Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games
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The Athletics Competition at the 1975 Pan American Games
1975 Pan American Games
The 7th Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the 2nd Pan American Games were held there...
was held in Mexico City
Mexico City
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Men's events
100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
Silvio Leonard Silvio Leonard Silvio Leonard Sarría also known as Silvio Leonard Tartabull is a former sprinter from Cuba. He was the second athlete to run the 100 metres in less than 10 seconds with electronic timing, running in 9.98 seconds on August 11, 1977 in Guadalajara. The first was 1968 Olympic champion Jim Hines... Cuba |
10.15A | Hasely Crawford Hasely Crawford Hasely Joachim Crawford is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became the first Olympic champion of his country. A stadium was renamed in his honour in 2001.-Early Years:... Trinidad and Tobago |
10.21A | Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez is a former sprinter from Cuba. Together with Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968... Cuba |
10.34A |
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
James Gilkes James Gilkes James Gilkes is a former sprinter from Guyana who specialised in the 200 metres.He was 1975 Pan American 200 metre champion, and in 1979 he took the silver medal in the same event.... Guyana |
20.43A | Larry Brown United States |
20.69A | Mike Sands The Bahamas |
20.98A |
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
Ronny Ray Ronny Ray Ronny Ray is a retired male American track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico. In that race on 18 October 1975 Ray set his personal best:... United States |
44.45A | Alberto Juantorena Alberto Juantorena Alberto Juantorena Danger is a Cuban former track athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he became the first and so far only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles.... Cuba |
44.80A | Delmo da Silva Brazil |
45.53A |
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps... |
Luis Medina Luis Medina (athlete) Luis Medina Montoya is a retired middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.-References:*... Cuba |
1:47.98A | Leandro Civil Cuba |
1:48.75A | Carlos Martínez Mexico |
1:48.78A |
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... |
Tony Waldrop Tony Waldrop Tony Waldrop is an American professor, academic administrator and athlete, currently serving as the provost and executive vice president of the University of Central Florida. Waldrop is best known for setting the world indoor record in the mile... United States |
3:45.09A | Carlos Martínez Mexico |
3:45.98A | Luis Medina Luis Medina (athlete) Luis Medina Montoya is a retired middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico.-References:*... Cuba |
3:49.84A |
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event... |
Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes is a former long-distance runner from Gameza, Colombia, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics: in the 10,000 metres , the 5,000 metres and in the men's marathon... Colombia |
14:02.00A | Theodore Castaneda United States |
14:03.20A | Rodolfo Gómez Rodolfo Gómez Rodolfo Gómez Orozco is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s... Mexico |
14:05.25A |
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event... |
Luis Hernández Luis Hernández (athlete) Luis Hernández is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico. He claimed the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the Men's 10,000 metres, and represented his native country the following year at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada.-References:* He also is one of the best... Mexico |
29:19.28A | Rodolfo Gómez Rodolfo Gómez Rodolfo Gómez Orozco is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s... Mexico |
29:21.22A | Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Domingo Tibaduiza Reyes is a former long-distance runner from Gameza, Colombia, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics: in the 10,000 metres , the 5,000 metres and in the men's marathon... Colombia |
29:25.45A |
Marathon Marathon The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race... |
Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Rigoberto Mendoza Pérez is a retired male marathon runner from Cuba. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing in 33rd place. He set his personal best in the classic distance in 1975.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba |
2:25:03A | Charles "Chuck" Smead Chuck Smead Charles "Chuck" Smead is an American long distance runner, who made his most significant mark on the sport taking second in the Marathon at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City.... United States |
2:25:32A | Tom Howard Canada |
2:25:46A |
3000 metre steeplechase | Mike Manley Mike Manley (athletics) Peter Michael Manley is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from the United States. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 3.000 metres steeplechase event at the Pan American Games: 1971 and 1975.... United States |
9:04.29A | José Andrade Silva Brazil |
9:05.31A | Octavio Guadarrama Mexico |
9:15.00A |
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight... |
Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez is a former Cuban hurdler.... Cuba |
13.44A | Danny Smith The Bahamas |
13.72A | Arnaldo Bristol Puerto Rico |
13.74A |
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
James King James King (athlete) James King is an American hurdler. In 1975 he won the Pan American Games in the 400 Hurdles. He was a top level performer for many years also competing in the United States Olympic Trials in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984... United States |
49.60A | Ralph Mann Ralph Mann Ralph Mann was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meter hurdles. He was an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, and later earned a Ph.D. in Biomechanics from the Washington State University... United States |
50.04A | Alfonso Damaso Cuba |
50.19A |
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Tom Woods Tom Woods (athlete) Tom Woods is a retired male high jumper from the United States, who competed in the 1970s for his native country. He set his personal best in the men's high jump event on 1975-06-20 in Eugene, Oregon, winning the national title.... United States |
2.25A | John Beers Canada |
2.17A | Rick Cuttell Canada |
2.17A |
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
Earl Bell Earl Bell Earl H. Bell is a former world record holding pole vaulter from the United States, winner of the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics and current coach to a number of the nation's top men and women vaulters. He was born in Ancón, Panama Canal Zone.At his last Olympic appearance, Bell finished... United States |
5.40A | Bruce Simpson Bruce Simpson (athlete) Bruce Simpson is a retired male pole vaulter from Canada. He set his personal best in the men's pole vault on 13 February 1976 at a meet in Toronto.-Achievements:-References:**... Canada |
5.20A | Roberto Moré Cuba |
5.20A |
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
João Carlos de Oliveira João Carlos de Oliveira João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.... Brazil |
8.19A | Arnie Robinson Arnie Robinson Clarence Earl "Arnie" Robinson, Jr. won the gold medal for the men's long jump in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal. That was an improvement on the bronze medal he won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-Career:Robinson stayed in the San Diego area throughout his career, first at... United States |
7.94A | Al Lanier United States |
7.91A |
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
João Carlos de Oliveira João Carlos de Oliveira João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.... Brazil |
17.89A | Tommy Haynes United States |
17.20A | Milan Tiff Milan Tiff Milan Tiff is primarily known for his Triple Jumping, but his skills pass through several arenas. He was the Bronze medalist in the 1975 Pan Am Games. At the Pan Am Games, his name shows the additional name of Abdul Rahman, and in the 1976 Olympic Trials he used the name Caleb Abdul Rahman but... Abdul Rahman United States |
16.98A |
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Bruce Pirnie Canada |
19.28A | Bishop Dolegiewicz Bishop Dolegiewicz Zbigniew "Bishop" Dolegiewicz was a Canadian professional track and field athlete and coach who specialized in the shot put and the discus throw.... Canada |
19.18A | Terry Albritton Terry Albritton Terence Hillary Albritton was an American athlete, former Shot put world record holder, and coach. He was born in Newport Beach, California.-Athletic accomplishments:... United States |
19.18A |
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
John Powell John Powell (athlete) John Gates Powell is an American track and field athlete, specifically, a discus thrower. Powell set the world record distance of 69.08 meters in 1975. His personal best throw was achieved in 1984 at 72.08 meters. That places him eighth in the all-time performers list... United States |
62.36A | Julián Morrison Julián Morrison Julián Morrison Gales is a former discus thrower from Cuba. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada, where he did not reach the final in the men's discus throw event. He won the gold medal at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games.-References:*... Cuba |
59.88A | Jay Silvester Jay Silvester Jay Silvester was an American athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. He competed for the United States in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany, where he won the silver medal.Silvester was one of the U.S.'s most consistent discus throwers through the... United States |
59.82A |
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Larry Hart Larry Hart Lawrence Thomas Hart is a former American athlete who won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw event at the 1975 Pan American Games. He set his personal best on 11 June 1976 at a meet in Westwood, California.-References:**... United States |
66.56A | Ángel Cabrera Cuba |
65.24A | Scott Neilson Canada |
64.56A |
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Sam Colson United States |
83.82A | Juan Jarvis Juan Jarvis Juan Nicolas Jarvis is a former Cuban athlete. He is the fourth son of Esther Ocana Nolasco and Teodoro Jarvis.... Cuba |
82.30A | Raúl Fernández Cuba |
72.90A |
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not... |
Bruce Jenner Bruce Jenner William Bruce Jenner is a former U.S. track and field athlete, motivational speaker, socialite and television personality. He won the gold medal for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics.... United States |
8045A | Fred Dixon Fred Dixon Fred Dixon was a Manitoba politician, and was for several years the dominant figure in the province's mainstream labour movement.Born in Englefield, England, Dixon was not a socialist... United States |
8019A | Jesús Mirabal Jesús Mirabal Jesús Mirabal is a former Cuban decathlete.He won the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1970 and 1974 and took bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 1971 and 1975. He was the first Cuban decathlete to break the 7000 point barrier, and eventually established his national record at 7506... Cuba |
7582A |
20 kilometre road walk | Daniel Bautista Daniel Bautista Daniel Bautista Rocha is a former Mexican track and field athlete and Olympic champion. He was born in El Salado, San Luis Potosí.... Mexico |
1:33:06A | Domingo Colín Mexico |
1:33:59A | Larry Young Larry Young (athletics) Larry Young is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometer walk.He competed for the United States in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 50 kilometer walk where he won the bronze medal. He repeated this feat four years later in Munich at the 1972 Summer... United States |
1:37:54A |
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
United States | 38.31A | Cuba | 38.46A | Canada | 38.86A |
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes... |
United States | 3:00.76A | Cuba | 3:02.82A | Canada | 3:03.92A |
Women's events
100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... |
Pamela Jiles United States |
11.38A | Patty Loverock Canada |
11.41A | Marjorie Bailey Canada |
11.42A |
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
Chandra Cheeseborough Chandra Cheeseborough Chandra Danette Cheeseborough is an American track and field athlete. Cheeseborough broke onto the international track scene at age 16 by winning two gold medals at the 1975 Pan American Games, taking the 200 m in an American record time of 22.77 seconds... United States |
22.77A | Pamela Jiles United States |
22.81A | Silvina Pereira Brazil |
23.17A |
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and... |
Joyce Yakubowich Canada |
51.62A | Debra Sapenter Debra Sapenter Debra Sapenter is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters. In 1975 she was rated as the number one 400 meter women's sprinter in the United States... United States |
52.22A | Lorna Forde Barbados |
52.36A |
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps... |
Kathy Weston Kathy Weston Kathleen Stella Weston is a retired female middle distance runner from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres at the 1976 Olympic trials. She was also a member of the 1976 US Olympic team and won many medals.-Achievements:-References:**... United States |
2:04.93A | Abby Hoffman Canada |
2:06.93A | Joan Wenzel Canada |
2:06.93A |
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could... |
Jan Merrill Jan Merrill Janice Melbourne Merrill is a retired female middle distance runner from the United States. She was the dominant long distance runner of the middle 1970's, a notable front runner, her uniform with the large "M" on her chest would usually break away to an insurmountable lead in domestic meets... United States |
4:18.32A | Thelma Wright Canada |
4:22.32A | Abby Hoffman Canada |
4:26.25A |
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner... |
Edith Noeding Edith Noeding Edith Noeding is a retired female track and field athlete from Peru, who competed in the hurdles event during her career. She won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the women's 100 metres hurdles event. There Noeding set her personal best in the women's 100 metres hurdles event on... Peru |
13.56A (NR) |
Debbie LaPlante Debbie LaPlante Debbie LaPlante is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the hurdles event. She twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during her career. LaPlante set her personal best in the women's 100m hurdles event on June 16, 1979, clocking 12.86 in Walnut,... United States |
13.68A | Marlene Elejalde Cuba |
13.80A |
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Joni Huntley Joni Huntley Joni Luann Huntley is an American athlete who won the bronze medal in the women's high jump event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.... United States |
1.89A | Louise Walker Canada |
1.86A | Andrea Bruce Jamaica |
1.83A |
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Ana Alexander Ana Alexander Ana Bella Alexander Lamothe is a retired female athlete from Cuba, who mainly competed in the women's long jump event during her career.-References:*... Cuba |
6.63A | Martha Watson United States |
6.57A | Kathy McMillan Kathy McMillan Kathy McMillan is a retired American athlete, who mainly competed in the long jump event.... United States |
6.49A |
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
María Elena Sarría María Elena Sarría María Elena Sarría Díaz is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the shot put during her career. Her personal best throw was 20.61 metres, and with 19.34 metres she still holds the Pan American Games record in the event.-Achievements:-External links:*... Cuba |
18.03A | Hilda Ramírez Cuba |
17.28A | Lucette Moreau Canada |
16.98A |
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Carmen Romero Carmen Romero Carmen Romero Ferrer is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 69.08 metres, achieved in April 1976 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba |
60.16A | María Betancourt María Betancourt María Cristina Betancourt Ramírez is a retired Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw was 66.54 metres, achieved in February 1981 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba |
58.52A | Jane Haist Jane Haist Jane Haist was a female discus thrower and shot putter, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. She is best known for winning two gold medals for Canada at the 1974 Commonwealth Games: in the women's discus throw and in the women's shot put event.-References:*... Canada |
53.12A |
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Sherry Calvert Sherry Calvert Sharon Lynn Calvert is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. She set her personal best in 1978.-Achievements:-References:*... United States |
54.70A | María Beltrán Cuba |
54.36A | Beth Cannon United States |
48.64A |
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games... |
Diane Jones Canada |
4673A | Gale Fitzgerald United States |
4486A | Andrea Bruce Jamaica |
4391A |
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
United States | 42.90A | Cuba | 43.65A | Canada | 43.68A |
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes... |
Canada | 3:30.36A | United States Debra Sapenter Debra Sapenter Debra Sapenter is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters. In 1975 she was rated as the number one 400 meter women's sprinter in the United States... Kathy Weston Kathy Weston Kathleen Stella Weston is a retired female middle distance runner from the United States. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres at the 1976 Olympic trials. She was also a member of the 1976 US Olympic team and won many medals.-Achievements:-References:**... Sharon Dabney Pat Helms |
3:30.64A | Cuba | 3:31.65A |
Medal table
1 | United States | 19 | 13 | 7 | 39 |
2 | Cuba | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
3 | Canada | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
4 | Mexico | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Guyana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | The Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Barbados | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |