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Encyclopedia > Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games

Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ...

Contents

Men's Results

Track

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Michael Frater
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
10.21 Mardy Scales
Flag of United States United States
10.22 Anson Henry
Flag of Canada Canada
10.30
200 m Kenny Brokenburr
Flag of United States United States
20.42 Christopher Williams
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
20.54 André da Silva
Flag of Brazil Brazil
20.68
400 m Mitch Potter
Flag of United States United States
45.11 Geyman López
Flag of Cuba Cuba
45.13 Alleyne Francique
Flag of Grenada Grenada
45.51
800 m Achraf Tadili
Flag of Canada Canada
1:45.05 Osmar dos Santos
Flag of Brazil Brazil
1:45.64 Fabiano Peçanha
Flag of Brazil Brazil
1:46.39
1500 m Hudson de Souza
Flag of Brazil Brazil
3:45.72 Michael Stember
Flag of United States United States
3:46.31 Grant Robison
Flag of United States United States
3:46.68
5000 m Hudson de Souza
Flag of Brazil Brazil
13:50.71 José David Galván
Flag of Mexico Mexico
13:52.92 Marílson dos Santos
Flag of Brazil Brazil
13:56.90
10,000 m Teodoro Vega
Flag of Mexico Mexico
28:49.38 Marílson dos Santos
Flag of Brazil Brazil
28:49.48 Dan Browne
Flag of United States United States
29:06.23
Marathon Vanderlei de Lima
Flag of Brazil Brazil
2:19:08 Bruce Deacon
Flag of Canada Canada
2:20:35 Diego Colorado
Flag of Colombia Colombia
2:21:48
3000 m st. Néstor Nieves
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
8:34.26 Joël Bourgeois
Flag of Canada Canada
8:36.78 Anthony Famiglietti
Flag of United States United States
8:40.22
110 m H Yuniel Hernández
Flag of Cuba Cuba
13.35 Larry Wade
Flag of United States United States
13.35 Márcio de Souza
Flag of Brazil Brazil
13.45
400 m H Félix Sánchez
Flag of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
48.19 Eric Thomas
Flag of United States United States
48.74 Dean Griffiths
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
49.35
20 km Walk Jefferson Pérez
Flag of Ecuador Ecuador
1:23:06 Bernardo Segura
Flag of Mexico Mexico
1:23:31 Alejandro López
Flag of Mexico Mexico
1:24:33
50 km Walk Germán Sánchez
Flag of Mexico Mexico
4:05:01 Mário dos Santos
Flag of Brazil Brazil
4:07:36 Luis García
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala
4:12:14
4 X 100 m Flag of Brazil Brazil 38.44 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 38.53 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 39.08
4 X 400 m Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
Michael Campbell,
Sanjay Ayre,
Lansford Spence,
Davian Clarke
3:01.81 Flag of United States United States 3:01.87 Flag of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
Arismendy Peguero,
Carlos Santa,
Julio Vidal,
Felix Sanchez
3:02.02

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record (Redirected from 100 m) 100m is the classic sprint race distance. ... Michael Frater (born October 10, 1982 in Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Anson Henry (born March 9, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sprinter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... 200m is a sprint running event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Christopher Williams (born 15 March 1972) is a Jamaican sprinter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... André Domingos da Silva (born 26 November 1972 in Santo André, São Paulo) is a Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... 400 m is a common track running event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Alleyne Francique (born June 7, 1976) is a Grenadian athlete who specializes in 400 Metres, his personal best being 44. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Grenada. ... 800m is a common track running event. ... Achraf Tadili (born July 8, 1980) is a Canadian athlete competing over 800 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Osmar Barbosa dos Santos (born October 20, 1968 in Marilia) is a Brazilian middle distance runner who competes mostly over 800 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... The 1,500 metres is a premier middle distance track event. ... Hudson de Souza (born February 25, 1977 in Brasilia) is a Brazilian middle distance runner who competes mostly over 1500 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... A popular running distance also known as a 5 km, colloquially five-K. This distance is typical for all types of running races; from cross-country, to the road, to the track. ... Hudson de Souza (born February 25, 1977 in Brasilia) is a Brazilian middle distance runner who competes mostly over 1500 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Although marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance track event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). ... Vanderlei returns to Brazil with bronze medal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Kakivi-1sec! world record!~! ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... The 110m Hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by men. ... Yuniel Hernández (born 28 March 1981) is a Cuban hurdling athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Womens 400m Hurdles The 400m Hurdles are an Olympic track and field (athletics) discipline. ... Sánchez celebrates after winning the 400m hurdles in August 28, 2004 at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Jefferson Pérez (born 1974) is an Ecuadorian track and field athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Bernardo Segura (born February 11, 1970 in San Mateo Atenco) is a Mexican race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Alejandro López (born February 9, 1975) is a Mexican race walker. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guatemala. ... The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 meters each. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... The 4 x 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 metres or 1 lap. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Sanjay Ayre (born June 19, 1980) is a Jamaican sprinter. ... Lansford Spence (born December 15, 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter. ... Davian Clarke (born April 30, 1976) is a Jamaican athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Sánchez celebrates after winning the 400m hurdles in August 28, 2004 at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. ...

Field

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
High Jump Germaine Mason
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
2.34 Jamie Nieto
Flag of United States United States
2.28 Terrance Woods
Flag of United States United States
2.22
Pole Vault Toby Stevenson
Flag of United States United States
5.45 Russ Buller
Flag of United States United States
5.40 Dominic Johnson
Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia
5.40
Long Jump Iván Pedroso
Flag of Cuba Cuba
8.23 Luis Meliz
Flag of Cuba Cuba
8.20 Víctor Castillo
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela
7.98
Triple Jump Yoandri Betanzos
Flag of Cuba Cuba
17.26 Jadel Gregório
Flag of Brazil Brazil
17.03 Yoelbi Quesada
Flag of Cuba Cuba
16.78
Shot Put Reese Hoffa
Flag of United States United States
20.95 Marco Antonio Verni
Flag of Chile Chile
20.14 Brad Snyder
Flag of Canada Canada
20.10
Discus Jason Tunks
Flag of Canada Canada
63.70 Frank Casañas
Flag of Cuba Cuba
62.61 Loy Martínez
Flag of Cuba Cuba
61.36
Hammer Juan Cerra
Flag of Argentina Argentina
75.53 James Parker
Flag of United States United States
74.35 Yosvany Suárez
Flag of Cuba Cuba
70.24
Javelin Emeterio González
Flag of Cuba Cuba
81.72 Isbel Luaces
Flag of Cuba Cuba
80.95 Breaux Greer
Flag of United States United States
79.21
Decathlon Stephen Moore
Flag of United States United States
7809 pts Luiggy Llanos
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
7704 pts Yonelvis Águila
Flag of Cuba Cuba
7593 pts

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... This article needs to be updated. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Jamie Nieto (born 2 November 1976) is an American high jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Pole vaulting an athletics event where a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ... Toby Stevenson, born November 19, 1976 in Odessa, Texas, is an Olympic class pole vaulter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Dominic Johnson (born October 31, 1975) is a retired Saint Lucian athlete competing in the pole vault. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Lucia. ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Iván Lázaro Pedroso Soler (born December 17, 1972 in La Habana) is a Cuban athlete specializing in long jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Yoandri Betanzos (born February 15, 1982) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Jadel Gregório (born September 16, 1980) is a Brazilian athlete competing in long jump and triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Yoelbi Quesada (born August 4, 1973 in Sancti Spiritus) is a Cuban athlete competing mostly in triple jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... Brad Snyder (born 8 January 1976 in Windsor) is a retired Canadian shot putter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark For alternate meanings, see Discus. ... Jason Tunks (born May 7, 1975 in London, Ontario, Canada) is an international level discus thrower representing Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... James Parker is the name of a number of a number of notable individuals: James Parker (1757–1805), English printmaker James Parker (1768–1837), United States Congressman James Parker (1776–1868), United States Congressman Sir James Parker (1803–1852), English judge and vice-chancellor James Parker (1854–1934), a Major... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Emeterio González (born 12 December 1977 in San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río) is a Cuban javelin thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Breaux Greer born 19 October 1976 in Houston, USA. Breaux is a male American Javelin thrower. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... // The Decathlon Day 1: 100 m long jump shot put High Jump 400 m Day 2: 110m hurdles discus throw pole vault javelin throw 1500 m Decathlon sprouted from the ancient game pentathlon. ... Stephen Moore refers to multiple people: Stephen Moore is an English actor. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ...

Women's results

Track

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Lauryn Williams
Flag of United States United States
11.12 Angela Williams
Flag of United States United States
11.15 Liliana Allen
Flag of Mexico Mexico
11.28
Wind: +1.6
200 m Roxana Díaz
Flag of Cuba Cuba
22.69 Cydonie Mothersill
Flag of Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
22.86 Allyson Felix
Flag of United States United States
22.93
Wind: +1.3
400 m Ana Guevara
Flag of Mexico Mexico
50.36 Hazel-Ann Regis
Flag of Grenada Grenada
51.56 Aliann Pompey
Flag of Guyana Guyana
52.06
800 m Adriana Muñoz
Flag of Cuba Cuba
2:02.56 Marian Burnett
Flag of Guyana Guyana
2:03.58 Christiane dos Santos
Flag of Brazil Brazil
2:04.37
1500 m Adriana Muñoz
Flag of Cuba Cuba
4:09.57 Mary Jayne Harrelson
Flag of United States United States
4:09.72 Mardrea Hyman
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
4:10.08
5000 m Adriana Fernández
Flag of Mexico Mexico
15:30.65 Nora Rocha
Flag of Mexico Mexico
15:40.98 Nicole Jefferson
Flag of United States United States
15:42.40
10 000 m Adriana Fernández
Flag of Mexico Mexico
33:16.05 Yudelkis Martínez
Flag of Cuba Cuba
33:55.12 Bertha Sánchez
Flag of Colombia Colombia
33:56.17
Marathon Márcia Narloch
Flag of Brazil Brazil
2:39:54 Mariela González
Flag of Cuba Cuba
2:42:55 Erika Olivera
Flag of Chile Chile
2:44:52
100 m H Brigitte Foster
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
12.67 Perdita Felicien
Flag of Canada Canada
12.70 Lacena Golding-Clarke
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
12.79
Wind: -0.3
400 m H Joanna Hayles
Flag of United States United States
54.77 Daimí Pernía
Flag of Cuba Cuba
55.10 Andrea Blackett
Flag of Barbados Barbados
55.24
20 km Walk Victoria Palacios
Flag of Mexico Mexico
1:35:16 Rosario Sánchez
Flag of Mexico Mexico
1:35:21 Joanne Dow
Flag of United States United States
1:35:48
4 X 100 m Flag of United States United States 43.06 Flag of Cuba Cuba 43.40 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 43.71
4 X 400 m Flag of United States United States 3:27.76 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 3:27.34 Flag of Brazil Brazil 3:28.07

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record (Redirected from 100 m) 100m is the classic sprint race distance. ... Lauryn Williams (born September 11, 1983 in Rochester, Pennsylvania) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Angela Williams (born 30 January 1980 in Bellflower, California) is an American athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... 200m is a sprint running event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Cayman_Islands. ... Allyson Felix (born November 18, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States in the 200 meters. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... 400 m is a common track running event. ... Ana Gabriela Guevara, the most succesful athlete of Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Grenada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guyana. ... 800m is a common track running event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guyana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... The 1,500 metres is a premier middle distance track event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... A popular running distance also known as a 5 km, colloquially five-K. This distance is typical for all types of running races; from cross-country, to the road, to the track. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Although marathon sometimes refers to any athletic event requiring great endurance, more specifically it refers to a long-distance track event of 42,195 m (26 miles and 385 yards). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... A hurdling World Champion, Perdita Felicien, Canada. ... Brigitte Foster-Hylton, née Foster (born November 7, 1974 in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica) is a Jamaican hurdling athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Perdita Felicien, born August 29, 1980 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, is the world champion hurdler in track and field athletic competition. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Lacena Golding-Clarke (born March 20, 1975) is a Jamaican hurdling athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Womens 400m Hurdles The 400m Hurdles are an Olympic track and field (athletics) discipline. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Daimí Pernía (born December 27, 1976 in Pinar del Rio) is a Cuban athlete competing mainly in 400 m hurdles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Andrea Blackett (born 24 January 1976 in London) is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Barbados. ... Mens 20 km walk during the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... During a relay race, members of a team take turns swimming or running (usually with a baton) parts of a circuit or performing a certain action. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ...

Field

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
High Jump Juana Arrendel
Flag of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
1.94 Romary Rifka
Flag of Mexico Mexico
1.94 Yarianny Argüelles
Flag of Cuba Cuba
1.89
Pole Vault Melissa Mueller
Flag of United States United States
4.40 Carolina Torres
Flag of Chile Chile
4.30 Stephanie McCann
Flag of Canada Canada
4.20
Long Jump Alice Falaiye
Flag of Canada Canada
6.43 Jackie Edwards
Flag of The Bahamas Bahamas
6.41 Yargelis Savigne
Flag of Cuba Cuba
6.40
Triple Jump Mabel Gay
Flag of Cuba Cuba
14.42 Yuliana Perez
Flag of United States United States
13.99 Yusmay Bicet
Flag of Cuba Cuba
13.90
Shot Put Yumileidi Cumbá
Flag of Cuba Cuba
19.31 Elisângela Adriano
Flag of Brazil Brazil
18.48 Flor Vásquez
Flag of Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
18.14
Discus Aretha Hill
Flag of United States United States
63.30 Ana Elys Fernández
Flag of Cuba Cuba
61.26 Yania Ferrales
Flag of Cuba Cuba
60.03
Hammer Yipsi Moreno
Flag of Cuba Cuba
74.25 Yunaika Crawford
Flag of Cuba Cuba
69.57 Candice Scott
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
69.06
Javelin Kim Kreiner
Flag of United States United States
60.86 Laverne Eve
Flag of The Bahamas Bahamas
60.68 Osleidys Menéndez
Flag of Cuba Cuba
60.20
Heptathlon Tiffany Lott-Hogan
Flag of United States United States
6064 pts Nicole Haynes
Flag of Canada Canada
5959 pts Magalys García
Flag of Cuba Cuba
5864 pts

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Pole vaulting an athletics event where a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar, similar to the high jump, but at much greater heights. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Long jumper at the GE Money Grand Prix in Helsinki, July 2005. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Jackie Edwards (born 14 April 1971) is a Bahamian long jumper. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Yargelis Savigne (born November 13, 1984 in Guantanamo) is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... The triple jump is an athletics (track and field) event, previously also known as hop, step and jump, whose various names describe the actions a competitor takes. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball, also called the shot, as far as possible. ... Yumileidi Cumbá (born February 11, 1975 in Guantánamo) is a Cuban athlete competing in the shot put. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark For alternate meanings, see Discus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Yipsi Moreno (born November 19, 1980 in Camagüey) is a Cuban athlete competing in the hammer throw. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Yunaika Crawford (born November 2, 1982) is a Cuban hammer thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2004 with a personal best throw of 73. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Candice Scott (born 17 September 1980) is a hammer thrower from Trinidad and Tobago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Osleidys Menéndez (born November 14, 1979 in Martí) is a Cuban athlete competing in the javelin throw. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... A heptathlon is a sportive contest made up of seven events (from the Greek hepta (seven) and athlon (contest)). More specifically, the term heptathlon refers to an athletic (track and field) event consisting of seven events. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ...

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