Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Appearance
Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 8 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 8:43.6 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase 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 Mike Manley of the United States.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
8:05.4 | Seattle, United States | May 3, 1978 |
Pan American Games record | ![]() |
8:38.2 | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
Results
[edit]KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes |
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Henry Marsh | ![]() |
8:43.6 | |
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William McCullough | ![]() |
8:44.7 | |
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Demetrio Cabanillas | ![]() |
8:52.4 | |
4 | José Cobo | ![]() |
9:01.6 | |
5 | Greg Duhaime | ![]() |
9:02.0 | |
6 | Modesto Compres | ![]() |
9:07.9 | |
7 | Octavio Guadarrama | ![]() |
9:18.1 | |
8 | Luis Palma | ![]() |
9:21.3 | |
9 | José Luis Torres | ![]() |
9:51.9 | |
Lucirio Garrido | ![]() |
DNS |
References
[edit]- ^ 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 2019-08-15.
- ^ Full results
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.