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1983 Caracas Pan American Games
Pan am 1983
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City

Caracas, Venezuela

Team Gold Medalist

USA

  • Lisa Wittwer
    Lucy Wener
    Trina Tinti
    Tracy Butler
    Yumi Mordre
    Cindy Rosenberry

All-Around Gold Medalist

Orisel Martinez (CUB)

Vault Gold Medalist

Orisel Martinez (CUB)

Uneven Bars Gold Medalist

Lucy Wener (USA)

Balance Beam Gold Medalist

Elsa Chivas (CUB)

Floor Exercise Gold Medalist

Yumi Mordre (USA)

Preceded by

1979 San Juan Pan American Games

Succeeded by

1987 Indianapolis Pan American Games

The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing. After 15 athletes, mostly weightlifters, tested positive, many others — including 12 American track and field athletes — came down with injuries, got sick, or found other reasons to withdraw from competition and avoid the test.

Format of Competition[]

The format was very similar to that of the Olympic Games. It was carried out in three stages:

  • Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which all gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. The combined scores of all team members determined the final score of the team. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
  • Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast during Competition I and all of the points earned by her in Competition II.
  • Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast on that particular apparatus during Competition I and all of the points earned by her on that particular apparatus in Competition III.

Results[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) USA

Lisa Wittwer
Lucy Wener
Trina Tinti
Tracy Butler
Yumi Mordre
Cindy Rosenberry

800px-Flag of Cuba Cuba

Anet Rubido
Luisa Prieto
Orisel Martinez
Isabel Cruzata
Elsa Chivas
Tania Gonzalez

720px-Flag of Brazil Brazil

Tatiana Figueirêdo
Jacqueline Pires
Cláudia Costa
Miriam Fernandes
Altair Prado
Denilse Campos

All-Around 800px-Flag of Cuba Orisel Martinez
Cuba (CUB)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Yumi Mordre
United States of America (USA)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Lisa Wittwer
United States of America (USA)
Vault 800px-Flag of Cuba Orisel Martinez
Cuba (CUB)
800px-Flag of Cuba Luisa Prieto
Cuba (CUB)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Lisa Wittwer
United States of America (USA)
Uneven Bars 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Lucy Wener
United States of America (USA)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Lisa Wittwer
United States of America (USA)
800px-Flag of Cuba Tania Gonzalez
Cuba (CUB)
Balance Beam 800px-Flag of Cuba Elsa Chivas
Cuba (CUB)
800px-Flag of Cuba Orisel Martinez
Cuba (CUB)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Tracy Butler
United States of America (USA)
Floor Exercise 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Yumi Mordre
United States of America (USA)
800px-Flag of Cuba Orisel Martinez
Cuba (CUB)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Lisa Wittwer
United States of America (USA)

Medal Count[]

Rank Country Gold-medal Silver-medal Bronze-medal Total
1 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) USA 3 2 4 9
2 800px-Flag of Cuba Cuba 3 4 1 8
3 720px-Flag of Brazil Brazil 0 0 1 1
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