Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games

The Athletics competition in the 1987 Pan American Games were held in Indianapolis, United States.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Lee McRae United States	10.26	Ray Stewart Jamaica	10.27	Juan Núñez Dominican Republic	10.44
200 metres	Floyd Heard United States	20.25	Robson da Silva Brazil	20.49	Wallace Spearmon United States	20.53
400 metres	Raymond Pierre United States	44.60	Bert Cameron Jamaica	44.72	Roberto Hernández Cuba	45.13
800 metres	Johnny Gray United States	1:46.79	José Luiz Barbosa Brazil	1:47.37	Stanley Redwine United States	1:47.73
1500 metres	Joaquim Cruz Brazil	3:47.34	Jim Spivey United States	3:47.46	Steve Scott United States	3:47.76
5000 metres	Arturo Barrios Mexico	13:31.40	Adauto Domingues Brazil	13:46.41	Omar Aguilar Chile	13:47.86
10000 metres	Bruce Bickford United States	28:20.37	Rolando Vera Ecuador	28:22.56	Paul McCloy Canada	28:38.07
Marathon	Ivo Rodrigues Brazil	2:20:13	Ronald Lanzoni Costa Rica	2:20:39	Jorge González Puerto Rico	2:21:14
3000 metre steeplechase	Adauto Domingues Brazil	8:23.26	Henry Marsh United States	8:23.77	Brian Abshire United States	8:27.30
110 metres hurdles	Andrew Parker Jamaica	13.82w	Modesto Castillo Dominican Republic	13.96w	Ernesto Torres Puerto Rico	14.68w
400 metres hurdles	Winthrop Graham Jamaica	48.49	Kevin Young United States	48.74	Dave Patrick United States	49.47
High jump	Javier Sotomayor Cuba	2.32	Troy Kemp Bahamas	2.28	Jerome Carter United States	2.28
Pole vault	Mike Tully United States	5.71	Rubén Camino Cuba	5.50	Scott Davis United States	5.30
Long jump	Carl Lewis United States	8.75	Larry Myricks United States	8.58w	Jaime Jefferson Cuba	8.51
Triple jump	Mike Conley United States	17.31w	Willie Banks United States	16.87w	Frank Rutherford Bahamas	16.68w
Shot putt	Gert Weil Chile	20.21	Gregg Tafralis United States	20.17	Paul Ruiz Cuba	18.86
Discus throw	Luis Delís Cuba	67.14	Brad Cooper Bahamas	64.56	Randy Heisler United States	62.76
Hammer throw	Jud Logan United States	77.24	Andrés Charadía Argentina	69.36	Vicente Sánchez Cuba	66.02
Javelin throw	Duncan Atwood United States	78.68	Ramón González Cuba	75.58	Juan de la Garza Mexico	73.76
Decathlon	Mike Gonzales United States	7649	Keith Robinson United States	7573	Gordon Orlikow Canada	7441
20 kilometre road walk	Carlos Mercenario Mexico	1:24:50	Tim Lewis United States	1:25:50	Querubín Moreno Colombia	1:27:08
50 kilometre road walk	Martín Bermúdez Mexico	3:58:54	Raúl González Mexico	4:07:27	Héctor Moreno Colombia	4:18:48
4 x 100 metres relay	United States	38.41	Cuba	38.86	Jamaica	38.86
4 x 400 metres relay	United States	2:59.54	Cuba	2:59.72	Jamaica	3:03.57

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gail Devers United States	11.14	Diane Williams United States	11.25	Pauline Davis-Thompson Bahamas	11.47
200 metres	Gwen Torrence United States	22.52w	Randy Givens United States	22.71w	Pauline Davis-Thompson Bahamas	22.99w
400 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	50.27	Jillian Richardson Canada	50.35	Denean Howard United States	50.72
800 metres	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba	1:59.06	Delisa Walton-Floyd United States	2:00.54	Soraya Telles Brazil	2:00.56
1500 metres	Linda Sheskey United States	4:07.84	Debbie Bowker Canada	4:08.43	Brit McRoberts Canada	4:11.35
3000 metres	Mary Knisely United States	9:06.75	Angela Chalmers Canada	9:14.48	Leslie Seymour United States	9:19.26
10000 metres	Marty Cooksey United States	33:00.00	Nancy Tinari Canada	33:02.41	Patty Murray United States	33:38.12
Marathon	Maricarmen Díaz Mexico	2:52:06	Debbie Warner United States	2:54:49	Maribel Durruty Cuba	2:56:21
100 metres hurdles	LaVonna Martin United States	12.81	Stephanie Hightower United States	12.82	Aliuska López Cuba	12.91
400 metres hurdles	Judi Brown-King United States	54.23	Sandra Farmer-Patrick Jamaica	54.59	LaTanya Sheffield United States	56.15
High jump	Coleen Sommer United States	1.96	Silvia Costa Cuba	1.92	Mazel Thomas Jamaica	1.88
Long jump	Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States	7.45	Jennifer Inniss United States	6.85	Eloína Echevarría Cuba	6.42
Shot putt	Ramona Pagel United States	18.56	María Elena Sarría Cuba	18.12	Belsis Laza Cuba	18.06
Discus throw	Maritza Martén Cuba	65.58	Hilda Ramos Cuba	61.34	Connie Price United States	59.52
Javelin throw	Ivonne Leal Cuba	63.70	María Caridad Colón Cuba	61.66	Marieta Riera Venezuela	57.10
Heptathlon	Cindy Greiner United States	6184	Connie Polman-Tuin Canada	5862	Jolanda Jones United States	5823
10000 metre track walk	María Colín Mexico	47:17.2	Ann Peel Canada	47:18.0	Maryanne Torrellas United States	47:35.1
4 x 100 metres relay	United States	42.91	Cuba	44.16	Brazil	45.37
4 x 400 metres relay	United States	3:23.35	Canada	3:29.18	Jamaica	3:29.50

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	26	14	15	55
2	Cuba	6	9	8	23
3	Mexico	5	1	1	7
4	Brazil	3	3	2	8
5	Jamaica	2	3	4	9
6	Chile	1	0	1	2
7	Canada	0	7	3	10
8	Bahamas	0	2	3	5
9	Dominican Republic	0	1	1	2
10	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Costa Rica	0	1	0	1
	Argentina	0	1	0	1
13	Puerto Rico	0	0	2	2
13	Colombia	0	0	2	2
15	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

References

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Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games

Medal summary

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

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