- Issued by
- Pan American Sports Organization, founded 1940
- Received by
- Lewis, Carl, American, born 1961
- Date
- 1987
- Medium
- metal and ribbon
- Dimensions
- With Ribbon: 18 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/8 in. (47 x 6.4 x 0.3 cm)
- Description
- A Pan American Games gold medal with attached ribbon. The obverse and reverse both have images and words in relief. The obverse features a central lit torch. The word [INDIANAPOLIS] curves around the top edge of the medal, across the bottom are the letters [MCMLXXXVII]. The reverse depicts a large shiny [X] with laurel leaves curving on each side. At the top of the medal are the words [PAN / AMERICAN / GAMES™] and at the bottom, engraved in a small shiny area is the word [ATHLETICS]. The medal has blue, purple, orange, yellow, and green striped ribbon.
- Place depicted
- Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Awards, Medals, and Insignia
- Type
- medals
- Topic
- Men
- Sports
- Track and field
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Carl Lewis Estate
- Object number
- 2013.126.32
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




