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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's marathon

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International sporting event
Men's marathon at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates14 July
Winning time2:24:09
Medalists
Gold medal Radamés González  Cuba
Silver medal Luis Barbosa  Colombia
Bronze medal Rich Hughson  Canada
«1975 1983»
International sporting event
Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's marathon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games finished at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Rigoberto Mendoza of Cuba.

Records

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

World record  Shigeru So (JPN) 2:09:05.6 Japan February 5, 1978
Pan American Games record  Frank Shorter (USA) 2:22:40 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Radamés González  Cuba 2:24:09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Luis Barbosa  Colombia 2:24:44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rich Hughson  Canada 2:25:34
4 Héctor Rodríguez  Colombia 2:25:51
5 Edmundo Warnke  Chile 2:26:14
6 Tom Fleming  United States 2:28:06
7 Tom Howard  Canada 2:28:50
8 Francisco Vargas  Puerto Rico 2:29:11
9 Elói Schleder  Brazil 2:29:42
10 Virgilio Herrera  Guatemala 2:31:53
11 José de Jesús  Puerto Rico 2:34:35
12 Raymond Swan  Bermuda 2:42:15
13 Hipólito López  Honduras 2:43:08
14 José Hernández  El Salvador 2:43:16
15 Wallace Williams  Virgin Islands 3:22:12
Robert Doyle  United States DNF
Hilario Álvarez  Mexico DNF
Rafael Ángel Pérez  Costa Rica DNF
Miguel Ángel Legorreta  Mexico DNF
Aldo Allen  Cuba DNF
José Medina  Venezuela DNS

References

  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. 251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  4. "Agberto e revezamento 4 x 100m trazem bronze" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 15 July 1979. p. 33. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. "Podium" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 15 July 1979. p. 32. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. ^ Mexican results
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