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

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Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning time4:05:17
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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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]

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Records

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

World record Flag of Mexico.svg  Raúl González  (MEX)3:41:20 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia June 11, 1978
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Larry Young  (USA)4:26:20.8 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
RankNameNationTime [3] Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Raúl González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:05:17GR
Silver medal icon.svg Martín Bermúdez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:11:13
Bronze medal icon.svg Marco Evoniuk Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:24:23
4 Ernesto Alfaro Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 4:39:36
5 Vince O'Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:44:20
6 Nicolás Soto Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 4:51:40
7 Henry Klein Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 5:17:01
Marcel Jobin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 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. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.