Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games

Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games
Dates	July 24–30
Host city	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Venue	University Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	46
Participation	446 athletes from 38 nations
← Mar del Plata 1995 Santo Domingo 2003 → 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.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +0.4 m/s)	Bernard Williams United States	10.08	Freddy Mayola Cuba	10.10	Claudinei da Silva Brazil	10.13
200 metres (Wind: −1.9 m/s)	Claudinei da Silva Brazil	20.30	Curtis Perry USA	20.58	Sebastián Keitel Chile	20.82
400 metres	Greg Haughton Jamaica	44.59	Danny McCray USA	44.83	Alejandro Cárdenas Mexico	44.92
800 metres	Johnny Gray USA	1:45.38	Norberto Téllez Cuba	1:45.40	Zach Whitmarsh Canada	1:45.94
1500 metres	Graham Hood Canada	3:41.20	Michael Stember United States	3:41.96	Hudson de Souza Brazil	3:42.18
5000 metres	David Galván Mexico	13:42.04	Elenilson da Silva Brazil	13:43.13	Jeff Schiebler Canada	13:43.66
10,000 metres	Elenilson da Silva Brazil	28:43.50	David Galván Mexico	28:44.03	Pete Julian United States	28:44.55
Marathon	Vanderlei de Lima Brazil	2:17:20	Rubén Maza Venezuela	2:19:56	Éder Fialho Brazil	2:20:09
3000 metres steeplechase	Joël Bourgeois Canada	8:35.03	Francis O'Neill United States	8:35.73	Jean-Nicolas Duval Canada	8:39.52
110 metres hurdles (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	Eronilde de Araújo Brazil	48.23 GR	Eric Thomas United States	48.40	Torrance Zellner United States	48.45
4 × 100 metres relay	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	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	Bernardo Segura Mexico	1:20:17	Daniel García Mexico	1:20:28	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	1:20:46
50 kilometres walk	Joel Sánchez Mexico	4:06:31	Carlos Mercenario Mexico	4:09:48	Philip Dunn USA	4:13:45
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Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Kwaku Boateng Canada Mark Boswell Canada	2.25	-	-	Charles Clinger United States	2.25
Pole vault	Pat Manson United States	5.60	Scott Hennig United States	5.55	Jason Pearce Canada	5.30
Long jump	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.52	Kareem Streete-Thompson Cayman Islands	8.12	Luis Felipe Méliz Cuba	8.06
Triple jump	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba	17.19	LaMark Carter USA	17.09	Michael Calvo Cuba	17.03
Shot put	Brad Mears United States	19.93	Jamie Beyer United States	18.95	Bradley Snyder Canada	18.74
Discus throw	Anthony Washington USA	64.25	Alexis Elizalde Cuba	61.99	Jason Tunks Canada	61.75
Hammer throw	Lance Deal United States	79.61 GR	Kevin McMahon United States	73.41	Juan Ignacio Cerra Argentina	70.68
Javelin throw	Emeterio González Cuba	77.46	Máximo Rigondeaux Cuba	76.24	Tom Petranoff United States	75.95
Decathlon	Chris Huffins United States	8170 pts GR	Dan Steele United States	8070 pts	Raúl Duany Cuba	7730 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +1.7 m/s)	Chandra Sturrup Bahamas	11.10	Angela Williams United States	11.16	Peta-Gaye Dowdie Jamaica	11.20
200 metres (Wind: +0.7 m/s)	Debbie Ferguson Bahamas	22.83	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	23.03	Felipa Palacios Colombia	23.05
400 metres	Ana Guevara Mexico	50.91	Michelle Collins USA	51.21	Claudine Williams Jamaica	51.58
800 metres	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	1:59.95	Zulia Calatayud Cuba	2:00.67	Meredith Valmon USA	2:01.51
1500 metres	Marla Runyan United States	4:16.86	Leah Pells Canada	4:16.86	Stephanie Best United States	4:18.44
5000 metres	Adriana Fernández Mexico	15:56.57	Bertha Sánchez Colombia	15:59.04	Blake Phillips United States	15:59.77
10,000 metres	Nora Rocha Mexico	32:56.51	Stella Castro Colombia	33:05.97 NR	Tina Connelly Canada	33:27.87
Marathon	Erika Olivera Chile	2:37:41 GR	Iglandini González Colombia	2:40:06	Viviany de Oliveira Brazil	2:40:55
100 metres hurdles (Wind: +1.2 m/s)	Aliuska López Cuba	12.76 GR	Maurren Maggi Brazil	12.86	Miesha McKelvy USA	12.91
400 metres hurdles	Daimí Pernía Cuba	53.44 GR	Andrea Blackett Barbados	53.98	Michelle Johnson United States	54.22
4 × 100 metres relay	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	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	Graciela Mendoza Mexico	1:34:19	Rosario Sánchez Mexico	1:34:46	Michelle Rohl United States	1:35:22
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Field

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

Medal table

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)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	10	18	16	44
2	Cuba	10	9	5	24
3	Brazil	7	5	4	16
4	Mexico	7	4	1	12
5	Canada*	4	2	9	15
6	Jamaica	3	1	4	8
7	Argentina	2	0	1	3
	Bahamas	2	0	1	3
9	Chile	1	0	1	2
10	Suriname	1	0	0	1
11	Colombia	0	3	1	4
12	Barbados	0	1	1	2
13	Cayman Islands	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
15	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		47	45	46	138

Participating nations

• Antigua and Barbuda (5)
• Argentina (13)
• Bahamas (16)
• Barbados (7)
• Belize (1)
• Bermuda (3)
• Bolivia (2)
• Brazil (29)
• Canada (54)
• Cayman Islands (2)
• Chile (12)
• Colombia (15)
• Costa Rica (3)
• Cuba (48)
• Dominica (2)
• Dominican Republic (6)
• Ecuador (11)
• Guatemala (7)
• Grenada (2)
• Guyana (3)
• Haiti (7)
• Honduras (1)
• Jamaica (30)
• Mexico (30)
• Netherlands Antilles (4)
• Paraguay (2)
• Peru (2)
• Puerto Rico (2)
• Saint Lucia (8)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4)
• El Salvador (4)
• Suriname (1)
• Trinidad and Tobago (9)
• United States (86)
• United States Virgin Islands (3)
• Uruguay (6)
• Venezuela (5)

See also

• 1999 in athletics (track and field)

References

• Full results at athletics.ca (Internet Archive)
• GBR Athletics