Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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]

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning time4:05:17
Medalists
Gold medal   Mexico
Silver medal   Mexico
Bronze medal   United States
«1971
1983»

Records edit

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

World record   Raúl González (MEX) 3:41:20 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia June 11, 1978
Pan American Games record   Larry Young (USA) 4:26:20.8 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results edit

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
Rank Name Nation Time[3] Notes
  Raúl González   Mexico 4:05:17 GR
  Martín Bermúdez   Mexico 4:11:13
  Marco Evoniuk   United States 4:24:23
4 Ernesto Alfaro   Colombia 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 5:17:01
Marcel Jobin   Canada DNS

References edit

  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. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.