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139 relations: Agberto Guimarães, Alberto Juantorena, Alejandro Casañas, Altevir de Araújo, Ana Alexander, Ana Fidelia Quirot, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, Antônio Dias Ferreira, Antonio González (javelin thrower), Armando Orozco, Aurelia Pentón, Benn Fields, Bert Cameron, Bishop Dolegiewicz, Bobby Coffman, Bradley Cooper (athlete), Brenda Morehead, Brian Morrissette, Bruce Simpson (athlete), Bruno Pauletto, Carl Lewis, Carlos Álvarez (athlete), Carmen Ionesco, Carmen Romero, Cathy Sulinski, Chandra Cheeseborough, Charles Foster (hurdler), Cliff Wiley, Colin Bradford, Daniel Bautista, Dave Laut, David Giralt, Debbie Brill, Deby LaPlante, Decathlon, Diane Jones-Konihowski, Discus throw, Don Paige, Duncan Atwood, Eloína Echevarría, Emmit King, Enrique Aquino, Essie Kelley, Evelyn Ashford, Floyd Brown (athlete), Frank Montiéh, Frank Shorter, Franklin Jacobs, Genovevo Morejón, Geri Fitch, ..., Greg Woepse, Hammer throw, Harvey Glance, Henry Marsh (athlete), Herb Lindsay, Herman Frazier, High jump, Ian Stapleton, Isabel Taylor, James Butts, James Gilkes, James Robinson (runner), James Walker (hurdler), Jan Merrill, Javelin throw, Jill Ross-Giffen, João Carlos de Oliveira, Jodi Anderson, Juan Saborit, Julie Brown (athlete), June Griffith, Kathy McMillan, Leleith Hodges, Long jump, Louise Ritter, Luis Barbosa, Luis Delís, Mac Wilkins, Marathon, María Caridad Colón, María Cristina Betancourt, María Elena Sarría, Marco Evoniuk, Maren Seidler, Marita Payne, Martín Bermúdez, Mary Decker, Matt Centrowitz, Maurice Peoples, Merlene Ottey, Mike Roberson, Milton de Castro, Milton Ottey, Nelson dos Santos, Nery McKeen, Osvaldo Lara, Pam Spencer, Patricia Jackson, Penny Werthner, Pentathlon, Pole vault, Raúl González (racewalker), Racewalking, Radamés González, Renaldo Nehemiah, Rodolfo Gómez, Rosalyn Bryant, Rosie Allwood, Ruy da Silva, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Scott Neilson (athlete), Sharon Dabney, Shot put, Silvia Chivás, Silvio Leonard, Sport of athletics, Steve Riddick, Tito Steiner, Todd Scully, Tony Darden, Triple jump, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Willie Banks, Willie Smith (sprinter), 10,000 metres, 100 metres, 100 metres hurdles, 110 metres hurdles, 1500 metres, 1979 Pan American Games, 200 metres, 3000 metres, 3000 metres steeplechase, 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay, 400 metres, 400 metres hurdles, 5000 metres, 800 metres. Expand index (89 more) »
Agberto Guimarães
Agberto Conceição Guimarães (born August 18, 1957) is a former Brazilian middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s.
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Alberto Juantorena
Alberto Juantorena (born 3 December 1950) is a Cuban former runner.
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Alejandro Casañas
Alejandro Francisco Casañas Ramírez (born January 29, 1954) is a former Cuban hurdler.
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Altevir de Araújo
Altevir Silva Filho de Araújo (born December 23, 1955) is a retired sprinter from Brazil, he was a Brazilian champion, but he was best known for winning two gold medals (100 and 200 metres) at the 1979 South American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
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Ana Alexander
Ana Bella Alexander Lamothe (born November 1, 1954 in Manatí, Las Tunas) is a retired female athlete from Cuba, who mainly competed in the women's long jump event during her career.
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Ana Fidelia Quirot
Ana Fidelia Quirot Moré (born March 23, 1963) is a female former track and field athlete from Cuba, who specialised in the 800 m but was also successful over 400 m. At 800 metres, she is a two-time World Champion (1995, 1997) and a two-time Olympic medallist (1992, 1996).
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Angella Taylor-Issajenko
Angella Taylor-Issajenko, CM (née Taylor; born September 28, 1958) is a Canadian coach and former sprinter.
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Antônio Dias Ferreira
Antônio Euzébio Dias Ferreira (born 2 March 1960) is a retired Brazilian hurdler.
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Antonio González (javelin thrower)
Antonio González (born 13 July 1956) is a Cuban former javelin thrower.
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Armando Orozco
Guillermo Armando Orozco Valera (born 31 January 1958) is a Cuban former hammer thrower who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Aurelia Pentón
Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde (born February 13, 1941) is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career.
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Benn Fields
Benjamin "Benn" Fields (born December 17, 1954) is an American former high jumper.
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Bert Cameron
Bertland "Bert" Cameron (born 16 November 1959) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who mainly competed over 400 metres.
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Bishop Dolegiewicz
Zbigniew "Bishop" Dolegiewicz (July 8, 1953 – October 29, 2008) was a Canadian professional track and field athlete and coach who specialized in the shot put and the discus throw.
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Bobby Coffman
Bobby Coffman (born February 17, 1951) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon.
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Bradley Cooper (athlete)
Tyrone Bradley Thomas "Brad" Cooper (born June 30, 1957) is a retired male discus thrower and shot putter from the Bahamas.
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Brenda Morehead
Brenda Morehead (born October 5, 1957) is an American sprinter.
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Brian Morrissette
Brian John Morrissette (born October 10, 1956) is an athlete who represents the United States Virgin Islands.
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Bruce Simpson (athlete)
Bruce Simpson (born March 6, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired male pole vaulter from Canada.
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Bruno Pauletto
Bruno Pauletto (born 21 January 1954 in Portogruaro, Italy) is a physiologist, an author, a business manager, a former coach and a former Canadian track and field athlete.
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Carl Lewis
Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold.
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Carlos Álvarez (athlete)
Carlos Mario Álvarez Sánchez (born 12 September 1956) is a Cuban sprinter.
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Carmen Ionesco
Carmen Ionesco (birth name Carmen Ionescu; born July 28, 1951 in Bucharest, Romania) is a retired female discus thrower and shot putter, who competed for Romania and Canada at the Summer Olympics.
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Carmen Romero
Carmen Romero Ferrer (born 6 October 1950) is a retired Cuban discus thrower.
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Cathy Sulinski
Catherine ("Cathy") Ann Sulinski (born April 3, 1958 in San Francisco, California) is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States.
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Chandra Cheeseborough
Chandra Danette Cheeseborough (later Shellman, born January 10, 1959) is a retired American sprinter.
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Charles Foster (hurdler)
Charles Wayne Foster (born July 2, 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is a retired male hurdler from the United States.
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Cliff Wiley
Clifford 'Cliff' Wiley (born May 21, 1955) is a former American track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career.
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Colin Bradford
Colin Bradford (born 30 May 1955) is a former Jamaican track and field athlete who specialised in sprinting events.
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Daniel Bautista
Daniel Bautista (Daniel Bautista Rocha; born August 4, 1952) is a former Mexican track and field athlete and Olympic champion.
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Dave Laut
David ("Dave") Lester Laut (December 21, 1956 – August 27, 2009) was an American shot putter.
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David Giralt
David Giralt Agramonte (born 28 June 1959) is a Cuban long jumper.
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Debbie Brill
Debbie Arden Brill, (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian high jump athlete who at the age of 16 became the first North American woman to clear 6 feet.
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Deby LaPlante
Deborah C. "Deby" LaPlante (in second marriage Smith; born April 3, 1953) is a retired female track and field athlete from the United States, who competed in the hurdles event.
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Decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events.
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Diane Jones-Konihowski
Diane Jones-Konihowski, (born March 7, 1951) is a former Canadian pentathlete who was the 1978 Commonwealth Champion and won two gold medals at two Pan-American Games, as well as representing Canada at two Summer Olympics.
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Discus throw
The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors.
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Don Paige
Donald J. Paige (born October 13, 1956) is an American retired middle distance runner.
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Duncan Atwood
Duncan Fuller Atwood (born October 11, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is a former American athlete who twice won a gold medal in the javelin throw at the Pan American Games: in 1979 and 1987.
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Eloína Echevarría
Eloína C. Echevarría (born August 23, 1961) is a retired Cuban long jumper and triple jumper.
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Emmit King
Emmit King (born March 24, 1959) is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988) but he did not compete.
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Enrique Aquino
Enrique Aquino Busquets (born 1 May 1950) is a Mexican long-distance runner.
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Essie Kelley
Essie Kelley-Washington (born January 12, 1957) is an American former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800-meter run.
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Evelyn Ashford
Evelyn Ashford (born April 15, 1957 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash.
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Floyd Brown (athlete)
Floyd Brown (born 8 September 1957) is a retired Jamaican sprinter.
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Frank Montiéh
Frank Montiéh (born 19 November 1959) is a Cuban track and field hurdler who competed in the 400 metres hurdles.
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Frank Shorter
Frank Charles Shorter (born October 31, 1947) is an American former long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Franklin Jacobs
Franklin Jacobs (born December 31, 1957) is a former high jumper from the United States.
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Genovevo Morejón
Genovevo Morejón (born 3 January 1954) is a Cuban former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw.
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Geri Fitch
Geraldine Fitch (born 7 April 1954) is a Canadian long-distance runner.
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Greg Woepse
Greg Woepse (born March 4, 1957) is a retired American track and field athlete, primarily in the pole vault.
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Hammer throw
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
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Harvey Glance
Harvey Edward Glance (born March 28, 1957) is a former American track athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Henry Marsh (athlete)
Henry Dinwoodey Marsh (born March 15, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a retired runner from the United States, who made four U.S. Olympic teams and represented his native country in the men's 3,000 meter Steeplechase in three Summer Olympics, from 1976 through 1988.
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Herb Lindsay
Herb Lindsay (born November 12, 1954) is an American former long-distance runner.
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Herman Frazier
Herman Ronald "Herm" Frazier (born October 29, 1954) is a retired American sprinter.
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High jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.
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Ian Stapleton
Ian Stapleton (born 6 September 1959 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican sprinter.
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Isabel Taylor
Isabel Taylor (born 21 December 1956) is a Cuban sprinter.
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James Butts
James Aaron Butts (born May 9, 1950) is a retired American triple jumper.
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James Gilkes
James Gilkes (born 21 September 1952) is a former sprinter from Guyana who specialised in the 200 metres.
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James Robinson (runner)
James J. Robinson Jr. (born August 27, 1954 in Oakland, California) is a former American middle distance runner.
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James Walker (hurdler)
James Walker (born October 1957) is a former American hurdler.
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Jan Merrill
Janice "Jan" Melbourne Merrill (born June 18, 1956) is a retired American runner.
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Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown.
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Jill Ross-Giffen
Jill Ross-Giffen (born 23 February 1958) is a retired Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the heptathlon and women's pentathlon.
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João Carlos de Oliveira
João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" (born in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil May 28, 1954 – May 29, 1999 in São Paulo, Brazil) was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.
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Jodi Anderson
Judith ("Jodi") Anderson (born November 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired heptathlete from the United States.
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Juan Saborit
Juan Saborit (born 6 May 1956) is a Cuban former hurdler.
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Julie Brown (athlete)
Julie Ann Brown (born February 4, 1955) is an American retired distance runner.
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June Griffith
June Marcia Griffith (married Collison) (born June 16, 1957) is a retired Guyanese track and field athlete.
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Kathy McMillan
Kathy Laverne McMillan (born November 7, 1957) is a retired American athlete, who mainly competed in the long jump.
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Leleith Hodges
Leleith Hodges (born 22 June 1953) is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres.
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Long jump
The long jump (historically called the broad jump in the USA) is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.
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Louise Ritter
Louise Dorothy Ritter (born February 18, 1958) is an American former track and field athlete.
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Luis Barbosa
Luis Barbosa (born January 21, 1953) is a Colombian male long distance athlete.
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Luis Delís
Luis Mariano Delís Fournier (born December 6, 1957 in Guantánamo) is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in discus throw and shot put.
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Mac Wilkins
Mac Maurice Wilkins (born November 15, 1950) is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw.
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Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance race, completed by running, walking, or a run/walk strategy.
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María Caridad Colón
María Caridad Colón Rueñes-Salazar (born March 25, 1958 in Baracoa) is a former javelin thrower from Cuba who won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics, setting a new record.
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María Cristina Betancourt
María Cristina Betancourt Ramírez (born 15 December 1947) is a retired Cuban discus thrower, born in Havana.
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María Elena Sarría
María Elena Sarría Díaz (born September 14, 1954 in Cienfuegos) is a retired Cuban athlete who competed in the shot put during her career.
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Marco Evoniuk
Marco Ray Evoniuk (born September 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California) is a retired male race walker from the United States, who represented his native country at three consecutive Olympic Games, starting in 1984.
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Maren Seidler
Maren Elizabeth Seidler (born June 11, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American track and field athlete.
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Marita Payne
Marita Payne-Wiggins (born October 7, 1960) is a Canadian retired track and field athlete who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics.
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Martín Bermúdez
Martín Bermúdez Mendoza (born July 19, 1958 in El Carrizalillo, Michoacán) is a retired male race walker from Mexico.
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Mary Decker
Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker; born August 4, 1958) is a retired American middle-distance runner.
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Matt Centrowitz
Matthew Centrowitz (born January 28, 1955) is a two-time Olympic distance runner, a four-time United States champion, a collegiate All-American, a nationally renowned high school athlete, and a collegiate cross country and track coach.
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Maurice Peoples
Maurice Peoples (born December 17, 1950) is an American former sprinter.
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Merlene Ottey
Merlene Joyce Ottey OD (born 10 May 1960) is a Jamaican former track and field sprinter.
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Mike Roberson
Mike Roberson (born March 25, 1956) is an American former sprinter.
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Milton de Castro
Milton de Castro (born 19 April 1954) is a Brazilian sprinter.
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Milton Ottey
Milton Bruce "Milt" Ottey (born December 29, 1959 in May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica) is a Canadian retired high jumper.
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Nelson dos Santos
Nelson dos Santos (born 8 May 1952) is a Brazilian former sprinter who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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Nery McKeen
Nery McKeen (born April 26, 1957) is a retired Cuban middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
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Osvaldo Lara
Osvaldo Lara Cañizares (born July 13, 1955 in Havana) is a retired male track and field sprinter from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.
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Pam Spencer
Pamela Ann Spencer (born October 8, 1957) is a retired high jumper from the United States, who set her personal best on 1981-08-28, jumping 1.97 metres at a meet in Brussels, Belgium.
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Patricia Jackson
Patricia "Pat" Jackson (born March 17, 1958) is a former American sprinter.
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Penny Werthner
Penny Werthner (born July 5, 1951 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a retired female track and field athlete, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the women's 1.500 metres.
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Pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events.
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Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to jump over a bar.
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Raúl González (racewalker)
Raúl González Rodríguez (born February 29, 1952) is a retired Mexican race walker.
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Racewalking
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics.
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Radamés González
Radamés González Tamayo (born February 4, 1956) is a former Cuban marathon runner.
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Renaldo Nehemiah
Renaldo Nehemiah (born March 24, 1959) is a retired American athlete who specialized in the 110 m hurdles.
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Rodolfo Gómez
Rodolfo Gómez Orozco (born 30 October 1950 in Mexico City) is a retired long-distance runner, who was one of the leading runners represented from Mexico in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Rosalyn Bryant
Rosalyn Evette Bryant (married Clark; born January 7, 1956) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters.
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Rosie Allwood
Rosie Allwood (born 21 November 1952) is a Jamaican sprinter.
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Ruy da Silva
Ruy da Silva (15 September 1951 – 5 May 1999) was a Brazilian sprinter.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (Saint John) is the capital and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
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Scott Neilson (athlete)
Scott Neilson (born 31 January 1957) is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw.
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Sharon Dabney
Sharon Dabney (born January 1959) is a retired American track and field athlete.
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Shot put
The shot put (pronounced) is a track and field event involving "throwing"/"putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy spherical object—the shot—as far as possible.
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Silvia Chivás
Silvia Chivás (born September 10, 1954) is a former track and field athlete from Cuba.
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Silvio Leonard
Silvio Leonard Sarría also known as Silvio Leonard Tartabull (born September 20, 1955 in Cienfuegos) is a former sprinter from Cuba.
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Sport of athletics
Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.
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Steve Riddick
Steven Earl Riddick (born September 18, 1951) is an American athlete and winner of the gold medal in 4×100 meter relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Tito Steiner
Tito Steiner (born March 1, 1952 in Paraguay) is a retired decathlete of German descent who represented Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Todd Scully
Clark Todd Scully (born September 13, 1948) is an American racewalker.
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Tony Darden
Tony Darden (born September 2, 1957) is an American former track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career.
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Triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump.
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Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Valerie Ann Brisco-Hooks (born July 6, 1960 in Greenwood, Mississippi) won three gold medals as an Olympic track and field athlete at the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles, California, making her the first Olympian to win gold medals in both the 200- and 400-meter races at a single Olympics.
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Willie Banks
William Augustus Banks, III (born March 11, 1956) is an American athlete.
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Willie Smith (sprinter)
Willie Smith (born February 28, 1956) is an American athlete who was the national champion 400 metres runner in 1979-80, and won gold at the 1984 Olympics as part of the 4 x 400m relay squad.
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10,000 metres
The 10,000 metres or 10,000-meter run is a common long-distance track running event.
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100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions.
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100 metres hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles).
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110 metres hurdles
The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-meter hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men.
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics.
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1979 Pan American Games
The 8th Pan American Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979.
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200 metres
The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) is a sprint running event.
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3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-meter run is a track running event, also commonly known as the 3K or 3K run, where 7.5 laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
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3000 metres steeplechase
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field.
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4 × 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each.
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4 × 400 metres relay
The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap.
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400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a sprinting event in track and field competitions.
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400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event.
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5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-meter run (approximately 3.1 mi or 16,404 ft) is a common long-distance running event in track and field.
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800 metres
The 800 metres, or 800 meters (US spelling), is a common track running event.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games
