Pablo Montes (athlete)

Pablo Montes

Personal information
Full name	Pablo Montes Casanova
Born	(1945-11-23)November 23, 1945 Vedado, Havana, Cuba
Died	October 26, 2008(2008-10-26) (aged 62) Havana, Cuba
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 4 x 100 m relay Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 200 metres 1975 Mexico City 4 x 100 m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 1970 Panama City 100 metres 1970 Panama City 200 metres 1974 Santo Domingo 100 metres

Pablo Montes Casanova (November 23, 1945 in Havana – October 26, 2008) was a Cuban sprinter. His career highlight came in 1968 as he, together with Hermes Ramírez, Juan Morales, and Enrique Figuerola, won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay. He was also fourth in the 100 m final, just outside the medals. In 1970, he won both the short sprint events (100 metres and 200 metres) at the Central American and Caribbean Games. In his semi-final for the 100 metres, he clocked a wind-assisted time of 9.93 seconds, then the second fastest time ever, and only the third time that anyone had broken ten seconds.

He died of heart attack in 2008.^[1]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1967	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	3rd	200 m	21.0
			6th	400 m	46.88
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.26
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	4th	100 m	10.14
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.40
1969	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
1970	Central American and Caribbean Games	Panama City, Panama	1st	100 m	10.24
			1st	200 m	21.20
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.4
	Universiade	Turin, Italy	6th	100 m	10.6
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.2
1971	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	3rd	100 m	10.4
			3rd	200 m	21.3
	Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia	4th	100 m	10.40
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	39.84
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	7th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	39.04
1973	Universiade	Moscow, Soviet Union	6th	100 m	10.59
1974	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	3rd	100 m	10.77
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.62
1975	Pan American Games	Mexico City, Mexico	6th	200 m	21.35
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.46

• 100 metres – 10.14 (+0.6 m/s, Mexico City 1968)
• 200 metres – 20.88 (NWI, Havana 1975)
• 400 metres – 46.7h (Winnipeg 1967)

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pablo Montes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• 1975 Pan American 4 x 100 metres relay final