Men's 400 metres at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 11 & 12 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 45.11 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The men's 400 metres sprint 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 Ronnie Ray of the United States.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | Lee Evans (USA) | 43.86 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 18, 1968 |
Pan American Games record | Ronnie Ray (USA) | 44.45 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 18, 1975 |
All times shown are in seconds.
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Held on 11 July
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Willie Smith | United States | 46.68 | Q |
2 | 3 | Tony Darden | United States | 46.91 | Q |
3 | 2 | Delmo da Silva | Brazil | 47.27 | Q |
4 | 1 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 47.29 | Q |
5 | 1 | Joseph Coombs | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.29 | Q |
6 | 2 | Glenn Bogue | Canada | 47.52 | Q |
6 | 3 | Clyde Edwards | Barbados | 47.52 | Q |
8 | 3 | Colin Bradford | Jamaica | 47.56 | Q |
9 | 2 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 47.59 | Q |
10 | 1 | Carlos Álvarez | Cuba | 47.80 | Q |
11 | 3 | Antônio Dias Ferreira | Brazil | 47.81 | Q |
12 | 2 | Michael Solomon | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.95 | Q |
13 | 2 | Fred Sowerby | Antigua and Barbuda | 48.15 | Q |
14 | 3 | Gregory Simons | Bermuda | 48.24 | Q |
15 | 1 | Brian Saunders | Canada | 48.61 | Q |
16 | 3 | Anatolio Ramírez | Dominican Republic | 48.66 | q |
17 | 2 | Gerold Pawirodikromo | Suriname | 48.78 | |
18 | 2 | Randolph Wheatley | Virgin Islands | 48.89 | |
19 | 1 | Francisco Solis | Dominican Republic | 49.64 | |
20 | 3 | Rigoberto Meléndez | Honduras | 52.59 | |
21 | 1 | Miguel Banegas | Honduras | 52.97 |
Held on 11 July [3]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Tony Darden | United States | 45.89 | Q |
2 | 1 | Willie Smith | United States | 46.10 | Q |
3 | 2 | Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 46.19 | Q |
4 | 2 | Clyde Edwards | Barbados | 46.32 | Q |
5 | 2 | Brian Saunders | Canada | 46.34 | q |
6 | 2 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 46.36 | q |
7 | 1 | Joseph Coombs | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.49 | Q |
8 | 1 | Colin Bradford | Jamaica | 46.51 | Q |
9 | 1 | Glenn Bogue | Canada | 46.63 | |
10 | 1 | Delmo da Silva | Brazil | 46.81 | |
11 | 2 | Michael Solomon | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.91 | |
12 | 1 | Carlos Álvarez | Cuba | 47.26 | |
13 | 1 | Fred Sowerby | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.29 | |
14 | 2 | Antônio Dias Ferreira | Brazil | 47.32 | |
15 | 1 | Gregory Simons | Bermuda | 47.66 | |
16 | 2 | Anatolio Ramírez | Dominican Republic | 49.12 |
Held on 12 July
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time [4] | Notes |
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Tony Darden | United States | 45.11 | ||
Alberto Juantorena | Cuba | 45.24 | ||
Willie Smith | United States | 45.30 | ||
4 | Bert Cameron | Jamaica | 45.97 | |
5 | Brian Saunders | Canada | 46.16 | |
6 | Colin Bradford | Jamaica | 46.36 | |
7 | Clyde Edwards | Barbados | 46.66 | |
8 | Joseph Coombs | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.98 |
Boxing competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan were held from July 2 to 14 at the Trujillo Alto Coliseum and the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.
Archery competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan were held from July 2 to 6 at the Archery Range in the University of Puerto Rico. Archery was included for the first time at the Pan American Games.
Baseball competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico were held on July 2nd–12th. The venues for the competition were the Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, the Guaynabo Municipal Stadium and the Parque Yldefonso Solá Morales.
The men's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 and 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Silvio Leonard of Cuba.
The men's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Tony Waldrop of the United States.
The men's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Domingo Tibaduiza of Colombia.
The men's 400 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was James King of the United States.
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was the United States team.
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 and 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was the United States team.
The men's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Tom Woods of the United States.
The men's long jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was João Carlos de Oliveira of Brazil.
The women's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Joyce Yakubowich of Canada.
The women's 3000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was the United States team.
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was the Canadian team.
The women's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Joni Huntley of the United States.
The women's long jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Ana Alexander of Cuba.
The women's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was María Elena Sarría of Cuba.
The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Carmen Romero of Cuba.
The women's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Sherry Calbert of the United States.