Athletics at the Pacific Ocean Games

At the 1995 Pacific Ocean Games, the athletics events were held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from June 24 to July 2.[1] A total of 31 events were contested, of which 14 by male and 17 by female athletes.[2] The athletics competition did not attract many of the highest level athletes from the Pacific Rim countries and the host nation athletes were foremost among in the medallists.[3] Colombia topped the medal table with 14 gold medals and 41 medals overall.[4] The United States won the next highest number of gold medals, with four, while Chile had the next highest medal total, with ten.

Athletics at the I Pacific Ocean Games
The host stadium in 2012
Dates	June 24–July 2
Host city	Cali, Colombia
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Level	Senior
Events	31
Pacific Ocean Games

American Randall Evans completed a 100 metres/200 metres double in the men's section and surprised the crowd by stripping topless in his victory.[3] Other doubles were achieved by host nation athletes Jacinto Navarrete (men's 1500 metres and 5000 metres) and María Isabel Urrutia (women's shot put and discus throw), and also by Mexico's María del Carmen Díaz (women's 5000 m and 10,000 metres).

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +2.1 m/s)	Randall Evans (USA)	10.22w	Marlin Cannon (USA)	10.40w	Huang Hsin-Ping (TPE)	10.41w
200 metres	Randall Evans (USA)	20.65	Marlin Cannon (USA)	20.70	Ricardo Roach (CHI)	20.96
400 metres^[nb1]	Son Ju-Il (KOR)	46.02	Wilson Cañizales (COL)	46.81	Ricardo Roach (CHI)	47.64
800 metres	Pablo Squella (CHI)	1:50.42	Alcides Pinto (COL)	1:51.08	Rolando Ortíz (COL)	1:53.03
1500 metres	Jacinto Navarrete (COL)	4:08.32	Jesús Capula (MEX)	4:08.85	Víctor Cano (COL)	4:09.27
5000 metres	Jacinto Navarrete (COL)	13:49.40	Gabino Apolonio (MEX)	13:51.21	Herder Vásquez (COL)	14:14.06
10,000 metres	Herder Vásquez (COL)	29:46.81	Jesús Capula (MEX)	30:30.85	William Roldán (COL)	30:57.01
110 metres hurdles	Takahiro Matsuhisa (JPN)	13.88	Arturo Rodríguez (CHI)	13.99	José Humberto Rivas (COL)	14.42
400 metres hurdles	Ryan Hayden (USA)	49.98	Llimy Rivas (COL)	51.22	Alex Foster (CRC)	54.20
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia (COL) Luis Vega John Mena Wilson Canizales Wenceslao Ferrín	39.81 NR	Ecuador (ECU) Dick Perlaza Eddy Quiñones Freddy Nieves Fabricio Lara	40.22	Chinese Taipei (TPE) Nai Hui-fang Huang Hsin Ping Tao Wu-shiun Hu Wen Yu	42.87
20 km walk	Héctor Moreno (COL)	1:28:06	Querubín Moreno (COL)	1:36:31	Carlos Montalván (ECU)	1:37:54
High jump	Lee Jin-taek (KOR)	2.29 m	Gilmar Mayo (COL)	2.29 m	Omar Dixon (USA)	2.10 m
Pole vault	Cristián Aspillaga (CHI)	5.10 m	Only one athlete cleared a height
Long jump	Nai Hui-fang (TPE)	7.72 m	Lewis Asprilla (COL)	7.09 m	Freddy Nieves (ECU)	6.88 m

• ^nb1 American Antonio Pettigrew was the winner of the 400 m race, but he was not the specified American representative and was competing as a guest athlete.[2]

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Mirtha Brock (COL)	11.2	Felipa Palacios (COL)	11.3	Chen Shu-Chuan (TPE)	11.6
200 metres	Maicel Malone (USA)	22.59	Patricia Rodríguez (COL)	23.16	Felipa Palacios (COL)	23.78
400 metres	Ximena Restrepo (COL)	52.66	Ana Solano (ECU)	60.30	Zulay Nazareno (ECU)	60.32
800 metres	Norfalia Carabalí (COL)	2:10.38	Clara Morales (CHI)	2:11.99	Janeth Lucumí (COL)	2:12.94
1500 metres	Clara Morales (CHI)	4:37.09	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	4:38.56	María del Carmen Díaz (MEX)	4:41.45
5000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz (MEX)	16:23.76	Iglandini González (COL)	16:35.62	Marlene Flores (CHI)	17:16.80
10,000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz (MEX)	33:42.64	Iglandini González (COL)	35:17.19	Marlene Flores (CHI)	36:15.83
100 metres hurdles	Chan Sau Ying (HKG)	13.37	Carmen Bezanilla (CHI)	13.67	Zorobabelia Córdoba (COL)	14.45
400 metres hurdles	Flor Robledo (COL)	58.82	Pan Hsiu-Lan (TPE)	60.27	Ondina Rodríguez (ECU)	65.17
4 × 100 metres relay	Colombia (COL)	44.53	Ecuador (ECU)	49.46	Only two starting teams
10,000 m walk	Miriam Ramón (ECU)	48:36.29	Liliana Bermeo (COL)	48:48.74	María Colín (MEX)	49:14.97
High jump	Tang Li-Wen (TPE)	1.70 m	Fernanda Mosquera (COL)	1.70 m	Zorobabelia Córdoba (COL)	1.55 m
Long jump	Helena Guerrero (COL)	5.88 m	Milly Figueroa (COL)	5.75 m	Narcisa Gaona (ECU)	5.28 m
Triple jump	Milly Figueroa (COL)	12.15 m	Eyda Rentería (COL)	11.68 m	María Calderón (ESA)	10.42 m
Shot put	María Urrutia (COL)	14.81 m	Dolores Tuimoloau (ASA)	13.80 m	Zorobabelia Córdoba (COL)	12.48 m
Discus throw	María Urrutia (COL)	52.52 m	Eva María Dimas (ESA)	45.00 m	María Eugenia Villamizar (COL)	43.84 m
Hammer throw	Aya Suzuki (JPN)	55.96 m	María Eugenia Villamizar (COL)	54.82 m	Eva María Dimas (ESA)	43.28 m

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Colombia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia (COL)*	14	16	11	41
2	United States (USA)	4	2	1	7
3	Chile (CHI)	3	3	4	10
4	Mexico (MEX)	2	3	1	6
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2	1	3	6
6	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2
	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	0	2
8	Ecuador (ECU)	1	3	5	9
9	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	0	1
10	El Salvador (ESA)	0	1	3	4
11	American Samoa (ASA)	0	1	0	1
12	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		31	30	29	90

See also

• Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games
• 1995 Asian Athletics Championships

References

1. AL FINAL, SERÁN 13 DEPORTES (in Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-06-18). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
2. Pacific Ocean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
3. MUCHAS MEDALLAS, PERO POCAS MARCAS (in Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-06-29). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
4. COLOMBIA, CAMPEÓN DE LOS JUEGOS (in Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-07-03). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.

Medalists

• Pacific Ocean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-21.
• LA LUCHA ES POR EL SEGUNDO LUGAR (in Spanish). El Tiempo (1995-06-28). Retrieved on 2015-03-21.