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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 July
Winning distance63.30
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Bahamas
Bronze medal   Cuba
«1975
1983»

The men's discus throw 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 John Powell of the United States.

Records

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

World record  Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) 71.16 Berlin, Germany August 9, 1978
Pan American Games record  John Powell (USA) 62.36 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

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All distances shown are in meters.[3]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mac Wilkins  United States 63.30 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bradley Cooper  Bahamas 62.16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Luis Delís  Cuba 61.60
4 Juan Martínez Brito  Cuba 60.80
5 Boris Chambul  Canada 59.42
6 Robert Gray  Canada 54.30
7 Gert Weil  Chile 43.24
Pedro Serrano  Puerto Rico DNS
Ken Stadel  United States DNS
Luis Palacios  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. 255. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.