Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games explained

Athletics at the 1987 Pan American Games
Colour:	EDFF4B
Host City:	Indianapolis, United States
Dates:	9–16 August
Stadium:	IU Indianapolis Track and Soccer Stadium
Nations Participating:	36
Athletes Participating:	405
Events:	43
Level:	Senior
Previous:	Caracas 1983
Next:	Havana 1991
Games:	1987 Pan American Games

The Athletics competition at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States. The events were competed at the IU Indianapolis Track and Soccer Stadium.

Medal summary

Men's events

	Lee McRae	10.26	Ray Stewart	10.27	Juan Núñez	10.44
	Floyd Heard	20.25	Robson da Silva	20.49	Wallace Spearmon	20.53
	Raymond Pierre	44.60	Bert Cameron	44.72	Roberto Hernández	45.13
	Johnny Gray	1:46.79	José Luíz Barbosa	1:47.37	Stanley Redwine	1:47.73
	Joaquim Cruz	3:47.34	Jim Spivey	3:47.46	Steve Scott	3:47.76
	Arturo Barrios	13:31.40	Adauto Domingues	13:46.41	Omar Aguilar	13:47.86
	Bruce Bickford	28:20.37	Rolando Vera	28:22.56	Paul McCloy	28:38.07
	Ivo Rodrígues	2:20:13	Ronald Lanzoni	2:20:39	Jorge González	2:21:14
	Andrew Parker	13.82w	Modesto Castillo	13.96w	Ernesto Torres	14.68w
	Winthrop Graham	48.49	Kevin Young	48.74	Dave Patrick	49.47
	Adauto Domingues	8:23.26	Henry Marsh	8:23.77	Brian Abshire	8:27.30
	Lee McRae Lee McNeill Harvey Glance Carl Lewis	38.41	Ricardo Chacón Leandro Peñalver Maximo Sergio Querol Andrés Simón	38.86	John Mair Andrew Smith Clive Wright Ray Stewart	38.86
	Mark Rowe Kevin Robinzine Raymond Pierre Roddie Haley	2:59.54	Leandro Peñalver Agustín Pavó Lazaro Martínez Roberto Hernández	2:59.72	Winthrop Graham Mark Senior Berris Long Devon Morris	3:03.57
	Carlos Mercenario	1:24:50	Tim Lewis	1:25:50	Querubín Moreno	1:27:08
	Martín Bermúdez	3:58:54	Raúl González	4:07:27	Héctor Moreno	4:18:48
	Javier Sotomayor	2.32	Troy Kemp	2.28	Jerome Carter	2.28
	Mike Tully	5.71	Rubén Camino	5.50	Scott Davis	5.30
	Carl Lewis	8.75	Larry Myricks	8.58w	Jaime Jefferson	8.51
	Mike Conley	17.31w	Willie Banks	16.87w	Frank Rutherford	16.68w
	Gert Weil	20.21	Gregg Tafralis	20.17	Paul Ruiz	18.86
	Luis Delís	67.14	Bradley Cooper	64.56	Randy Heisler	62.76
	Jud Logan	77.24	Andrés Charadía	69.36	Vicente Sánchez	66.02
	Duncan Atwood	78.68	Ramón González	75.58	Juan de la Garza	73.76
	Mike Gonzales	7649	Keith Robinson	7573	Gordon Orlikow	7441

Women's events

	Gail Devers	11.14	Diane Williams	11.25	Pauline Davis	11.47
	Gwen Torrence	22.52w	Randy Givens	22.71w	Pauline Davis	22.99w
	Ana Fidelia Quirot	50.27	Jillian Richardson	50.35	Denean Howard	50.72
	Ana Fidelia Quirot	1:59.06	Delisa Walton-Floyd	2:00.54	Soraya Telles	2:00.56
	Linda Sheskey	4:07.84	Debbie Bowker	4:08.43	Brit McRoberts	4:11.35
	Mary Knisely	9:06.75	Angela Chalmers	9:14.48	Leslie Seymour	9:19.26
	Marty Cooksey	33:00.00	Nancy Tinari	33:02.41	Patty Murray	33:38.12
	María del Carmen Cárdenas	2:52:06	Debbie Warner	2:54:49	Maribel Durruty	2:56:21
	LaVonna Martin	12.81	Stephanie Hightower	12.82	Aliuska López	12.91
	Judi Brown-King	54.23	Sandra Farmer	54.59	LaTanya Sheffield	56.15
	Sheila Echols Gwen Torrence Michelle Finn-Burrell Gail Devers	42.91	Eusebia Riquelme Aliuska López Susana Armenteros Liliana Allen	44.16	Inês Ribeiro Cleide Amaral Claudilea dos Santos Sheila de Oliveira	45.37
	Rochelle Stevens Denean Howard Valerie Brisco-Hooks Diane Dixon	3:23.35	Charmaine Crooks Marita Payne Molly Killingbeck Jillian Richardson	3:29.18	Cathy Rattray Vivienne Spence Ilrey Oliver Sandie Richards	3:29.50
	María Colín	47:17.15	Ann Peel	47:17.97	Maryanne Torrellas	47:35.12
	Coleen Sommer	1.96	Silvia Costa Acosta-Martínez	1.92	Mazel Thomas	1.88
	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	7.45	Jennifer Inniss	6.85	Eloína Echevarría	6.42
	Ramona Pagel	18.56	María Elena Sarría	18.12	Belsis Laza	18.06
	Maritza Martén García	65.58	Hilda Ramos	61.34	Connie Price	59.52
	Ivonne Leal	63.70	María Caridad Colón	61.66	Marieta Riera	57.10
	Cindy Greiner	6184	Connie Polman-Tuin	5862	Jolanda Jones	5823

• Some sources erroneously state the winner of the women's marathon as María del Carmen Díaz (later a Pan American Games winner on the track) instead of the correct winner, María del Carmen Cárdenas.^[1]

See also

• 1987 in athletics (track and field)

References

• GBR Athletics

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045841/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/maria-cardenas-1.html María del Carmen Cárdeñas