Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	8 July
Winning time	8:43.6
Medalists
Henry Marsh    United States   William McCullough    United States   Demetrio Cabanillos    Mexico
«1975 1983»

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase 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 Mike Manley of the United States.

Records

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

World record	Henry Rono  (KEN)	8:05.4	Seattle, United States	May 3, 1978
Pan American Games record	Chris McCubbins  (USA)	8:38.2	Winnipeg, Canada	1967

Results

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time [3]	Notes
	Henry Marsh	United States	8:43.6
	William McCullough	United States	8:44.7
	Demetrio Cabanillas	Mexico	8:52.4
4	José Cobo	Cuba	9:01.6
5	Greg Duhaime	Canada	9:02.0
6	Modesto Comprés	Dominican Republic	9:07.9
7	Octavio Guadarrama	Mexico	9:18.1
8	Luis Palma	Chile	9:21.3
9	José Luis Torres	Puerto Rico	9:51.9
	Lucirio Garrido	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 2019-08-15.
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. 249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.