Aurelia Pentón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pentón and the second or maternal family name is Conde.

Aurelia Pentón

Personal information
Full name	Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde
Born	February 13, 1941 (1941-02-13) (age 83) Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Cuba Pan American Games 1971 Cali 4x400 m relay 1979 San Juan 4x400 m relay 1979 San Juan 800 metres 1975 Mexico City 4x400 m relay Central American and Caribbean Games 1974 Santo Domingo 400 metres 1978 Medellín 400 metres 1978 Medellín 800 metres 1970 Panama City 400 metres 1974 Santo Domingo 800 metres

Aurelia Catalina Pentón Conde (born February 13, 1941) is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career.

Pentón was born in Sancti Spíritus, and twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972.

Her time of 50.56, set at altitude in Medellín, Colombia while winning the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games is the officially ratified masters athletics world record for the W35 400 metres.[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Cuba
1967	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	7th	800 m	2:15.45
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Xalapa, Mexico	1st	400 m	57.4
			1st	800 m	2:24.1
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	5th	400 m	52.7
			5th	800 m	52.7
1969	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	2nd	400 m	55.3
			3rd	800 m	2:14.9
1970	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	400 m	54.3
	Universiade	Turin, Italy	3rd	400 m	53.8
			14th (h)	800 m	2:12.3
1971	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	4th	400 m	54.4
			2nd	800 m	2:15.1
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.6
	Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia	4th	400 m	53.62
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.04
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	10th (sf)	400 m	52.15
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:32:4
1973	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	400 m	53.5
			4th	800 m	2:09.1
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:42.1
1974	Central American and Caribbean Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	1st	400 m	52.27
			2nd	800 m	2:05.43
1975	Pan American Games	Mexico City, Mexico	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.65
1977	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Xalapa, Mexico	3rd	400 m	53.05
			3rd	800 m	2:09.13
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.50
	World Cup	Düsseldorf, West Germany	5th	400 m	52.33^1
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.0^1
1978	Central American and Caribbean Games	Medellín, Colombia	1st	400 m	50.56
			1st	800 m	2:01.38
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.34
1979	Pan American Games	San Juan, Puerto Rico	4th	400 m	52.71
			3rd	800 m	2:02.1
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.3
	World Cup	Montreal, Canada	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.50^1

^1Representing the Americas

References

1. "Records Outdoor Women". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2015-06-13.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aurelia Pentón". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.