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84 relations: Alberto Juantorena, Alejandro Casañas, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, Antonio González (javelin thrower), Armando Orozco, Athletics at the Pan American Games, Aurelia Pentón, Beatriz Capotosto, Benn Fields, Bishop Dolegiewicz, Bobby Coffman, Bradley Cooper (athlete), Brit McRoberts, Bruce Simpson (athlete), Bruno Pauletto, Carl Lewis, Carmen Romero, Cathy Sulinski, Charles Foster (hurdler), Cliff Wiley, Daniel Bautista, Dave Laut, David Giralt, Debbie Brill, Deby LaPlante, Diane Jones-Konihowski, Don Paige, Duncan Atwood, Eloína Echevarría, Emmit King, Essie Kelley, Evelyn Ashford, Frank Montiéh, Frank Shorter, Franklin Jacobs, Genovevo Morejón, Gert Weil, Greg Woepse, Herb Lindsay, Herman Frazier, Ian Stapleton, Jacqueline Pusey, James Butts, James Gilkes, Jan Merrill, Jill Ross-Giffen, João Carlos de Oliveira, Joseph Coombs, Julie Brown (athlete), June Griffith, ..., Kathy McMillan, Laurie Kern, Leleith Hodges, List of Pan American Games records in athletics, Louise Ritter, Luis Barbosa, Mac Wilkins, 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 Ottey, Osvaldo Lara, Pam Spencer, Patricia Jackson, Radamés González, Rodolfo Gómez, Scott Neilson (athlete), Sharon Dabney, Silvio Leonard, Steve Riddick, Tony Darden, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Vince O'Sullivan, Willie Smith (sprinter), 1979 in athletics (track and field). Expand index (34 more) »
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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Angella Taylor-Issajenko
Angella Taylor-Issajenko, CM (née Taylor; born September 28, 1958) is a Canadian coach and former sprinter.
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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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Athletics at the Pan American Games
Since its first edition held in 1951, athletics events have been competed at the Pan American Games.
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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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Beatriz Capotosto
Delía Beatriz Capotosto (born 16 May 1962 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine athlete who specialised in the sprint hurdles.
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Benn Fields
Benjamin "Benn" Fields (born December 17, 1954) is an American former high jumper.
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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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Brit McRoberts
Brit Lind-Petersen-McRoberts (born 10 February 1957) is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in middle-distance running events.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Gert Weil
Gert Michael Weil Wiesenborn (born January 3, 1960 in Puerto Montt) is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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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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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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Ian Stapleton
Ian Stapleton (born 6 September 1959 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican sprinter.
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Jacqueline Pusey
Jacqueline "Jackie" Pusey (born 14 August 1959) is a Jamaican former track and field 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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Jan Merrill
Janice "Jan" Melbourne Merrill (born June 18, 1956) is a retired American runner.
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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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Joseph Coombs
Joseph Coombs (born June 15, 1952 in Montrose, Chaguanas) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.
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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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Laurie Kern
Laurie Kern (born 6 February 1957) is a Canadian female former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.
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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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List of Pan American Games records in athletics
The Pan American Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1951.
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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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Mac Wilkins
Mac Maurice Wilkins (born November 15, 1950) is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw.
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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 Ottey
Milton Bruce "Milt" Ottey (born December 29, 1959 in May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica) is a Canadian retired high jumper.
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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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Radamés González
Radamés González Tamayo (born February 4, 1956) is a former Cuban marathon runner.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Vince O'Sullivan
Vincent ("Vince") John O'Sullivan (born February 23, 1957 in London, Greater London) is a retired male racewalker from the United States, who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics for Team USA.
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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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1979 in athletics (track and field)
This page contains an overview of the year 1979 in athletics.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1979_Pan_American_Games
