Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games

Athletics at the
2003 Pan American Games
Athletics at the ; 2003 Pan American Games
Dates	5 – 9 August
Host city	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
Level	Senior
Events	46
Participation	535 athletes from ; 39 nations
	← Winnipeg 1999 Rio de Janeiro 2007 → ; 2003 Pan American Games

The athletics competition at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from Tuesday, August 5, to Saturday, August 9, 2003. The competition comprised track and field events plus marathon races and three racewalking events, with a total of 46 contests taking place.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m[1]	Michael Frater Jamaica	10.21	Mardy Scales United States	10.22	Anson Henry Canada	10.30
100 m[1]	Wind: +0.7
200 m	Kenneth Brokenburr United States	20.42	Christopher Williams Jamaica	20.54	André Domingos Brazil	20.68
200 m	Wind: +0.6
400 m	Mitch Potter United States	45.11	Yeimer López Cuba	45.13	Alleyne Francique Grenada	45.51
800 m	Achraf Tadili Canada	1:45.05	Osmar dos Santos Brazil	1:45.64	Fabiano Peçanha Brazil	1:46.39
1500 m	Hudson de Souza Brazil	3:45.72	Michael Stember United States	3:46.31	Grant Robison United States	3:46.68
5000 m	Hudson de Souza Brazil	13:50.71	José David Galván Mexico	13:52.92	Marílson dos Santos Brazil	13:56.90
10000 m	Teodoro Vega Mexico	28:49.38	Marílson dos Santos Brazil	28:49.48	Dan Browne United States	29:06.23
Marathon	Vanderlei de Lima Brazil	2:19:08	Bruce Deacon Canada	2:20:35	Diego Colorado Colombia	2:21:48
3000 m steeplechase	Néstor Nieves Venezuela	8:34.26	Joël Bourgeois Canada	8:36.78	Anthony Famiglietti United States	8:40.22
110 m hurdles	Yuniel Hernández Cuba	13.35	Larry Wade United States	13.35	Márcio de Souza Brazil	13.45
110 m hurdles	Wind: -0.2
400 m hurdles	Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic	48.19	Eric Thomas United States	48.74	Dean Griffiths Jamaica	49.35
20 km race walk	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	1:23:06	Bernardo Segura Mexico	1:23:31	Alejandro López Mexico	1:24:33
50 km race walk	Germán Sánchez Mexico	4:05:01	Mário dos Santos Brazil	4:07:36	Luis Fernando García Guatemala	4:12:14
4 × 100 m relay[2]	Brazil Vicente de Lima Edson Ribeiro André da Silva Claudinei da Silva	38.44	Trinidad and Tobago Niconnor Alexander Marc Burns Ato Boldon Darrel Brown	38.53	Cuba José Ángel César José Carlos Peña Luis Alexander Reyes Juan Pita	39.09
4 × 400 m relay	Jamaica Michael Campbell Sanjay Ayre Lansford Spence Davian Clarke	3:01.81	United States Mitchell Potter Ja'Warren Hooker Adam Steele James Davis	3:01.87	Dominican Republic Arismendy Peguero Carlos Santa Julio Vidal Félix Sánchez	3:02.02 (NR)
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Germaine Mason Jamaica	2.34	Jamie Nieto United States	2.28	Terrance Woods United States	2.22
Pole vault	Toby Stevenson United States	5.45	Russ Buller United States	5.40	Dominic Johnson Saint Lucia	5.40
Long jump	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.23	Luis Felipe Méliz Cuba	8.20	Víctor Castillo Venezuela	7.98
Triple jump	Yoandri Betanzos Cuba	17.26	Jadel Gregório Brazil	17.03	Yoelbi Quesada Cuba	16.78
Shot put	Reese Hoffa United States	20.95	Marco Antonio Verni Chile	20.14	Bradley Snyder Canada	20.10
Discus throw	Jason Tunks Canada	63.70	Frank Casañas Cuba	62.61	Loy Martínez Cuba	61.36
Hammer throw	Juan Ignacio Cerra Argentina	75.53	James Parker United States	74.35	Yosvany Suárez Cuba	70.24
Javelin throw	Emeterio González Cuba	81.72	Isbel Luaces Cuba	80.95	Breaux Greer United States	79.21
Decathlon	Stephen Moore United States	7809 pts	Luiggy Llanos Puerto Rico	7704 pts (NR)	Yonelvis Águila Cuba	7593 pts
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Lauryn Williams United States	11.12	Angela Williams United States	11.15	Liliana Allen Mexico	11.28
100 m	Wind: +1.6
200 m	Roxana Díaz Cuba	22.69	Cydonie Mothersille Cayman Islands	22.86	Allyson Felix United States	22.93
200 m	Wind: +1.3
400 m	Ana Guevara Mexico	50.36	Hazel-Ann Regis Grenada	51.56	Aliann Pompey Guyana	52.06
800 m[3]	Adriana Muñoz Cuba	2:02.56	Marian Burnett Guyana	2:03.58	Christiane dos Santos Brazil	2:04.37
1500 m	Adriana Muñoz Cuba	4:09.57	Mary Jayne Harrelson United States	4:09.72	Mardrea Hyman Jamaica	4:10.08
5000 m	Adriana Fernández Mexico	15:30.65	Nora Rocha Mexico	15:40.98	Nicole Jefferson United States	15:42.40
10000 m	Adriana Fernández Mexico	33:16.05	Yudelkis Martínez Cuba	33:55.12	Bertha Sánchez Colombia	33:56.17
Marathon	Márcia Narloch Brazil	2:39:54	Mariela González Cuba	2:42:55	Erika Olivera Chile	2:44:52
100 m hurdles	Brigitte Foster Jamaica	12.67	Perdita Felicien Canada	12.70	Lacena Golding-Clarke Jamaica	12.79
100 m hurdles	Wind: -0.3
400 m hurdles	Joanna Hayes United States	54.77	Daimí Pernía Cuba	55.10	Andrea Blackett Barbados	55.24
20 km race walk	Victoria Palacios Mexico	1:35:16	Rosario Sánchez Mexico	1:35:21	Joanne Dow United States	1:35:48
4 × 100 m relay	United States Angela Williams Consuella Moore Angela Daigle Lauryn Williams	43.06	Cuba Dainelky Pérez Roxana Díaz Virgen Benavides Misleidys Lazo	43.40	Jamaica Lacena Golding-Clarke Judyth Kitson Shellene Williams Danielle Browning	43.71
4 × 400 m relay	United States Me'Lisa Barber Moushaumi Robinson Julian Clay De'Hashia Trotter	3:26.40	Jamaica Naleya Downer Michelle Burgher Novlene Williams Allison Beckford	3:27.34	Brazil Maria Laura Almirão Josiane Tito Geisa Coutinho Lucimar Teodoro	3:28.07
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Juana Arrendel Dominican Republic	1.94	Romary Rifka Mexico	1.94	Yarianny Argüelles Cuba	1.89
Pole vault	Melissa Mueller United States	4.40	Carolina Torres Chile	4.30	Stephanie McCann Canada	4.20
Long jump	Alice Falaiye Canada	6.43	Jackie Edwards Bahamas	6.41	Yargelis Savigne Cuba	6.40
Triple jump	Mabel Gay Cuba	14.42	Yuliana Pérez United States	13.99	Yusmay Bicet Cuba	13.90
Shot put	Yumileidi Cumbá Cuba	19.31	Elisângela Adriano Brazil	18.48	Fior Vásquez Dominican Republic	18.14 NR
Discus throw	Aretha Hill United States	63.30	Anaelys Fernández Cuba	61.26	Yania Ferrales Cuba	60.03
Hammer throw	Yipsi Moreno Cuba	74.25	Yunaika Crawford Cuba	69.57	Candice Scott Trinidad and Tobago	69.06
Javelin throw	Kim Kreiner United States	60.86	Laverne Eve Bahamas	60.68	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba	60.20
Heptathlon	Tiffany Lott-Hogan United States	6064 pts	Nicole Haynes Canada	5959 pts	Magalys García Cuba	5864 pts
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

Shot putter Reese Hoffa was one of 13 event winners from the US.

Mabel Gay (left) and Yargelis Savigne won medals for Cuba in the jumps.

Félix Sánchez took one of two golds for hosts the Dominican Republic.

* Host nation (Dominican Republic)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	13	11	8	32
2	Cuba	10	10	11	31
3	Mexico	6	5	2	13
4	Brazil	5	5	6	16
5	Jamaica	4	2	4	10
6	Canada	3	4	3	10
7	Dominican Republic*	2	0	2	4
8	Venezuela	1	0	1	2
9	Argentina	1	0	0	1
9	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
11	Chile	0	2	1	3
12	Bahamas	0	2	0	2
13	Grenada	0	1	1	2
	Guyana	0	1	1	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	1	2
16	Cayman Islands	0	1	0	1
16	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
18	Colombia	0	0	2	2
19	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		46	46	46	138

Participating nations

References

Day reports

Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2003-08-06). Felix Sanchez closer to gold as two records fall in opening day of Pan American Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-13.
Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2003-08-07). Felix Sanchez gives glory to Dominican Republic, as four more Pan Am Games records fall. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-13.
Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2003-08-08). Guevara qualifies for 400m final and Menendez is beaten in Pan American Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-13.
Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2003-08-09). Guevara, Fernandez, Foster and Arrendel: women steal the show in Pan American Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-13.
Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2003-08-10). Jamaica wins three titles and US dominates, as the athletics ends at the Pan Am Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-13.

Results

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athlecac results

Specific

Original winner Mickey Grimes was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for ephedrine. ("Grimes fails drugs test". BBC. 2003-08-13. Retrieved 2007-03-10.)
The United States, the original winner, was disqualified after its team member Mickey Grimes tested positive for ephedrine. ("Grimes fails drugs test". BBC. 2003-08-13. Retrieved 2007-03-10.)
Original winner Letitia Vriesde was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for caffeine. ("Grimes fails drugs test". BBC. 2003-08-13. Retrieved 2007-03-10.)

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[1] Original winner Mickey Grimes was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for ephedrine. ("Grimes fails drugs test". BBC. 2003-08-13. Retrieved 2007-03-10.)

[2] The United States, the original winner, was disqualified after its team member Mickey Grimes tested positive for ephedrine. ("Grimes fails drugs test". BBC. 2003-08-13. Retrieved 2007-03-10.)

[3] Original winner Letitia Vriesde was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for caffeine. ("Grimes fails drugs test". BBC. 2003-08-13. Retrieved 2007-03-10.)