Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games

Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games
Dates	13–20 October
Host city	Mexico City, Mexico
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Level	Senior
Events	37
Participation	377 athletes from 29 nations
← Cali 1971 San Juan 1979 → 1975 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico between 13 and 20 October.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Silvio Leonard Cuba	10.15A =GR	Hasely Crawford Trinidad and Tobago	10.21A	Hermes Ramírez Cuba	10.34A
200 metres (wind: -2.4 m/s)	James Gilkes Guyana	20.43A	Larry Brown United States	20.69A	Mike Sands Bahamas	20.98A
400 metres	Ronnie Ray United States	44.45A GR	Alberto Juantorena Cuba	44.80A	Delmo da Silva Brazil	45.53A
800 metres	Luis Medina Cuba	1:47.98A	Leandro Civil Cuba	1:48.75A	Carlos Martínez Mexico	1:48.78A
1500 metres	Tony Waldrop United States	3:45.09A	Carlos Martínez Mexico	3:45.98A	Luis Medina Cuba	3:49.84A
5000 metres	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	14:02.00A	Theodore Castaneda United States	14:03.20A	Rodolfo Gómez Mexico	14:05.25A
10,000 metres	Luis Hernández Mexico	29:19.28A	Rodolfo Gómez Mexico	29:21.22A	Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia	29:25.45A
Marathon	Rigoberto Mendoza Cuba	2:25:03A	Charles "Chuck" Smead United States	2:25:32A	Tom Howard Canada	2:25:46A
110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Alejandro Casañas Cuba	13.44A	Danny Smith Bahamas	13.72A	Arnaldo Bristol Puerto Rico	13.74A
400 metres hurdles	James King United States	49.60A	Ralph Mann United States	50.04A	Dámaso Alfonso Cuba	50.19A
3000 metres steeplechase	Mike Manley United States	9:04.29A	José Romão da Silva Brazil	9:05.31A	Octavio Guadarrama Mexico	9:15.00A
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Clancy Edwards Larry Brown Donald Merrick Bill Collins	38.31A GR	Cuba Hermes Ramírez Alejandro Casañas Pablo Montes José Triana	38.46A	Canada Hugh Fraser Marvin Nash Albin Dukowski Robert Martin	38.86A
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Herman Frazier Robert Taylor Maurice Peoples Ronnie Ray	3:00.76A	Cuba Eddy Gutiérrez Carlos Álvarez Dámaso Alfonso Alberto Juantorena	3:02.82A	Canada Glenn Bogue Randy Jackson Brian Saunders Don Domansky	3:03.92A
20 kilometres walk	Daniel Bautista Mexico	1:33:06A	Domingo Colín Mexico	1:33:59A	Larry Young United States	1:37:54A
High jump	Tom Woods United States	2.25A	John Beers Canada	2.17A	Rick Cuttell Canada	2.17A
Pole vault	Earl Bell United States	5.40A GR	Bruce Simpson Canada	5.20A	Roberto Moré Cuba	5.20A
Long jump	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	8.19A	Arnie Robinson United States	7.94A	Al Lanier United States	7.91A
Triple jump	João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	17.89A WR	Tommy Haynes United States	17.20A	Milan Tiff United States	16.98A
Shot put	Bruce Pirnie Canada	19.28A	Bishop Dolegiewicz Canada	19.18A	Terry Albritton United States	19.18A
Discus throw	John Powell United States	62.36A	Julián Morrinson Cuba	59.88A	Jay Silvester United States	59.82A
Hammer throw	Larry Hart United States	66.56A GR	Ángel Cabrera Cuba	65.24A	Scott Neilson Canada	64.56A
Javelin throw	Sam Colson United States	83.82A	Juan Jarvis Cuba	82.30A	Raúl Fernández Cuba	72.90A
Decathlon	Bruce Jenner United States	8045A GR	Fred Dixon United States	8019A	Jesús Mirabal Cuba	7582A

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.6 m/s)	Pamela Jiles United States	11.38A	Patty Loverock Canada	11.41A	Marjorie Bailey Canada	11.42A
200 metres (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Chandra Cheeseborough United States	22.77A	Pamela Jiles United States	22.81A	Silvina Pereira Brazil	23.17A
400 metres	Joyce Yakubowich Canada	51.62A GR	Debra Sapenter United States	52.22A	Lorna Forde Barbados	52.36A
800 metres	Kathy Weston United States	2:04.93A	Abby Hoffman Canada	2:06.93A	Joan Wenzel Canada	2:06.93A
1500 metres	Jan Merrill United States	4:18.32A GR	Thelma Wright Canada	4:22.32A	Abby Hoffman Canada	4:26.25A
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Edith Noeding Peru	13.56A NR	Deby LaPlante United States	13.68A	Marlene Elejalde Cuba	13.80A
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Martha Watson Brenda Morehead Chandra Cheeseborough Pamela Jiles	42.90A GR	Cuba Marlene Elejarde Silvia Chivás Carmen Valdés Fulgencia Romay	43.65A	Canada Marjorie Bailey Patty Loverock Joanne McTaggart Joyce Yakubowich	43.68A
4 × 400 metres relay	Canada Margaret McGowen Joanne McTaggart Rachelle Campbell Joyce Yakubowich	3:30.36A GR	United States Sharon Dabney Pat Helms Debra Sapenter Kathy Weston	3:30.64A	Cuba Eia Cabreja Rosa López Asunción Acosta Aurelia Pentón	3:31.65A
High jump	Joni Huntley United States	1.89A	Louise Walker Canada	1.86A	Andrea Bruce Jamaica	1.83A
Long jump	Ana Alexander Cuba	6.63A GR	Martha Watson United States	6.57A	Kathy McMillan United States	6.49A
Shot put	María Elena Sarría Cuba	18.03A =GR	Hilda Ramírez Cuba	17.28A	Lucette Moreau Canada	16.98A
Discus throw	Carmen Romero Cuba	60.16A	María Cristina Betancourt Cuba	58.52A	Jane Haist Canada	53.12A
Javelin throw	Sherry Calvert United States	54.70A	María Beltrán Cuba	54.36A	Lynn Cannon United States	48.64A
Pentathlon	Diane Jones Canada	4673A	Gale Fitzgerald United States	4486A	Andrea Bruce Jamaica	4391A

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	19	13	7	39
2	Cuba (CUB)	7	11	8	26
3	Canada (CAN)	4	7	11	22
4	Mexico (MEX)	2	3	3	8
5	Brazil (BRA)	2	1	2	5
6	Colombia (COL)	1	0	1	2
7	Guyana (GUY)	1	0	0	1
	Peru (PER)	1	0	0	1
9	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
10	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	1	0	1
11	Jamaica (JAM)	0	0	2	2
12	Barbados (BAR)	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		37	37	37	111

Participating nations

•  Argentina (ARG) (18)
•  Bahamas (BAH) (7)
•  Barbados (BAR) (2)
•  Bermuda (BER) (11)
•  Bolivia (BOL) (2)
•  Brazil (BRA) (22)
•  Canada (CAN) (51)
•  Chile (CHI) (4)
•  Colombia (COL) (10)
•  Costa Rica (CRC) (3)
•  Cuba (CUB) (46)
•  Dominican Republic (DOM) (13)
•  Ecuador (ECU) (1)
•  Guatemala (GUA) (7)
•  Guyana (GUY) (6)
•  Haiti (HAI) (5)
•  Honduras (HON) (4)
•  Jamaica (JAM) (20)
•  Mexico (MEX) (31)
•  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) (7)
•  Nicaragua (NCA) (3)
•  Paraguay (PAR) (2)
•  Peru (PER) (2)
•  Puerto Rico (PUR) (13)
•  Suriname (SUR) (3)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) (11)
•  United States (USA) (69)
•  Virgin Islands (ISV) (1)
•  Uruguay (URU) (3)

References

• GBR Athletics