
 Brazil		3:47.34 Jim Spivey
 United States		3:47.46 Steve Scott
 United States		3:47.76
5000 metres
 Arturo Barrios
 Mexico		13:31.40 Adauto Domingues
 Brazil		13:46.41 Omar Aguilar
 Chile		13:47.86
10,000 metres
 Bruce Bickford
 United States		28:20.37 Rolando Vera
 Ecuador		28:22.56 Paul McCloy
 Canada		28:38.07
Marathon
 Ivo Rodrígues
 Brazil		2:20:13 Ronald Lanzoni
 Costa Rica		2:20:39 Jorge González
 Puerto Rico		2:21:14
110 metres hurdles
(wind: +4.4 m/s)
 Andrew Parker
 Jamaica		13.82w Modesto Castillo
 Dominican Republic		13.96w Ernesto Torres
 Puerto Rico		14.68w
400 metres hurdles
 Winthrop Graham
 Jamaica		48.49 Kevin Young
 United States		48.74 Dave Patrick
 United States		49.47
3000 metres steeplechase
 Adauto Domingues
 Brazil		8:23.26 Henry Marsh
 United States		8:23.77 Brian Abshire
 United States		8:27.30
4 × 100 metres relay
  United States (USA)
Lee McRae
Lee McNeill
Harvey Glance
Carl Lewis		38.41  Cuba (CUB)
Ricardo Chacón
Leandro Peñalver
Maximo Sergio Querol
Andrés Simón		38.86  Jamaica (JAM)
John Mair
Andrew Smith
Clive Wright
Ray Stewart		38.86
4 × 400 metres relay
  United States (USA)
Mark Rowe
Kevin Robinzine
Raymond Pierre
Roddie Haley		2:59.54  Cuba (CUB)
Leandro Peñalver
Agustín Pavó
Lazaro Martínez
Roberto Hernández		2:59.72  Jamaica (JAM)
Winthrop Graham
Mark Senior
Berris Long
Devon Morris		3:03.57
20 kilometres walk
 Carlos Mercenario
 Mexico		1:24:50 Tim Lewis
 United States		1:25:50 Querubín Moreno
 Colombia		1:27:08
50 kilometres walk
 Martín Bermúdez
 Mexico		3:58:54 Raúl González
 Mexico		4:07:27 Héctor Moreno
 Colombia		4:18:48
High jump
 Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba		2.32 Troy Kemp
 Bahamas		2.28 Jerome Carter
 United States		2.28
Pole vault
 Mike Tully
 United States		5.71 Rubén Camino
 Cuba		5.50 Scott Davis
 United States		5.30
Long jump
 Carl Lewis
 United States		8.75 Larry Myricks
 United States		8.58w Jaime Jefferson
 Cuba		8.51
Triple jump
 Mike Conley
 United States		17.31w Willie Banks
 United States		16.87w Frank Rutherford
 Bahamas		16.68w
Shot put
 Gert Weil
 Chile		20.21 Gregg Tafralis
 United States		20.17 Paul Ruiz
 Cuba		18.86
Discus throw
 Luis Delís
 Cuba		67.14 Bradley Cooper
 Bahamas		64.56 Randy Heisler
 United States		62.76
Hammer throw
 Jud Logan
 United States		77.24 Andrés Charadía
 Argentina		69.36 Vicente Sánchez
 Cuba		66.02
Javelin throw
 Duncan Atwood
 United States		78.68 Ramón González
 Cuba		75.58 Juan de la Garza
 Mexico		73.76
Decathlon
 Mike Gonzales
 United States		7649 Keith Robinson
 United States		7573 Gordon Orlikow
 Canada		7441

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: -2.0 m/s)
 Gail Devers
 United States		11.14 Diane Williams
 United States		11.25 Pauline Davis
 Bahamas		11.47
200 metres
(wind: +2.2 m/s)
 Gwen Torrence
 United States		22.52w Randy Givens
 United States		22.71w Pauline Davis
 Bahamas		22.99w
400 metres
 Ana Fidelia Quirot
 Cuba		50.27 Jillian Richardson
 Canada		50.35 Denean Howard
 United States		50.72
800 metres
 Ana Fidelia Quirot
 Cuba		1:59.06 Delisa Walton-Floyd
 United States		2:00.54 Soraya Telles
 Brazil		2:00.56
1500 metres
 Linda Sheskey
 United States		4:07.84 Debbie Bowker
 Canada		4:08.43 Brit McRoberts
 Canada		4:11.35
3000 metres
 Mary Knisely
 United States		9:06.75 Angela Chalmers
 Canada		9:14.48 Leslie Seymour
 United States		9:19.26
10,000 metres
 Marty Cooksey
 United States		33:00.00 Nancy Tinari
 Canada		33:02.41 Patty Murray
 United States		33:38.12
Marathon
[nb]		 María del Carmen Cárdenas
 Mexico		2:52:06 Debbie Warner
 United States		2:54:49 Maribel Durruty
 Cuba		2:56:21
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +1.9 m/s)
 LaVonna Martin
 United States		12.81 Stephanie Hightower
 United States		12.82 Aliuska López
 Cuba		12.91
400 metres hurdles
 Judi Brown-King
 United States		54.23 Sandra Farmer
 Jamaica		54.59 LaTanya Sheffield
 United States		56.15
4 × 100 metres relay
  United States (USA)
Sheila Echols
Gwen Torrence
Michelle Finn-Burrell
Gail Devers		42.91  Cuba (CUB)
Eusebia Riquelme
Aliuska López
Susana Armenteros
Liliana Allen		44.16  Brazil (BRA)
Inês Ribeiro
Cleide Amaral
Claudilea dos Santos
Sheila de Oliveira		45.37
4 × 400 metres relay
  United States (USA)
Rochelle Stevens
Denean Howard
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Diane Dixon		3:23.35  Canada (CAN)
Charmaine Crooks
Marita Payne
Molly Killingbeck
Jillian Richardson		3:29.18  Jamaica (JAM)
Cathy Rattray
Vivienne Spence
Ilrey Oliver
Sandie Richards		3:29.50
10,000 metres walk
 María Colín
 Mexico		47:17.15 Ann Peel
 Canada		47:17.97 Maryanne Torrellas
 United States		47:35.12
High jump
 Coleen Sommer
 United States		1.96 Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez
 Cuba		1.92 Mazel Thomas
 Jamaica		1.88
Long jump
 Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 United States		7.45 Jennifer Inniss
 United States		6.85 Eloína Echevarría
 Cuba		6.42
Shot put
 Ramona Pagel
 United States		18.56 María Elena Sarría
 Cuba		18.12 Belsis Laza
 Cuba		18.06
Discus throw
 Maritza Martén García
 Cuba		65.58 Hilda Ramos
 Cuba		61.34 Connie Price
 United States		59.52
Javelin throw
 Ivonne Leal
 Cuba		63.70 María Caridad Colón
 Cuba		61.66 Marieta Riera
 Venezuela		57.10
Heptathlon
 Cindy Greiner
 United States		6184 Connie Polman-Tuin
 Canada		5862 Jolanda Jones
 United States		5823
  • nb Some sources erroneously state the winner of the women's marathon as María del Carmen Díaz (later a Pan American Games winner on the track) instead of the correct winner, María del Carmen Cárdenas.[1]

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States26141555
2 Cuba69823
3 Mexico5117
4 Brazil3328
5 Jamaica2349
6 Chile1012
7 Canada07310
8 Bahamas0235
9 Dominican Republic0112
10 Argentina0101
 Costa Rica0101
 Ecuador0101
13 Colombia0022
 Puerto Rico0022
15 Venezuela0011
Totals (15 entries)434343129

Participating nations
  •  Antigua and Barbuda (11)
  •  Argentina (10)
  •  Aruba (1)
  •  Bahamas (9)
  •  Barbados (6)
  •  Belize (4)
  •  Bermuda (8)
  •  Bolivia (3)
  •  Brazil (28)
  •  British Virgin Islands (3)
  •  Canada (36)
  •  Cayman Islands (1)
  •  Chile (10)
  •  Colombia (13)
  •  Costa Rica (2)
  •  Cuba (38)
  •  Dominican Republic (4)
  •  Ecuador (12)
  •  Haiti (3)
  •  Grenada (2)
  •  Guatemala (5)
  •  Guyana (1)
  •  Honduras (3)
  •  Jamaica (17)
  •  Mexico (29)
  •  Panama (2)
  •  Paraguay (3)
  •  Peru (5)
  •  Puerto Rico (13)
  •  El Salvador (5)
  •  Suriname (2)
  •  Trinidad and Tobago (6)
  •  United States (84)
  •  Virgin Islands (11)
  •  Uruguay (6)
  •  Venezuela (9)

See also

References
  1. María del Carmen Cárdeñas. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-10-28.
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