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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 July
Winning time14:01.0
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Mexico
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The men's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Domingo Tibaduiza of Colombia.

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) 13:08.4 Berkeley, United States April 8, 1978
Pan American Games record  Van Nelson (USA) 13:47.4 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matt Centrowitz  United States 14:01.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herb Lindsay  United States 14:04.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico 14:05.0
4 Enrique Aquino  Mexico 14:05.9
5 Peter Butler  Canada 14:07.6
6 Jaime Vélez  Puerto Rico 14:17.2
7 Víctor Mora  Colombia 14:17.7
8 Jorge Monín  Argentina 14:21.3
9 Luis Tipán  Ecuador 14:29.1
10 José Cobo  Cuba 15:00.5
11 Sergio Gregorio da Silva  Brazil 15:07.7
12 Luis Aquillón  El Salvador 15:22.5
Silvio Salazar  Colombia DNS
Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia DNS
Errol Drakes  Guyana DNS
Michael Fuertado  Jamaica DNS
Luis Hernández  Mexico DNS
Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela DNS
Víctor Gil  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.