Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Daniel Bautista of Mexico.

Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates13 July
Winning time1:28:15
Medalists
Gold medal   Mexico
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   United States
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Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Reima Salonen (FIN) 1:21:01 Raisio, Finland June 6, 1979
Pan American Games record   Ron Laird (USA) 1:33:05 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
  Daniel Bautista   Mexico 1:28:15 GR
  Neal Pyke   United States 1:30:17
  Clark Scully   United States 1:32:30
4 Santiago Fonseca   Honduras 1:35:20
5 Marcel Jobin   Canada 1:38:42
6 Domingo Colín   Mexico 1:40:02
7 Ernesto Alfaro   Colombia 1:41:30
8 Alexis López   Costa Rica 1:41:33
9 Luis Mendez   Honduras 1:43:43
10 Helmut Bueck   Canada 1:44:55
11 Wilmer Santiago   Puerto Rico 1:47:58
12 Jorge Quiñonez   Colombia 1:50:43
13 Lino Medina   Cuba 1:54:48
Glen Sweazey   Canada DNS
Edgar López   Costa Rica DNS
Reinaldo Luces   Venezuela DNS

References

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  1. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  2. ^ Full results
  3. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  4. ^ Ohio Racewalker (PDF). July 1979. p. 1.