Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 July
Winning time14:01.0
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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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. [1] [2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Domingo Tibaduiza of Colombia.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Kenya.svg  Henry Rono  (KEN)13:08.4 Berkeley, United States April 8, 1978
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Van Nelson  (USA)13:47.4 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final

RankNameNationalityTime [3] Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Matt Centrowitz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:01.0
Silver medal icon.svg Herb Lindsay Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:04.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Rodolfo Gómez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14:05.0
4 Enrique Aquino Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14:05.9
5 Peter Butler Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 14:07.6
6 Jaime Vélez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 14:17.2
7 Víctor Mora Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 14:17.7
8 Jorge Monín Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 14:21.3
9 Luis Tipán Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 14:29.1
10 José Cobo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 15:00.5
11 Sergio Gregorio da Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 15:07.7
12 Luis Aquillón Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 15:22.5
Silvio Salazar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNS
Domingo Tibaduiza Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNS
Errol Drakes Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana DNS
Michael Fuertado Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica DNS
Luis Hernández Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNS
Lucirio Garrido Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela DNS
Víctor Gil Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela DNS

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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. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.