Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres

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The men's 100 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 and 24 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Leandro Peñalver
 Cuba 		Sam Graddy
 United States 		Osvaldo Lara
 Cuba

Juan Núñez of the Dominican Republic had originally won the silver, however, at the competition he tested positive for a banned stimulant fencamfamine and was stripped of his medal.[3][4]

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: -2.6 m/s, Heat 2: -2.4 m/s, Heat 3: -2.5 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Leandro Peñalver  Cuba 10.41 Q
1 3 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.41 Q
3 1 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.49 Q
4 1 Sam Graddy  United States 10.50 Q
5 2 Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic 10.51 Q
5 1 Ray Stewart  Jamaica 10.55 Q
6 3 Desai Williams  Canada 10.58 Q
7 3 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 10.58 Q
8 2 Nelson dos Santos  Brazil 10.62 Q
9 1 Wilfredo Almonte  Dominican Republic 10.68 Q
10 2 Hipolito Brown  Venezuela 10.68 Q
11 3 Ken Robinson  United States 10.69 Q
12 2 Everard Samuels  Jamaica 10.71 Q
13 3 Neville Hodge  United States Virgin Islands 10.73 Q
14 3 Florencio Aguilar  Panama 10.81 q
15 3 Ángel Andrade  Venezuela 10.90
16 1 Luis Schneider  Chile 11.01 Q
17 2 Calvin Greenaway  Antigua and Barbuda 11.14
18 1 Katsuhiko Nakaya  Brazil 12.93
1 Lester Benjamin  Antigua and Barbuda DNS

Semifinals

[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Leandro Peñalver  Cuba 10.16 Q[6]
2 1 Sam Graddy  United States 10.30 Q
3 1 Ray Stewart  Jamaica 10.31 Q
4 2 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.32 Q
5 1 Desai Williams  Canada 10.34 q
6 2 Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.35 Q
7 1 Nelson dos Santos  Brazil 10.43 q
8 2 Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic 10.52 Q
8 2 Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago 10.53
9 2 Everard Samuels  Jamaica 10.53
10 1 Wilfredo Almonte  Dominican Republic 10.57
11 2 Ken Robinson  United States 10.62
12 2 Hipólito Brown  Venezuela 10.65
13 1 Neville Hodge  United States Virgin Islands 10.73
14 1 Florencio Aguilar  Panama 10.74
15 2 Luis Schneider  Chile 10.75

Final

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leandro Peñalver  Cuba 10.06 GR, PB
2 Juan Núñez  Dominican Republic 10.14 DQ
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sam Graddy  United States 10.18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Osvaldo Lara  Cuba 10.21
4 Ray Stewart  Jamaica 10.22
5 Ben Johnson  Canada 10.25
6 Nelson dos Santos  Brazil 10.35
Desai Williams  Canada DNS

References

  1. ^ Results
  2. ^ Full results
  3. ^ Games spoiled by controversy, The Cavalier Daily, 30 August 1983
  4. ^ Brigitte Berendonk: Doping-Dokumente. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-540-53742-2
  5. ^ "Pan American Games results". United Press International. August 24, 1983. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Year list". Retrieved 17 April 2019.