The athletics competition at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia. At almost exactly 1000 metres elevation, all the marks from this meet marginally qualify as "altitude assisted."
Medal summary
Men's events Don Quarrie 10.29Lennox Miller 10.32Del Meriwether 10.34Don Quarrie 19.86 GRMarshall Dill 20.39Edwin Roberts 20.39John Smith 44.60 GRFred Newhouse 45.09Fernando Acevedo 45.30 Ken Swenson 1:48.08 GRArt Sandison 1:48.42Byron Dyce 1:48.42Marty Liquori 3:42.10 GRBill Smart 3:43.39Jim Crawford 3:43.76Steve Prefontaine 13:52.53Steve Stageberg 14:00.76Mario Pérez 14:03.98Frank Shorter 28:50.83 GRJuan Martínez 29:05.07Álvaro Mejía 29:06.97Frank Shorter 2:22:40José García 2:26:30Hernán Barreneche 2:27:19Rod Milburn 13.46Arnaldo Bristol 13.81Juan Morales 13.85Ralph Mann 49.11 GRJim Seymour 50.36Jacinto Hidalgo 51.68Mike Manley 8:42.27Sidney Sink 8:42.90Héctor Villanueva 8:46.09 Alfred DaleyCarl LawsonLennox MillerDon Quarrie 39.28 Bárbaro BandomoPablo MontesJuan MoralesHermes Ramírez 39.84 Willie DeckardMarshall DillRon DraperRod Milburn 39.84 Dale AlexanderFred NewhouseTommy TurnerJohn Smith 3:00.63 GR Leighton PriestleyTrevor CampbellAlfred DaleyGarth Case 3:03.98 Edwin RobertsBen CayenneKent BernardTrevor James 3:04.58Goetz Klopfer 1:37:30Tom Dooley 1:38:16José Oliveros 1:40:26Larry Young 4:38:31Gabriel Hernández 4:38:46John Knifton 4:42:15Pat Matzdorf 2.10 mWilf Wedmann 2.10 mLuis Arbulú 2.05 mJan Johnson 5.33 mDavid Roberts 5.20 mBruce Simpson 4.90 mArnie Robinson 8.02 mJames "Bouncy" Moore 7.98 mMike Mason 7.65 mPedro Pérez 17.40 m Nelson Prudêncio 16.82 mJohn Craft 16.32 mAl Feuerbach 19.76 mKarl Salb 19.10 mMike Mercer 18.01 mDick Drescher 62.26 m GRTim Vollmer 61.06 mAin Roost 58.06 mAl Hall 65.84 m GRGeorge Frenn 65.68 mDarwin Piñeyrúa 61.54 mCary Feldmann 81.52 m GRBill Skinner 80.36 mAmado Morales 76.14 mRick Wanamaker 7648 ptsRuss Hodge 7314 ptsJesús Mirabal 7295 pts
Women's events Iris Davis 11.25Stephanie Berto 11.40Silvia Chivás 11.47Stephanie Berto 23.57 =GRFulgencia Romay 23.70Esther Stroy 23.82Marilyn Neufville 52.34 GRCarmen Trustée 52.89Yvonne Saunders 53.13Abby Hoffman 2:05.54Doris Brown 2:05.90Penny Werthner 2:06.32Patty Johnson 13.19Marlene Elejalde 13.54Penny May 13.70 Orien BrownPat HawkinsMattiline RenderIris Davis 44.59 Silvia ChivásMarlene ElejardeFulgencia RomayCarmen Valdés 45.01 Aida OrtízAna MaquilónElsy RivasJuana Mosquera 45.99 Esther StroyMavis LaingGwen NormanCheryl Toussaint 3:32.45 GR Beatriz CastilloMarcela ChibásAurelia PentónCarmen Trustée 3:34.04 Beverly FranklinRuth WilliamsYvonne SaundersMarilyn Neufville 3:34.05Debbie Brill 1.85 m GRAudrey Reid 1.75 mAndrea Bruce 1.70 mBrenda Eisler 6.34 m GRSilvina Pereira 6.35 mMarina Samuells 6.14 mLynn Graham 15.76 m GRGrecia Hamilton 14.63 mRosa Molina 14.50 mCarmen Romero 57.20 m GRMaría Cristina Betancourt 51.76 mCarol Martin 50.04 mTomasa Núñez 54.02 m GRSherry Calvert 51.52 mRoberta Brown 50.94 mDebbie Van Kiekebelt 4290 ptsPenny May 4112 ptsAída dos Santos 3887 pts
Medal table
Participating nations
References GBR Athletics Track and Field Brinkster