Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk
| Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 8 July | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:05:17 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1971 1983» | ||||||||||
The men's 50 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1] [2]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Raúl González (MEX)
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3:41:20 | Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia | June 11, 1978 |
| Pan American Games record |  Larry Young (USA)
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4:26:20.8 | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
Results
[edit]| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time[3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Raúl González |  Mexico
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4:05:17 | GR |
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Martín Bermúdez | Mexico
|
4:11:13 | |
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Marco Evoniuk |  United States
|
4:24:23 | |
| 4 | Ernesto Alfaro |  Colombia
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4:39:36 | |
| 5 | Vince O'Sullivan | United States
|
4:44:20 | |
| 6 | Nicolás Soto |  Puerto Rico
|
4:51:40 | |
| 7 | Henry Klein |  Virgin Islands
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5:17:01 | |
| Marcel Jobin |  Canada
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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 2019-08-16.
- ^ 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. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.