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Athletics At The 1987 Pan American Games
The Athletics competition at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States. The events were competed at the IU Indianapolis Track and Soccer Stadium. Medal summary Men's events Women's events * Some sources erroneously state the winner of the women's marathon as María del Carmen Díaz (later a Pan American Games winner on the track) instead of the correct winner, María del Carmen Cárdenas. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-10-28. Medal table Participating nations See also * 1987 in athletics (track and field)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indianapolis
Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion County was 977,203 in 2020. The "balance" population, which excludes semi-autonomous municipalities in Marion County, was 887,642. It is the 15th most populous city in the U.S., the third-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, and the fourth-most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, Austin, Texas, and Columbus. The Indianapolis metropolitan area is the 33rd most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with 2,111,040 residents. Its combined statistical area ranks 28th, with a population of 2,431,361. Indianapolis covers , making it the 18th largest city by land area in the U.S. Indigenous peoples inhabited the area dating to as early as 10,000 BC. In 1818, the Lenape relinquished their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luíz Barbosa
José Luíz Barbosa, known as Zequinha Barbosa (born May 27, 1961) is a Brazilian former middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. José participated in 4 Olympic Games: 1984 Los Angeles; 1988 Soul Korea; 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta. He is the 1987 World Indoor Champion, and a two-time World Championship medallist, winning silver in 1991 and bronze in 1987. 1995 Pan American gold medalist 800m 1987 Silver medalist, 1983 Silver medalist 800m and Silver 4x400m. Jose was ranked number one in the world in the 800m in 1991. Career Born in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Barbosa won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo. A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich. He travelled to Tokyo as the favourite but lost to Billy Konchellah from Kenya, who overtook him on the home straight. Shortly after the championships, Barbosa ran the fastest time of the year in Rieti, where he clocked 1 min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge González (athlete)
Jorge González may refer to: Arts * Jorge González (musician) (born 1964), lead singer of Chilean rock group Los Prisioneros **Jorge González (album), ''Jorge González'' (album), his self-titled solo album (1993) * Jorge González (singer) (born 1988), Spanish singer * Jorge González Camarena (1908–1980), Mexican muralist, painter and sculptor * Jorge Gonzalez, better known as Siddhartha (musician), is a soloist rock musician Politics * Jorge González Otero (born 1957), Puerto Rican politician and mayor of Jayuya * Jorge González Torres (born 1942), Mexican politician * Jorge Emilio González Martínez (born 1972), Mexican politician * Jorge González von Marées (1900–1962), Chilean political figure and author * Jorge Soler González (born 1975), Spanish politician Sports * Jorge González (athlete) (born 1952), Puerto Rican marathon runner * Jorge González (Spanish athlete) (born 1945), Spanish Olympic athlete * , Puerto Rican beach volleyball player * , Colom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Lanzoni
Ronald ("Ronaldo") Lanzoni Campos (born August 21, 1959) is a retired long-distance runner from Costa Rica. He claimed the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the Men's Marathon, and twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988). He set his personal best (2:14.33) in the classic distance in 1987. Achievements See also *Costa Rican records in athletics References sports-reference 1959 births Living people Costa Rican male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Olympic athletes of Costa Rica Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for Costa Rica Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Costa Rican people 21st-century Costa Rican people {{CostaRica-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Rodrigues (runner)
Ivo Machado Rodrigues (born October 15, 1960) is a former marathon runner from Brazil. He won the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games and competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ..., finishing in 56th place. Achievements *All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise External links * * 1960 births Living people Brazilian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games athletes for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 21st-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McCloy
Paul McCloy (born 6 November 1963) is a Canadian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. McCloy won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the 10,000 metres. His Canadian record for the men's 10k road race (28:17), set in Orlando Florida on 21 February 1987 held for over 35 years until June 26, 2022 when Ben Flanagan Benjamin "Ben" Flanagan (born 11 January 1995) is a Canadian middle and long-distance runner. He is currently the Canadian record holder in the 5 km and 10 km road races. He also is a 3-time winner of the Falmouth Road Race, having won th ... from Kitchener, Ont., ran 28 minutes 11 seconds (28:11) at the BAA 10K competition in Boston. References External links * 1963 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canadian male long-distance runners Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolando Vera (athlete)
Rolando Patricio Vera Rodas (born April 27, 1965 in Cuenca, Azuay) is a retired long-distance runner from Ecuador, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He reached the top ten of the 10,000 metres at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics. He enjoyed much championship success at the regional level: he was a two-time South American Champion on the track and won gold medals at the South American Games and Bolivarian Games, as well as reaching the podium at the Ibero-American Championships and the 1987 Pan American Games. He won road running competitions on four continents and was tenth at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Vera won the Saint Silvester Road Race four times consecutively in the 1980s. In 1995 he won both the Los Angeles Marathon and the Chuncheon Marathon, and he won the Beppu-Ōita Marathon two years later. At Olympic level he competed in the marathon on two occasions (1992 and 1996). He remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Bickford (athlete)
Bruce Emery Bickford (born March 12, 1957) is a retired long-distance runner from the United States. He claimed the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in the Men's 10,000 metres, and represented his native country in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (27:37.17) in the 10,000 metres in 1985 in Stockholm, Sweden. Bickford won a gold medal in the 1989 United States Olympic Festival Half Marathon. Running career High school Bickford graduated from Lawrence High School of Fairfield, Maine where he began his climb to stardom under the direction of his late coach, David F. Martin. Bickford played basketball in his freshman year of high school, and ran cross country for the first time as a sophomore. As a high-schooler, Bickford set the state record for Maine in the indoor 2-mile, with a time of 9:09.5, which he set in 1975 at the Dartmouth Relays. Collegiate He then went on to Northeastern University and was elected to the Northeastern University Athletics H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Aguilar
Domingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas (born December 1, 1959) is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. __TOC__ Career He was torch lighter for the 1986 South American Games at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile. In addition to his successes on the track, he won the men's race at the first two editions of the South American Cross Country Championships The South American Cross Country Championships is an annual continental cross country running competition for athletes from South America or, more specifically, member countries of CONSUDATLE. It was first held in 1986, making it the oldest of t ....Continental Cross Country Championships and Cups GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-03-02. Achievements |
Adauto Domingues
Adauto Donizete Domingues (born 20 May 1961 in São Caetano do Sul) is a retired middle-distance runner from Brazil, who twice won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Pan American Games: in 1987 and 1991. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... International competitions References Profile* 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) Brazilian male steeplechase runners Brazilian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Brazil Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Barrios
Arturo Barrios Flores (born December 12, 1962 in Mexico City) is a Mexican long-distance runner who set the 10,000 m world record in 1989, the one hour world record in 1991, and the 20,000 m world record en route to the one hour run world record. Career Barrios finished in fifth place in the 10,000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is a former world record holder at the 10,000 m (27:08.23, set on August 18, 1989 at the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) in Berlin, Germany). Barrios' record was not broken until 1993 when Richard Chelimo ran 27:07.91 in Stockholm. This mark stood as the North American record until May 1, 2010, and still stands as the national record of Mexico. On March 30, 1991, Barrios set world records at one hour (21.101 km) and 20,000 m (56:55.6). These records stood until June 2007, when they were broken by Haile Gebrselassie. Barrios' 1991 performance makes him the first man ever to run a half-marathon distance in less than one hour; the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Scott (athlete)
Steve Scott (born May 5, 1956) is an American former track athlete and one of the greatest mile runners in American history. The silver medalist in the 1500 meters at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki in 1983, Scott owns the U.S. indoor record in the 2000 meters (4:58.6-1981). He held the American outdoor mile record for more than 26 years and also is the former American indoor record holder in the same event. ''Track & Field News'' ranked Scott #1 in the U.S. on 10 occasions, and 11 times during his career he was ranked in the top ten in the world by T&FN. Additionally, he participated for the US team at the 1984 Olympics. He finished 5th in the 1500 meter run at the 1988 Olympics held in Korea. Scott was also an Olympian on the 1980 Olympics team which was not allowed to go to Moscow. He ran the sub four-minute mile on 136 occasions in his career, more than any other runner in history. Scott is also regarded as the founder of speed golf in 1979; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
