Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games explained

Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games
Colour:	EDFF4B
Host City:	Cali, Colombia
Dates:	30 July – 5 August
Stadium:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Nations Participating:	28
Athletes Participating:	375
Events:	37
Records Set:	1 WR, 19 GR
Level:	Senior
Previous:	Winnipeg 1967
Next:	Mexico City 1975
Games:	1971 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia. At almost exactly 1000 metres elevation, all the marks from this meet marginally qualify as "altitude assisted."

Medal summary

Men's events

	Don Quarrie	10.29	Lennox Miller	10.32	Del Meriwether	10.34
	Don Quarrie	19.86 GR	Marshall Dill	20.39	Edwin Roberts	20.39
	John Smith	44.60 GR	Fred Newhouse	45.09	Fernando Acevedo	45.30
	Ken Swenson	1:48.08 GR	Art Sandison	1:48.42	Byron Dyce	1:48.42
	Marty Liquori	3:42.10 GR	Bill Smart	3:43.39	Jim Crawford	3:43.76
	Steve Prefontaine	13:52.53	Steve Stageberg	14:00.76	Mario Pérez	14:03.98
	Frank Shorter	28:50.83 GR	Juan Martínez	29:05.07	Álvaro Mejía	29:06.97
	Frank Shorter	2:22:40	José García	2:26:30	Hernán Barreneche	2:27:19
	Rod Milburn	13.46	Arnaldo Bristol	13.81	Juan Morales	13.85
	Ralph Mann	49.11 GR	Jim Seymour	50.36	Jacinto Hidalgo	51.68
	Mike Manley	8:42.27	Sidney Sink	8:42.90	Héctor Villanueva	8:46.09
	Alfred Daley Carl Lawson Lennox Miller Don Quarrie	39.28	Barbaro Bandomo Pablo Montes Juan Morales Hermes Ramírez	39.84	Willie Deckard Marshall Dill Ron Draper Rod Milburn	39.84
	Dale Alexander Fred Newhouse Tommy Turner John Smith	3:00.63 GR	Leighton Priestley Trevor Campbell Alfred Daley Garth Case	3:03.98	Edwin Roberts Ben Cayenne Kent Bernard Trevor James	3:04.58
	Goetz Klopfer	1:37:30	Tom Dooley	1:38:16	José Oliveros	1:40:26
	Larry Young	4:38:31	Gabriel Hernández	4:38:46	John Knifton	4:42:15
	Pat Matzdorf	2.10 m	Wilf Wedmann	2.10 m	Luis Arbulú	2.05 m
	Jan Johnson	5.33 m	David Roberts	5.20 m	Bruce Simpson	4.90 m
	Arnie Robinson	8.02 m	James "Bouncy" Moore	7.98 m	Mike Mason	7.65 m
	Pedro Pérez	17.40 m	Nelson Prudêncio	16.82 m	John Craft	16.32 m
	Al Feuerbach	19.76 m	Karl Salb	19.10 m	Mike Mercer	18.01 m
	Dick Drescher	62.26 m GR	Tim Vollmer	61.06 m	Ain Roost	58.06 m
	Al Hall	65.84 m GR	George Frenn	65.68 m	Darwin Piñeyrúa	61.54 m
	Cary Feldmann	81.52 m GR	Bill Skinner	80.36 m	Amado Morales	76.14 m
	Rick Wanamaker	7648 pts	Russ Hodge	7314 pts	Jesús Mirabal	7295 pts

Women's events

	Iris Davis	11.25	Stephanie Berto	11.40	Silvia Chivás	11.47
	Stephanie Berto	23.57 =GR	Fulgencia Romay	23.70	Esther Stroy	23.82
	Marilyn Neufville	52.34 GR	Carmen Trustée	52.89	Yvonne Saunders	53.13
	Abby Hoffman	2:05.54	Doris Brown	2:05.90	Penny Werthner	2:06.32
	Patty Johnson	13.19	Marlene Elejalde	13.54	Penny May	13.70
	Orien Brown Pat Hawkins Mattiline Render Iris Davis	44.59	Silvia Chivás Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay Carmen Valdés	45.01	Aida Ortíz Ana Maquilón Elsy Rivas Juana Mosquera	45.99
	Esther Stroy Mavis Laing Gwen Norman Cheryl Toussaint	3:32.45 GR	Beatriz Castillo Marcela Chibás Aurelia Pentón Carmen Trustée	3:34.04	Beverly Franklin Ruth Williams Yvonne Saunders Marilyn Neufville	3:34.05
	Debbie Brill	1.85 m GR	Audrey Reid	1.75 m	Andrea Bruce	1.70 m
	Brenda Eisler	6.34 m GR	Silvina Pereira	6.35 m	Marina Samuells	6.14 m
	Lynn Graham	15.76 m GR	Grecia Hamilton	14.63 m	Rosa Molina	14.50 m
	Carmen Romero	57.20 m GR	María Cristina Betancourt	51.76 m	Carol Martin	50.04 m
	Tomasa Núñez	54.02 m GR	Sherry Calvert	51.52 m	Roberta Brown	50.94 m
	Debbie Van Kiekebelt	4290 pts	Penny May	4112 pts	Aída dos Santos	3887 pts

References

• GBR Athletics
• Track and Field Brinkster