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

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Men's marathon at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates14 July
Winning time2:24:09
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
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The men's marathon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games finished at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. [1] [2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Rigoberto Mendoza of Cuba.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Japan.svg  Shigeru So  (JPN)2:09:05.6 Japan February 5, 1978
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Frank Shorter  (USA)2:22:40 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
RankNameNationalityTime [3] Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Radamés González Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:24:09
Silver medal icon.svg Luis Barbosa Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:24:44
Bronze medal icon.svg Rich Hughson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:25:34
4 Héctor Rodríguez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:25:51
5 Edmundo Warnke Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:26:14
6 Tom Fleming Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:28:06
7 Tom Howard Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 2:28:50
8 Francisco Vargas Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:29:11
9 Elói Schleder Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:29:42 [4]
10 Virgilio Herrera Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2:31:53
11 José de Jesús Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:34:35
12 Raymond Swan Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 2:42:15
13 Hipólito López Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 2:43:08
14 José Hernández Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2:43:16
15 Wallace Williams Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 3:22:12
Robert Doyle Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF [5]
Hilario Álvarez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNF [6]
Rafael Ángel Pérez Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica DNF
Miguel Ángel Legorreta Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNF [6]
Aldo Allen Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba DNF
José Medina 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 2019-08-16.
  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. 1 2 Mexican results