1983 Pan American Games

The ninth 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.^[1] After 15 athletes, mostly weightlifters, tested positive, many others — including 12 American track and field athletes^[2] — came down with injuries, got sick, or found other reasons to withdraw from competition and avoid the test.^[1]

Medal count

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA) a	7002137000000000000♠137/7002148000000000000♠148	7001920000000000000♠92/7002101000000000000♠101	7001560000000000000♠56/7001530000000000000♠53	7002285000000000000♠285/7002302000000000000♠302
2	Cuba (CUB) a	7001790000000000000♠79/7001780000000000000♠78/7001800000000000000♠80	7001530000000000000♠53/7001510000000000000♠51/7001490000000000000♠49	7001430000000000000♠43/7001450000000000000♠45	7002175000000000000♠175/7002174000000000000♠174
3	Canada (CAN) a	7001180000000000000♠18/7001220000000000000♠22	7001440000000000000♠44/7001420000000000000♠42	7001470000000000000♠47/7001550000000000000♠55	7002109000000000000♠109/7002119000000000000♠119
4	Brazil (BRA)	7001140000000000000♠14	7001200000000000000♠20	7001230000000000000♠23	7001570000000000000♠57
5	Venezuela (VEN) 1 a	7001120000000000000♠12/7001140000000000000♠14	7001260000000000000♠26/7001250000000000000♠25	7001350000000000000♠35/7001370000000000000♠37	7001730000000000000♠73/7001760000000000000♠76

Sports

• Archery
• Athletics
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Cycling
• Diving
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Football (soccer)
• Gymnastics
• Field hockey
• Judo
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting
• Softball
• Sambo
• Swimming
• Synchronized swimming
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Doping

Doping positives

Athlete	Nation	Sport	Prohibited substance	Note
Daniel Núñez	Cuba	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Alberto Blanco	Cuba	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Jeff Michaels	United States	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Guy Greavette	Canada	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Jacques Oligier	Chile	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Michael Vian	Canada	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Enrique Montiel	Nicaragua	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
José Adarmes	Venezuela	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Mario Durruty	Cuba	Fencing	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Juan Núñez	Dominican Republic	Athletics	Fencamfamine	[3][4][5]
Francisco López	Argentina	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Caballero Dolcey	Colombia	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]
Fernando Vera	Chile	Cycling	Anabolic steroid	[3][6][7]
Lázaro Beltrán	Cuba	Volleyball	Ephedrine	[3]
Juan De la Cruz	Dominican Republic	Athletics	Anabolic steroid	[3]
José Lozada	Puerto Rico	Weightlifting	Anabolic steroid	[3]

Mascot

The 1983 Games' mascot was a lion holding a 1983 sign named Santiaguito.^[8]

References

1. 1 2 Taylor, William N., Anabolic Steroids and the Athlete, Second Edition, 2002, McFarland & Company, p. 150.
2. ↑ "Canadian women shine in softball win," Toronto Star, August 25, 1983, p. E4.
3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ernesto Rodrigues III: IGUALITO QUE CARACAS 1983, olimpicosargentinos.com.ar, 26 July 2015
4. ↑ Games spoiled by controversy, The Cavalier Daily, 30 August 1983
5. ↑ Brigitte Berendonk: Doping-Dokumente. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-540-53742-2
6. ↑ Caracas Crackdown On Drugs Continue, The Palm Beach Post, 26 August 1983
7. ↑ Frank Litsky: Chilean Cyclist Is Disqualified, NY Times, 26 August 1983
8. ↑ http://www.quadrodemedalhas.com/en/pan-american-games/pan-american-games-1983-caracas.htm