Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's marathon

The men's marathon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games finished at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Rigoberto Mendoza of Cuba.

Men's marathon at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates14 July
Winning time2:24:09
Medalists
Gold medal   Cuba
Silver medal   Colombia
Bronze medal   Canada
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1983»

Records

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

World record   Shigeru So (JPN) 2:09:05.6 Japan February 5, 1978
Pan American Games record   Frank Shorter (USA) 2:22:40 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
  Radamés González   Cuba 2:24:09
  Luis Barbosa   Colombia 2:24:44
  Rich Hughson   Canada 2:25:34
4 Héctor Rodríguez   Colombia 2:25:51
5 Edmundo Warnke   Chile 2:26:14
6 Tom Fleming   United States 2:28:06
7 Tom Howard   Canada 2:28:50
8 Francisco Vargas   Puerto Rico 2:29:11
9 Elói Schleder   Brazil 2:29:42 [4]
10 Virgilio Herrera   Guatemala 2:31:53
11 José de Jesús   Puerto Rico 2:34:35
12 Raymond Swan   Bermuda 2:42:15
13 Hipólito López   Honduras 2:43:08
14 José Hernández   El Salvador 2:43:16
15 Wallace Williams   Virgin Islands 3:22:12
Robert Doyle   United States DNF [5]
Hilario Álvarez   Mexico DNF [6]
Rafael Ángel Pérez   Costa Rica DNF
Miguel Ángel Legorreta   Mexico DNF [6]
Aldo Allen   Cuba DNF
José Medina   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. 251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  4. ^ "Agberto e revezamento 4 x 100m trazem bronze" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 15 July 1979. p. 33. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Podium" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 15 July 1979. p. 32. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. ^ a b Mexican results