Athletics at the 1967 Pan American Games

Athletics at the 1967 Pan American Games
Dates	29 July – 5 August
Host city	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Venue	Pan American Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	35
Participation	293 athletes from 33 nations
← São Paulo 1963 Cali 1971 → 1967 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1967 Pan American Games was held at Pan American Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +3.1 m/s)	Harry Jerome Canada	10.27w	Willie Turner United States	10.27w	Hermes Ramírez Cuba	10.36w
200 metres	John Carlos United States	20.5	Jerry Bright United States	20.9	Pablo Montes Cuba	21.0
400 metres	Lee Evans United States	44.95	Vince Matthews United States	45.13	Don Domansky Canada	45.80
800 metres	Wade Bell United States	1:49.20	Bill Crothers Canada	1:49.91	Brian MacLaren Canada	1:50.31
1500 metres	Tom Von Ruden United States	3:43.41	Sam Bair United States	3:44.17	Dave Bailey Canada	3:44.93
5000 metres	Van Nelson United States	13:47.4	Lou Scott United States	13:54.0	Juan Martínez Mexico	13:54.0
10,000 metres	Van Nelson United States	29:17.40	Dave Ellis Canada	29:18.40	Tom Laris United States	29:21.60
Marathon	Andy Boychuk Canada	2:23:03	Agustín Calle Colombia	2:25:51	Alfredo Peñaloza Mexico	2:27:49
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.3 m/s m/s)	Earl McCullouch United States	13.49	Willie Davenport United States	13.55	Juan Morales Cuba	14.30
400 metres hurdles	Ron Whitney United States	50.75	Russ Rogers United States	51.31	Bob McLaren Canada	51.44
3000 metres steeplechase	Chris McCubbins United States	8:38.2	Conrad Nightingale United States	8:51.2	Domingo Amaizón Argentina	8:55.0
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Earl McCullouch Jerry Bright Ron Copeland Willie Turner	39.05	Cuba Félix Eugellés Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez Pablo Montes	39.26	Colombia Jaime Uribe Hernando Arrechea Carlos Álvarez Pedro Grajales	39.92
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Elbert Stinson Emmett Taylor Vince Matthews Lee Evans	3:02.03	Canada Brian MacLaren Ross MacKenzie Bob McLaren Bill Crothers	3:04.83	Jamaica Neville Myton Michael Fray Alex McDonald Clifton Forbes	3:05.99
20 kilometres walk	Ron Laird United States	1:33:06	José Pedraza Mexico	1:34:51	Felix Cappella Canada	1:35:45
50 kilometres walk	Larry Young United States	4:26:21	Felix Cappella Canada	4:36:00	Goetz Klopfer United States	4:38:00
High jump	Ed Caruthers United States	2.19	Otis Burrell United States	2.16	Roberto Abugattas Peru	2.05
Pole vault	Bob Seagren United States	4.90	Bob Raftis Canada	4.75	Bob Yard Canada	4.45
Long jump	Ralph Boston United States	8.29	Bob Beamon United States	8.07	Wellesley Clayton Jamaica	7.76
Triple jump	Charles Craig United States	16.54	Nelson Prudêncio Brazil	16.45	José Hernández Cuba	15.95
Shot put	Randy Matson United States	19.83	Neal Steinhauer United States	19.45	Dave Steen Canada	18.51
Discus throw	Gary Carlsen United States	57.50	Rink Babka United States	56.88	George Puce Canada	56.20
Hammer throw	Tom Gage United States	65.32	Enrique Samuells Cuba	64.66	George Frenn United States	64.08
Javelin throw	Frank Covelli United States	74.28	Gary Stenlund United States	74.28	Justo Perelló Cuba	71.96
Decathlon	Bill Toomey United States	8044	Héctor Thomas Venezuela	7312	Dave Thoreson United States	7295

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Barbara Ferrell United States	11.59	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	11.69	Irene Piotrowski Canada	11.78
200 metres (wind: +4.1 m/s)	Wyomia Tyus United States	23.78w	Barbara Ferrell United States	23.83w	Miguelina Cobián Cuba	23.89w
800 metres	Madeline Manning United States	2:02.35	Doris Brown United States	2:02.95	Abby Hoffman Canada	2:04.82
80 metres hurdles (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Cherrie Sherrard United States	10.83	Mamie Rallins United States	10.85	Thora Best Trinidad and Tobago	10.98
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba Marcia Garbey Cristina Echeverría Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián	44.63	Canada Judy Dallimore Arleen McLaughlin Jenny Meldrum Irene Piotrowski	45.56	Jamaica Carol Cummings Una Morris Audrey Reid Vilma Charlton	47.17
High jump	Eleanor Montgomery United States	1.78	Susan Nigh Canada	1.72	Franzetta Parham United States	1.69
Long jump	Irene Martínez Cuba	6.33	Gisela Vidal Venezuela	6.20	Willye White United States	6.17
Shot put	Nancy McCredie Canada	15.18	Lynn Graham United States	14.88	Maureen Dowds Canada	14.35
Discus throw	Carol Moseke United States	49.24	Carol Martin Canada	47.94	Caridad Aguero Cuba	46.68
Javelin throw	Barbara Friedrich United States	53.26	RaNae Bair United States	51.64	Jay Dahlgren Canada	45.46
Pentathlon	Pat Winslow United States	4860	Jenny Meldrum Canada	4724	Aída dos Santos Brazil	4531

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	30	18	6	54
2	Canada (CAN)	3	9	12	24
3	Cuba (CUB)	2	3	7	12
4	Venezuela (VEN)	0	2	0	2
5	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	2	3
6	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	1	2
	Colombia (COL)	0	1	1	2
8	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	3	3
9	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		35	35	35	105

Participating nations

•  Argentina (18)
•  Bahamas (7)
•  Barbados (1)
•  Bolivia (2)
•  Brazil (6)
•  Canada (58)
•  Chile (8)
•  Colombia (14)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Cuba (26)
•  Ecuador (5)
•  Guatemala (3)
•  Guyana (1)
•  Jamaica (16)
•  Mexico (26)
•  Nicaragua (1)
•  Peru (11)
•  Puerto Rico (8)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (9)
•  United States (66)
•  Uruguay (1)
•  Venezuela (3)
•  Virgin Islands (2)

References

• GBR Athletics