| Roller sports at the VIII Pan American Games | |
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1987» |
Roller skating and roller hockey were contested at the 1979 Pan American Games, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
| Roller sports at the VIII Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
1987» |
Roller skating and roller hockey were contested at the 1979 Pan American Games, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Kenneth Sutton  United States | Curtis Cook United States | Reynaldo Vega  Argentina |
| 500 metres Pair Elimination | Kenneth Sutton United States | Reynaldo Vega Argentina | Raul Subiledt Argentina |
| 3000 metres Mass Start | Raul Subiledt Argentina | Curtis Cook United States | Christopher Snyder United States |
| 5000 metres Mass Start | Tom Peterson United States | Adalberto Lugea Argentina | Humberto Triana  Colombia |
| 10,000 metres | Tom Peterson United States | Christopher Snyder United States | Jose Ramírez Colombia |
| 20,000 metres | Tom Peterson United States | Christopher Snyder United States | Raul Subiledt Argentina |
| 10,000m Relay |  United States | United States |  Argentina |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Program | Fred Morante United States | Alexander Kane United States | Guy Aubin  Canada |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 metres | Nora Vega Argentina | Linda Dorso United States | Elaine Coley United States |
| 500 metres Pairs Elimination | Nora Vega Argentina | Linda Dorso United States | Claudia Rodríguez Argentina |
| 3000 metres Mass Start | Nora Vega Argentina | Claudia Rodríguez Argentina | Linsue Peterson United States |
| 5000 metres | Claudia Rodríguez Argentina | Suzanne Dooley United States | Sonia Freigeiro Argentina |
| 5000m Relay | Argentina | United States | United States |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Program | Natalie Dunn United States | JoAnne Young United States | Sylvie Gingras Canada |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pairs | United States | United States |  Canada |
| Dance | United States | United States | Canada |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Argentina |  Brazil |  Chile |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 10 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 2 | Argentina | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 |  Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 nations) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
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