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]   details	Michael Frater  Jamaica	10.21	Mardy Scales  United States	10.22	Anson Henry  Canada	10.30
	Wind: +0.7
200 m   details	Kenneth Brokenburr  United States	20.42	Christopher Williams  Jamaica	20.54	André Domingos  Brazil	20.68
	Wind: +0.6
400 m   details	Mitch Potter  United States	45.11	Yeimer López  Cuba	45.13	Alleyne Francique  Grenada	45.51
800 m   details	Achraf Tadili  Canada	1:45.05	Osmar dos Santos  Brazil	1:45.64	Fabiano Peçanha  Brazil	1:46.39
1500 m   details	Hudson de Souza  Brazil	3:45.72	Michael Stember  United States	3:46.31	Grant Robison  United States	3:46.68
5000 m   details	Hudson de Souza  Brazil	13:50.71	José David Galván  Mexico	13:52.92	Marílson dos Santos  Brazil	13:56.90
10000 m   details	Teodoro Vega  Mexico	28:49.38	Marílson dos Santos  Brazil	28:49.48	Dan Browne  United States	29:06.23
Marathon   details	Vanderlei de Lima  Brazil	2:19:08	Bruce Deacon  Canada	2:20:35	Diego Colorado  Colombia	2:21:48
3000 m steeplechase   details	Néstor Nieves  Venezuela	8:34.26	Joël Bourgeois  Canada	8:36.78	Anthony Famiglietti  United States	8:40.22
110 m hurdles   details	Yuniel Hernández  Cuba	13.35	Larry Wade  United States	13.35	Márcio de Souza  Brazil	13.45
	Wind: -0.2
400 m hurdles   details	Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic	48.19	Eric Thomas  United States	48.74	Dean Griffiths  Jamaica	49.35
20 km race walk   details	Jefferson Pérez  Ecuador	1:23:06	Bernardo Segura  Mexico	1:23:31	Alejandro López  Mexico	1:24:33
50 km race walk   details	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]   details	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   details	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   details	Germaine Mason  Jamaica	2.34	Jamie Nieto  United States	2.28	Terrance Woods  United States	2.22
Pole vault   details	Toby Stevenson  United States	5.45	Russ Buller  United States	5.40	Dominic Johnson  Saint Lucia	5.40
Long jump   details	Iván Pedroso  Cuba	8.23	Luis Felipe Méliz  Cuba	8.20	Víctor Castillo  Venezuela	7.98
Triple jump   details	Yoandri Betanzos  Cuba	17.26	Jadel Gregório  Brazil	17.03	Yoelbi Quesada  Cuba	16.78
Shot put   details	Reese Hoffa  United States	20.95	Marco Antonio Verni  Chile	20.14	Bradley Snyder  Canada	20.10
Discus throw   details	Jason Tunks  Canada	63.70	Frank Casañas  Cuba	62.61	Loy Martínez  Cuba	61.36
Hammer throw   details	Juan Ignacio Cerra  Argentina	75.53	James Parker  United States	74.35	Yosvany Suárez  Cuba	70.24
Javelin throw   details	Emeterio González  Cuba	81.72	Isbel Luaces  Cuba	80.95	Breaux Greer  United States	79.21
Decathlon   details	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   details	Lauryn Williams  United States	11.12	Angela Williams  United States	11.15	Liliana Allen  Mexico	11.28
	Wind: +1.6
200 m   details	Roxana Díaz  Cuba	22.69	Cydonie Mothersille  Cayman Islands	22.86	Allyson Felix  United States	22.93
	Wind: +1.3
400 m   details	Ana Guevara  Mexico	50.36	Hazel-Ann Regis  Grenada	51.56	Aliann Pompey  Guyana	52.06
800 m[3]   details	Adriana Muñoz  Cuba	2:02.56	Marian Burnett  Guyana	2:03.58	Christiane dos Santos  Brazil	2:04.37
1500 m   details	Adriana Muñoz  Cuba	4:09.57	Mary Jayne Harrelson  United States	4:09.72	Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica	4:10.08
5000 m   details	Adriana Fernández  Mexico	15:30.65	Nora Rocha  Mexico	15:40.98	Nicole Jefferson  United States	15:42.40
10000 m   details	Adriana Fernández  Mexico	33:16.05	Yudelkis Martínez  Cuba	33:55.12	Bertha Sánchez  Colombia	33:56.17
Marathon   details	Márcia Narloch  Brazil	2:39:54	Mariela González  Cuba	2:42:55	Erika Olivera  Chile	2:44:52
100 m hurdles   details	Brigitte Foster  Jamaica	12.67	Perdita Felicien  Canada	12.70	Lacena Golding-Clarke  Jamaica	12.79
	Wind: -0.3
400 m hurdles   details	Joanna Hayes  United States	54.77	Daimí Pernía  Cuba	55.10	Andrea Blackett  Barbados	55.24
20 km race walk   details	Victoria Palacios  Mexico	1:35:16	Rosario Sánchez  Mexico	1:35:21	Joanne Dow  United States	1:35:48
4 × 100 m relay   details	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   details	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   details	Juana Arrendel  Dominican Republic	1.94	Romary Rifka  Mexico	1.94	Yarianny Argüelles  Cuba	1.89
Pole vault   details	Melissa Mueller  United States	4.40	Carolina Torres  Chile	4.30	Stephanie McCann  Canada	4.20
Long jump   details	Alice Falaiye  Canada	6.43	Jackie Edwards  Bahamas	6.41	Yargelis Savigne  Cuba	6.40
Triple jump   details	Mabel Gay  Cuba	14.42	Yuliana Pérez  United States	13.99	Yusmay Bicet  Cuba	13.90
Shot put   details	Yumileidi Cumbá  Cuba	19.31	Elisângela Adriano  Brazil	18.48	Fior Vásquez  Dominican Republic	18.14 NR
Discus throw   details	Aretha Hill  United States	63.30	Anaelys Fernández  Cuba	61.26	Yania Ferrales  Cuba	60.03
Hammer throw   details	Yipsi Moreno  Cuba	74.25	Yunaika Crawford  Cuba	69.57	Candice Scott  Trinidad and Tobago	69.06
Javelin throw   details	Kim Kreiner  United States	60.86	Laverne Eve  Bahamas	60.68	Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba	60.20
Heptathlon   details	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
	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
	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

•  Antigua and Barbuda (3)
•  Argentina (10)
•  Bahamas (20)
•  Barbados (7)
•  Belize (6)
•  Bermuda (4)
•  Bolivia (5)
•  Brazil (34)
•  British Virgin Islands (1)
•  Canada (21)
•  Cayman Islands (5)
•  Chile (14)
•  Colombia (22)
•  Cuba (55)
•  Dominica (4)
•  Dominican Republic (41)
•  Ecuador (12)
•  Grenada (8)
•  Guatemala (11)
•  Guyana (2)
•  Haiti (8)
•  Honduras (1)
•  Jamaica (34)
•  Mexico (32)
•  Netherlands Antilles (4)
•  Nicaragua (3)
•  Paraguay (4)
•  Peru (5)
•  Puerto Rico (13)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (5)
•  Saint Lucia (3)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5)
•  El Salvador (1)
•  Suriname (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (19)
•  United States (90)
•  United States Virgin Islands (4)
•  Uruguay (3)
•  Venezuela (15)

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

• GBR Athletics
• All Results at Athletics Canada (Internet Archive)
• athlecac results

Specific

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.)