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 details | Kenneth Sutton United States | Curtis Cook United States | Reynaldo Vega Argentina |
| 500 metres Pair Elimination details | Kenneth Sutton United States | Reynaldo Vega Argentina | Raul Subiledt Argentina |
| 3000 metres Mass Start details | Raul Subiledt Argentina | Curtis Cook United States | Christopher Snyder United States |
| 5000 metres Mass Start details | Tom Peterson United States | Adalberto Lugea Argentina | Humberto Triana Colombia |
| 10,000 metres details | Tom Peterson United States | Christopher Snyder United States | Jose Ramírez Colombia |
| 20,000 metres details | Tom Peterson United States | Christopher Snyder United States | Raul Subiledt Argentina |
| 10,000m Relay details | United States | United States | Argentina |

**Artistic**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Long Program details | Fred Morante United States | Alexander Kane United States | Guy Aubin Canada |

### Women's events

**Speed**

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

**Artistic**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Long Program details | Natalie Dunn United States | JoAnne Young United States | Sylvie Gingras Canada |

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Pairs details | United States | United States | Canada |
| Dance details | United States | United States | Canada |

## Roller hockey

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team | Argentina | Brazil | Chile |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 10 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 2 | Argentina | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
