Roller sports at the 1979 Pan American Games

Roller sports at the 1979 Pan American Games

Roller skating and roller hockey were contested at the 1979 Pan American Games, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Roller skating

Men's events

Speed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 metres	Kenneth Sutton United States (USA)	Curtis Cook United States (USA)	Reynaldo Vega Argentina (ARG)
500 metres Pair Elimination	Kenneth Sutton United States (USA)	Reynaldo Vega Argentina (ARG)	Raul Subiledt Argentina (ARG)
3000 metres Mass Start	Raul Subiledt Argentina (ARG)	Curtis Cook United States (USA)	Christopher Snyder United States (USA)
5000 metres Mass Start	Tom Peterson United States (USA)	Adalberto Lugea Argentina (ARG)	Humberto Triana Colombia (COL)
10,000 metres	Tom Peterson United States (USA)	Christopher Snyder United States (USA)	Jose Ramírez Colombia (COL)
20,000 metres	Tom Peterson United States (USA)	Christopher Snyder United States (USA)	Raul Subiledt Argentina (ARG)
10,000m Relay	United States (USA)	United States (USA)	Argentina (ARG)

Artistic

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Long Program	Fred Morante United States (USA)	Alexander Kane United States (USA)	Guy Aubin Canada (CAN)

Women's events

Speed

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
500 metres	Nora Vega Argentina (ARG)	Linda Dorso United States (USA)	Elaine Coley United States (USA)
500 metres Pairs Elimination	Nora Vega Argentina (ARG)	Linda Dorso United States (USA)	Claudia Rodríguez Argentina (ARG)
3000 metres Mass Start	Nora Vega Argentina (ARG)	Claudia Rodríguez Argentina (ARG)	Linsue Peterson United States (USA)
5000 metres	Claudia Rodríguez Argentina (ARG)	Suzanne Dooley United States (USA)	Sonia Freigeiro Argentina (ARG)
5000m Relay	Argentina (ARG)	United States (USA)	United States (USA)

Artistic

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Long Program	Natalie Dunn United States (USA)	JoAnne Young United States (USA)	Sylvie Gingras Canada (CAN)

Mixed events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pairs	United States (USA)	United States (USA)	Canada (CAN)
Dance	United States (USA)	United States (USA)	Canada (CAN)

Roller hockey

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Argentina (ARG)	Brazil (BRA)	Chile (CHI)

References

Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999 / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999. McFarland. pp. 152–164. ISBN 978-0786443369.