Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games

Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games
Dates	17–25 March
Host city	Mar del Plata, Argentina
Venue	Estadio Atletico "Justo Roman"
Level	Senior
Events	44
Participation	434 athletes from 34 nations
← Havana 1991 Winnipeg 1999 → 1995 Pan American Games

The Athletics Competition at the 1995 Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina between 17 and 25 March.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +3.4 m/s)	Glenroy Gilbert Canada	10.21w	Joel Isasi Cuba	10.23w	André da Silva Brazil	10.23w
200 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Iván García Cuba	20.29	Andrew Tynes Bahamas	20.33	Sebastián Keitel Chile	20.55
400 metres	Norberto Téllez Cuba	45.38	Omar Mena Cuba	45.64	Eswort Coombs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	45.68
800 metres	José Luíz Barbosa Brazil	1:46.02	Alain Miranda Cuba	1:46.88	Brad Sumner United States	1:47.58
1500 metres	Joaquim Cruz Brazil	3:40.26	Terrance Herrington United States	3:40.97	Jason Pyrah United States	3:42.34
5000 metres	Armando Quintanilla Mexico	13:30.35	Wander do Prado Moura Brazil	13:45.53	Silvio Guerra Ecuador	13:52.29
10,000 metres	Armando Quintanilla Mexico	28:57.41	Valdenor dos Santos Brazil	29:04.79	Ronaldo da Costa Brazil	29:07.68
Marathon	Benjamín Paredes Mexico	2:14:44	Mark Coogan United States	2:15:21	Luiz Carlos da Silva Brazil	2:15:46
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Roger Kingdom United States	13.39	Emilio Valle Cuba	13.4	Courtney Hawkins United States	13.54
400 metres hurdles	Eronilde de Araújo Brazil	49.29	Everson Teixeira Brazil	50.24	Llimy Rivas Colombia	50.37
3000 metres steeplechase	Wander do Prado Moura Brazil	8:14.41	Brian Diemer United States	8:30.58	Dan Reese United States	8:31.58
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Joel Isasi Joel Lamela Iván García Jorge Aguilera	38.67	United States Dino Napier Ron Clark Robert Reading Wendell Gaskin	39.12	Mexico Jaime Barragán Alejandro Cárdenas Carlos Villaseñor Salvador Miranda	39.77
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Iván García Jorge Crusellas Omar Meña Norberto Téllez	3:01.53	Jamaica Orville Taylor Michael McDonald Roxbert Martin Dennis Blake	3:02.11	Trinidad and Tobago Robert Guy Neil de Silva Hayden Stephen Ian Morris	3:02.24
20 kilometres walk	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	1:22:53	Daniel García Mexico	1:22:57	Julio René Martínez Guatemala	1:23:50
50 kilometres walk	Carlos Mercenario Mexico	3:47:55	Miguel Rodríguez Mexico	3:48:22	Julio César Urías Guatemala	3:49:37 (NR)
High jump	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.40	Steve Smith United States	2.29	Gilmar Mayo Colombia	2.26
Pole vault	Pat Manson United States	5.75	Bill Deering United States	5.60	Alberto Manzano Cuba	5.40
Long jump	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.50	Jaime Jefferson Cuba	8.23	Elmer Williams Puerto Rico	8.00w
Triple jump	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba	17.67	Jérôme Romain Dominica	17.24	Yoel García Cuba	17.21w
Shot put	C.J. Hunter United States	20.52	Jorge Montenegro Cuba	18.94	Gert Weil Chile	18.71
Discus throw	Roberto Moya Cuba	63.58	Alexis Elizalde Cuba	62.00	Randy Heisler United States	60.12
Hammer throw	Lance Deal United States	75.64	Alberto Sánchez Cuba	73.94	Andrés Charadia Argentina	71.78
Javelin throw	Emeterio González Cuba	79.28	Edgar Baumann Paraguay	78.70	Todd Riech United States	77.82
Decathlon	Kip Janvrin United States	8049	Eugenio Balanqué Cuba	7948	Alejandro Cárdenas Mexico	7387

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +4.9 m/s)	Chryste Gaines United States	11.05w	Liliana Allen Cuba	11.16w	Heather Samuel Antigua and Barbuda	11.33w
200 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Liliana Allen Cuba	22.73	Dahlia Duhaney Jamaica	23.03	Omegia Keeys United States	23.24
400 metres	Julia Duporty Cuba	50.77	Nancy McLeón Cuba	51.81	Flirtisha Harris United States	52.51
800 metres	Meredith Rainey United States	1:59.44	Luciana Mendes Brazil	2:01.71	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	2:02.25
1500 metres	Sarah Thorsett United States	4:21.84	Sarah Howell Canada	4:22.10	Marta Orellana Argentina	4:22.44
5000 metres	Adriana Fernández Mexico	15:46.32	María del Carmen Díaz Mexico	15:46.43	Carol Montgomery Canada	15:46.80
10,000 metres	Carmem de Oliveira Brazil	33:10.19	Carol Montgomery Canada	33:13.58	María del Carmen Díaz Mexico	33:14.94
Marathon	Maria Trujillo United States	2:43:56	Jennifer Martin United States	2:44:10	Emma Cabrera Mexico	2:46:36
100 metres hurdles (wind: +2.1 m/s)	Aliuska López Cuba	12.68w	Donalda Duprey Canada	13.16w	Odalys Adams Cuba	13.17w
400 metres hurdles	Kim Batten United States	54.74	Tonja Buford United States	55.05	Lency Montelier Cuba	55.74
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Shantel Twiggs Richelle Webb Flirtisha Harris Chryste Gaines	43.55	Cuba Miriam Ferrer Aliuska López Dainelky Pérez Liliana Allen	44.08	Colombia Elia Mera Felipa Palacios Patricia Rodríguez Mirtha Brock	44.10
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba Surella Morales Nancy McLeón Idalmis Bonne Julia Duporty	3:27.45	United States Tonya Williams Terri Dendy Flirtisha Harris Crystal Irving	3:31.22	Colombia Patricia Rodríguez Elia Mera Mirtha Brock Felipa Palacios	3:38.54
10,000 metres walk	Graciela Mendoza Mexico	46:31.9	Michelle Rohl United States	46:36.5	Francisca Martínez Mexico	47:44.8
High jump	Ioamnet Quintero Cuba	1.94	Silvia Costa Cuba	1.91	Angela Bradburn United States	1.91
Long jump	Niurka Montalvo Cuba	6.89	Andrea Ávila Argentina	6.52	Jackie Edwards Bahamas	6.50
Triple jump	Laiza Carrillo Cuba	14.09	Niurka Montalvo Cuba	13.90w	Andrea Ávila Argentina	13.84w
Hammer Throw	Alexandria Given United States	58.92	Eugenia Villmizar Colombia	56.14	Sonja Fitts United States	56.06
Shot put	Connie Price-Smith United States	19.17	Ramona Pagel United States	18.50	Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba	18.47
Javelin Throw	Xiomara Rivero Cuba	63.92	Laverne Eve Bahamas	61.28	Valerie Tulloch Canada	60.58
Discus throw	Maritza Martén Cuba	61.22	Bárbara Hechevarría Cuba	60.20	Kris Kuehl United States	56.92

Medal table

Place	Nation				Total
1	Cuba	18	15	5	38
2	United States	13	11	11	35
3	Mexico	6	3	5	14
4	Brazil	5	4	3	12
5	Canada	1	3	2	6
6	Ecuador	1	0	1	2
7	Bahamas	0	2	1	3
8	Jamaica	0	2	0	2
9	Argentina	0	1	3	4
10	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
	Dominica	0	1	0	1
12	Colombia	0	1	4	5
13	Guatemala	0	0	2	2
	Chile	0	0	2	2
15	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Suriname	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	1	1
Total		44	44	44	132

Participating nations

•  Antigua and Barbuda (2)
•  Argentina (66)
•  Bahamas (7)
•  Barbados (3)
•  Belize (2)
•  Bermuda (2)
•  Bolivia (5)
•  Brazil (29)
•  Canada (27)
•  Chile (11)
•  Colombia (13)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Cuba (56)
•  Dominica (8)
•  Ecuador (8)
•  Grenada (5)
•  Guatemala (6)
•  Guyana (1)
•  Haiti (1)
•  Jamaica (16)
•  Mexico (30)
•  Nicaragua (2)
•  Paraguay (9)
•  Peru (4)
•  Puerto Rico (9)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (8)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
•  El Salvador (1)
•  Suriname (2)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (9)
•  United States (81)
•  Virgin Islands (3)
•  Uruguay (2)
•  Venezuela (4)

References

• GBR Athletics