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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates7 July
Winning time29:02.4
Medalists
Gold medal   Mexico
Silver medal   Mexico
Bronze medal   United States
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The men's 10,000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Luis Hernández of Mexico.

Records

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

World record  Henry Rono (KEN) 27:22.47 Vienna, Austria June 11, 1978
Pan American Games record  Frank Shorter (USA) 28:50.8 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico 29:02.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Enrique Aquino  Mexico 29:03.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frank Shorter  United States 29:06.4
4 Rick Rojas  United States 29:09.8
5 Peter Butler  Canada 29:20.4
6 Víctor Mora  Colombia 29:27.4
7 Elói Schleder  Brazil 29:35.6
8 Jaime Vélez  Puerto Rico 30:12.2
9 Luis Tipán  Ecuador 30:15.1
10 Jorge Monín  Argentina 30:24.8
11 Virgilio Herrera  Guatemala 30:59.7
12 José Hernández  El Salvador 31:24.9
Silvio Salazar  Colombia DNS
Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia DNS
Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela DNS
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 2019-08-15.
  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 2019-08-15.