Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Win Label:	Winning time

The men's 100 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 and 24 August.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Leandro Peñalver	Sam Graddy	Osvaldo Lara

Juan Núñez of the Dominican Republic had originally won the silver, however, at the competition he tested positive for a banned stimulant fencamfamine and was stripped of his medal.^{[3] [4]}

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: -2.6 m/s, Heat 2: -2.4 m/s, Heat 3: -2.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			10.41	Q
1	3			10.41	Q
3	1			10.49	Q
4	1			10.50	Q
	2			10.51	Q
5	1			10.55	Q
6	3			10.58	Q
7	3			10.58	Q
8	2			10.62	Q
9	1			10.68	Q
10	2			10.68	Q
11	3			10.69	Q
12	2			10.71	Q
13	3			10.73	Q
14	3			10.81	q
15	3			10.90
16	1			11.01	Q
17	2			11.14
18	1			12.93
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Semifinals

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Wind:
Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			10.16	Q^[6]
2	1			10.30	Q
3	1			10.31	Q
4	2			10.32	Q
5	1			10.34	q
6	2			10.35	Q
7	1			10.43	q
	2			10.52	Q
8	2			10.53
9	2			10.53
10	1			10.57
11	2			10.62
12	2			10.65
13	1			10.73
14	1			10.74
15	2			10.75

Final

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10.06	GR, PB
			10.14	DQ
			10.18
			10.21
4			10.22
5			10.25
6			10.35

Notes and References

1. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Tournaments.asp?TourCode=P&Year=1983&Gender=M&TF=T&P=F Results
2. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1983.pdf Full results
3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1807&dat=19830830&id=eushAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1HEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3287,234854 Games spoiled by controversy
4. Brigitte Berendonk: Doping-Dokumente. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991,
5. News: Pan American Games results . 22 April 2019 . . August 24, 1983.
6. Web site: Year list . 17 April 2019.