Athletics at the 1961 Bolivarian Games

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Athletics at the IV Bolivarian Games
DatesDecember
Host city Barranquilla, Colombia Flag of Colombia.svg
LevelSenior
Events30 (21 men, 9 women)


Athletics competitions at the 1961 Bolivarian Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia, in December, 1961.

Contents

A detailed history of the early editions of the Bolivarian Games between 1938 and 1989 was published in a book written (in Spanish) by José Gamarra Zorrilla, former president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee, and first president (1976-1982) of ODESUR. [1] Gold medal winners from Ecuador were published by the Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano. [2]

A total of 30 events were contested, 21 by men and 9 by women.


Medal summary

Medal winners were published. [3]


Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Flag of Venezuela.svg  Horacio Esteves  (VEN)10.4Flag of Venezuela.svg  Rafael Romero  (VEN)10.6Flag of Panama.svg  Sidney Dobrs  (PAN)10.8
200 metres Flag of Venezuela.svg  Rafael Romero  (VEN)21.4Flag of Venezuela.svg  Horacio Esteves  (VEN)21.5Flag of Panama.svg  Mario Brown  (PAN)22.3
400 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Humberto Brown  (PAN)49.0Flag of Colombia.svg  Pedro Grajales  (COL)49.9Flag of Venezuela.svg  Arístides Pineda  (VEN)50.3
800 metres Flag of Colombia.svg  José Neira  (COL)1:53.0Flag of Colombia.svg  Álvaro Mejía  (COL)1:55.5Flag of Colombia.svg  Harley Romero  (COL)1:57.7
1500 metres Flag of Colombia.svg  José Neira  (COL)4:00.1Flag of Colombia.svg  Álvaro Mejía  (COL)4:02.7Flag of Colombia.svg  Harvey Borrero  (COL)4:06.3
5000 metres Flag of Colombia.svg  Manuel Cabrera  (COL)16:14.2Flag of Colombia.svg  José Chacón  (COL)16:15.0Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Navas  (COL)
10,000 metres Flag of Colombia.svg  Manuel Cabrera  (COL)34:03.1Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Navas  (COL)34:04.8Flag of Colombia.svg  Hernán Barreneche  (COL)34:36.5
Half Marathon Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Navas  (COL)1:11:58Flag of Colombia.svg  Hernán Barreneche  (COL)1:12:29Flag of Venezuela.svg  Florentino Oropesa  (VEN)1:14:27
110 metres hurdles Flag of Venezuela.svg  Teófilo Davis Bell  (VEN)14.8Flag of Venezuela.svg  Juan Muñoz  (VEN)14.8Flag of Panama.svg  Arturo Perkins  (PAN)15.1
400 metres hurdles Flag of Venezuela.svg  Víctor Maldonado  (VEN)54.0Flag of Venezuela.svg  Arístides Pineda  (VEN)55.1Flag of Panama.svg  Arturo Perkins  (PAN)55.3
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
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Rafael Romero
Horacio Esteves
42.0Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
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Humberto Brown
Mario Brown
Sydney Dobbs
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
4 x 400 metres relay Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 3:21.8Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
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Pedro Grajales
3:26.0Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 3:26.3
High Jump Flag of Peru.svg  Roberto Abugattás  (PER)1.80Flag of Venezuela.svg  Ramón Bastardo  (VEN)1.75Flag of Venezuela.svg  Héctor Thomas  (VEN)1.75
Pole Vault Flag of Colombia.svg  César Quintero  (COL)3.80Flag of Venezuela.svg  Brígido Iriarte  (VEN)3.70Flag of Colombia.svg  José Restrepo  (COL)3.40
Long Jump Flag of Venezuela.svg  Juan Muñoz  (VEN)7.22Flag of Venezuela.svg  Ramón Bastardo  (VEN)6.89Flag of Venezuela.svg  Clive Bonas  (VEN)6.81
Triple Jump Flag of Venezuela.svg  Asnoldo Devonish  (VEN)14.13Flag of Colombia.svg  Olguer Ortiz  (COL)13.32Flag of Venezuela.svg  Juan Muñoz  (VEN)13.32
Shot Put Flag of Venezuela.svg  José Bracho  (VEN)14.45Flag of Venezuela.svg  Héctor Thomas  (VEN)13.93Flag of Colombia.svg  Dagoberto González  (COL)13.79
Discus Throw Flag of Colombia.svg  Dagoberto González  (COL)46.05Flag of Venezuela.svg  Héctor Thomas  (VEN)45.42Flag of Venezuela.svg  Daniel Cereali  (VEN)
Hammer Throw Flag of Venezuela.svg  Daniel Cereali  (VEN)50.43Flag of Colombia.svg  Marcelino Borrero  (COL)47.05Flag of Colombia.svg  Luis Vargas  (COL)45.12
Javelin Throw Flag of Venezuela.svg  Jesús Rodríguez  (VEN)67.24Flag of Venezuela.svg  Héctor Thomas  (VEN)66.43Flag of Peru.svg  Luis Zárate  (PER)60.83
Pentathlon Flag of Venezuela.svg  Héctor Thomas  (VEN)3161Flag of Venezuela.svg  Roberto Caravaca  (VEN)Flag of Colombia.svg  Hernando Gutiérrez  (COL)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Jean Holmes  (PAN)12.1Flag of Panama.svg  Silvia Hunte  (PAN)12.5Flag of Panama.svg  Jean Price  (PAN)13.0
200 metres Flag of Panama.svg  Jean Holmes  (PAN)25.4Flag of Panama.svg  Silvia Hunte  (PAN)26.5Flag of Panama.svg  Jean Price  (PAN)26.9
80 metres hurdles Flag of Venezuela.svg  Benilda Ascanio  (VEN)12.6Flag of Venezuela.svg  Nerva Matheus  (VEN)13.6Flag of Colombia.svg  Nubia Sánchez  (COL)13.8
4 x 100 metres relay Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Josephine Sobers
Jean Price
Silvia Hunte
Jean Holmes-Mitchell
50.0Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Nubia Sánchez
Alba López
Ana Alvarado
Smirna Paz
51.7Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Elizabeth Díaz
Marisela De Díaz
Gisela Vidal
Benilda Ascanio
52.3
High Jump Flag of Colombia.svg  Lidia Velasco  (COL)1.50Flag of Venezuela.svg  Benilda Ascanio  (VEN)1.40Flag of Venezuela.svg  Carmen Méndez  (VEN)1.40
Long Jump Flag of Venezuela.svg  Benilda Ascanio  (VEN)4.91Flag of Venezuela.svg  Gisela Vidal  (VEN)4.83Flag of Colombia.svg Alba López (COL)4.77
Shot Put Flag of Venezuela.svg  Francisca Roberts  (VEN)12.10Flag of Colombia.svg  Mercedes García  (COL)10.70Flag of Venezuela.svg  Nerva Matheus  (VEN)10.64
Discus Throw Flag of Colombia.svg  Mercedes García  (COL)35.67Flag of Colombia.svg  Ana Sánchez  (COL)34.20Flag of Colombia.svg  Raquel Ortiz  (COL)33.86
Javelin Throw Flag of Colombia.svg  Alba López  (COL)34.91Flag of Venezuela.svg  Francisca Roberts  (VEN)32.92Flag of Colombia.svg  Emma Alvear  (COL)32.48

Medal table (unofficial)


  *   Host nation (Colombia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)1515939
2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)*10121335
3Flag of Panama.svg  Panama  (PAN)43714
4Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)1012
Totals (4 entries)30303090


References

  1. Gamarra Zorrilla, José, Bolivia Olímpica Capítulos VI al VIII (PDF) (in Spanish), ANDES Academia del Conocimiento y el Desarrollo "Fernando Diez de Medina", retrieved June 28, 2012
  2. CUADRO DE MEDALLISTAS ECUATORIANOS EN LA HISTORIA DE LOS J. D. B. POR EDICIÓN (PDF) (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano, archived from the original (PDF) on June 8, 2012, retrieved June 28, 2012
  3. BOLIVARIAN GAMES, Athletics Weekly, retrieved June 27, 2012