The athletics competition at the 1999 Pan American Games was held at University Stadium in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Two new events were introduced for women: pole vault and hammer throw. In addition the 20 km road walk replaced the 10,000 m track walk.

Men's results

Track

Field

Women's results

Track

Field

Medal table

Participating nations

• 🇦🇬 (5) • 🇦🇷 (13) • (16) • (7) • (1) • (3) • 🇧🇴 (2) • 🇧🇷 (29) • 🇨🇦 (54) • (2) • (12) • 🇨🇴 (15) • (3) • 🇨🇺 (48) • 🇩🇲 (2) • 🇩🇴 (6) • 🇪🇨 (11) • (7) • (2) • 🇬🇾 (3) • (7) • 🇭🇳 Honduras (1) • 🇯🇲 (30) • 🇲🇽 (30) • (4) • (2) • 🇵🇪 (2) • (2) • 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia (8) • (1) • (4) • (4) • 🇸🇷 (1) • (9) • 🇺🇸 (86) • (3) • (6) • 🇻🇪 (5)