Basketball at the 1979 Pan American Games

Basketball competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico began on July 2 and continued through July 13. The preliminary rounds were held at the Canovanas Coliseum and the Cancha Pepín Cestero, while the final round was held at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.[1]

Basketball at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueColiseo Eduardo Dibos
DatesJuly 2–13, 1979
Competitors202 from 11 nations
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Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1102
2 Cuba1001
3 Puerto Rico0101
4 Brazil0011
 Canada0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
 United States (USA)
Michael Brooks
Sam Clancy
John Duren
Ronnie Lester
Kyle Macy
Kevin McHale
Mike O'Koren
Ralph Sampson
Isiah Thomas
Ray Tolbert
Danny Vranes
Mike Woodson
 Puerto Rico (PUR)
Carlos Bermúdez
Néstor Cora
Angel Cruz
Raymond Dalmau
César Fantaucci
Mario Morales
José Quiñones
Rubén Rodríguez
Angel Santiago
Georgie Torres
Roberto Valderas
Michael Vicenz
 Brazil (BRA)
Marcos Leite
Fausto Giannechini
Marcel de Souza
Adilson Nascimento
Ubiratan Pereira
Hélio Rubens
José Carlos Saiani
Oscar Schmidt
Milton Setrini
Evaristo Soares
Marcelo Vido
Women's tournament
 Cuba (CUB)
Nancy Atiez
Andrea Borrell
Bárbara Bécquer
Matilde Charro
Inocenta Corvea
Sonia de la Paz
Caridad Despaigne
María Moret
Virginia Pérez
Martha Reinoso
Vicenta Salmón
Santa Margarita Skeet
 United States (USA)
Barbara Brown
Carol Blazejowski
Denise Curry
Tara Heiss
Nancy Lieberman
Kris Kirchner
Ann Meyers
Jill Rankin
Jackie Swaim
Jan Thombly
Rosie Walker
Holly Warlick
 Canada (CAN)
Candace Clarkson
Chris Critelli
Denise Dignard
Sharon Douglass
Debbie Hubbarb
Holly Jackson
Alison Lang
Dori McPhail
Ber Smith
Debbie Steele
Sylvia Sweeney
Carol Turney

Participating nations

Eleven countries have participated in the competition. The numbers in parenthesis represents the number of participants.

  •  Argentina (12)
  •  Bolivia (12)
  •  Brazil (24)
  •  Canada (24)
  •  Cuba (24)
  •  Dominican Republic (12)
  •  Mexico (23)
  •  Panama (11)
  •  Puerto Rico (24)
  •  United States (24)
  •  Virgin Islands (12)
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See also

References

  1. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. pp. 198–200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
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