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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 details (Wind: +0.4 m/s)	Bernard Williams United States	10.08	Freddy Mayola Cuba	10.10	Claudinei da Silva Brazil	10.13
200 metres details (Wind: −1.9 m/s)	Claudinei da Silva Brazil	20.30	Curtis Perry USA	20.58	Sebastián Keitel Chile	20.82
400 metres details	Greg Haughton Jamaica	44.59	Danny McCray USA	44.83	Alejandro Cárdenas Mexico	44.92
800 metres details	Johnny Gray USA	1:45.38	Norberto Téllez Cuba	1:45.40	Zach Whitmarsh Canada	1:45.94
1500 metres details	Graham Hood Canada	3:41.20	Michael Stember United States	3:41.96	Hudson de Souza Brazil	3:42.18
5000 metres details	David Galván Mexico	13:42.04	Elenilson da Silva Brazil	13:43.13	Jeff Schiebler Canada	13:43.66
10,000 metres details	Elenilson da Silva Brazil	28:43.50	David Galván Mexico	28:44.03	Pete Julian United States	28:44.55
Marathon details	Vanderlei de Lima Brazil	2:17:20	Rubén Maza Venezuela	2:19:56	Éder Fialho Brazil	2:20:09
3000 metres steeplechase details	Joël Bourgeois Canada	8:35.03	Francis O'Neill United States	8:35.73	Jean-Nicolas Duval Canada	8:39.52
110 metres hurdles details (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 details	Eronilde de Araújo Brazil	48.23 GR	Eric Thomas United States	48.40	Torrance Zellner United States	48.45
4 × 100 metres relay details	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 details	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 details	Bernardo Segura Mexico	1:20:17	Daniel García Mexico	1:20:28	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	1:20:46
50 kilometres walk details	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 details^[1]	Kwaku Boateng Canada Mark Boswell Canada	2.25	-	-	Charles Clinger United States	2.25
Pole vault details	Pat Manson United States	5.60	Scott Hennig United States	5.55	Jason Pearce Canada	5.30
Long jump details	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.52	Kareem Streete-Thompson Cayman Islands	8.12	Luis Felipe Méliz Cuba	8.06
Triple jump details	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba	17.19	LaMark Carter USA	17.09	Michael Calvo Cuba	17.03
Shot put details	Brad Mears United States	19.93	Jamie Beyer United States	18.95	Bradley Snyder Canada	18.74
Discus throw details	Anthony Washington USA	64.25	Alexis Elizalde Cuba	61.99	Jason Tunks Canada	61.75
Hammer throw details	Lance Deal United States	79.61 GR	Kevin McMahon United States	73.41	Juan Ignacio Cerra Argentina	70.68
Javelin throw details	Emeterio González Cuba	77.46	Máximo Rigondeaux Cuba	76.24	Tom Petranoff United States	75.95
Decathlon details	Chris Huffins United States	8170 pts GR	Dan Steele United States	8070 pts	Raúl Duany Cuba	7730 pts
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Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details (Wind: +1.7 m/s)	Chandra Sturrup Bahamas	11.10	Angela Williams United States	11.16	Peta-Gaye Dowdie Jamaica	11.20
200 metres details (Wind: +0.7 m/s)	Debbie Ferguson Bahamas	22.83	Lucimar de Moura Brazil	23.03	Felipa Palacios Colombia	23.05
400 metres details	Ana Guevara Mexico	50.91	Michelle Collins USA	51.21	Claudine Williams Jamaica	51.58
800 metres details	Letitia Vriesde Suriname	1:59.95	Zulia Calatayud Cuba	2:00.67	Meredith Valmon USA	2:01.51
1500 metres details	Marla Runyan United States	4:16.86	Leah Pells Canada	4:16.86	Stephanie Best United States	4:18.44
5000 metres details	Adriana Fernández Mexico	15:56.57	Bertha Sánchez Colombia	15:59.04	Blake Phillips United States	15:59.77
10,000 metres details	Nora Rocha Mexico	32:56.51	Stella Castro Colombia	33:05.97 NR	Tina Connelly Canada	33:27.87
Marathon details	Erika Olivera Chile	2:37:41 GR	Iglandini González Colombia	2:40:06	Viviany de Oliveira Brazil	2:40:55
100 metres hurdles details (Wind: +1.2 m/s)	Aliuska López Cuba	12.76 GR	Maurren Maggi Brazil	12.86	Miesha McKelvy USA	12.91
400 metres hurdles details	Daimí Pernía Cuba	53.44 GR	Andrea Blackett Barbados	53.98	Michelle Johnson United States	54.22
4 × 100 metres relay details	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 details	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 details	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 details^[2]	Solange Witteveen Argentina	1.88	Luciane Dambacher Brazil	1.85	Nicole Forrester Canada	1.85
Pole vault details	Alejandra García Argentina	4.30	Kellie Suttle USA	4.25	Déborah Gyurcsek Uruguay	4.15
Long jump details	Maurren Maggi Brazil	6.59	Angela Brown USA	6.51	Elva Goulbourne Jamaica	6.41
Triple jump details	Yamilé Aldama Cuba	14.77 GR	Suzette Lee Jamaica	14.09	Magdelín Martínez Cuba	13.98
Shot put details	Connie Price-Smith United States	19.06	Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba	18.67	Teri Tunks United States	18.03
Discus throw details	Elisangela Adriano Brazil	60.92	Aretha Hill United States	59.06	Kris Kuehl United States	57.21
Hammer throw details	Dawn Ellerbe USA	65.36 GR	Yipsi Moreno Cuba	63.03	Caroline Wittrin Canada	61.28
Javelin throw details	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	65.85	Xiomara Rivero Cuba	62.46	Laverne Eve Bahamas	61.24
Heptathlon details	Magalys García Cuba	6290 pts GR	Shelia Burrell United States	6244 pts	Nicole Haynes United States	6000 pts
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Medal table

* 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
7	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
13	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
15	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
15	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		47	45	46	138

Participating nations

References

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

^ Original winner Javier Sotomayor was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for cocaine. ("Drugs in world athletics". BBC. 2000-07-31. Retrieved 2007-03-11.)
^ Original winner Juana Arrendel was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for stanozolol. ("Drugs in world athletics". BBC. 2000-07-31. Retrieved 2007-03-11.)

1999 in the sport of athletics

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World

Regional

Championships	Arab Balkan Outdoor Indoor Central American and Caribbean European Cup 10,000 m Mountain Running South American
Games	All-Africa Games Games of the Small States of Europe Island Games Pan American Games Parapan American Games Southeast Asian Games South Pacific Games
Cross country	Asian Balkan Central American and Caribbean European South American
Age group	African U20 Asian U20 CARIFTA Games Central American U20/U18 Central American and Caribbean U14 European U20 U23 Youth Olympic Days Indoor O35 Oceanian U18 Pan American U20 South American U20

Seasonal

Golden League	Berlin Brussels Monaco Oslo Paris Rome Zürich
IAAF Grand Prix Final IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings IAAF Combined Events Challenge World Cross Challenge WMRA World Cup

National

Indoor	Belgian Czech Dutch English French German Italian Lithuanian Polish Russian Spanish Swedish Ukrainian United States NCAA
Outdoor	Australian Belgian Canadian Chinese Czech Dutch English Finnish French German Hungarian Icelandic Italian Jamaican Japanese Lithuanian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian South Africa Spanish Swedish Ukrainian United States NCAA XC NCAA Track

Events at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada

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See also: List of Pan American Games records in athletics · Medalists: men / women

Men's results

Track

Field

Women's results

Track

Field

Medal table

Participating nations

See also

References