Athletics at the 1999 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 |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The men's pole vault event at the 1999 Pan American Games was held on July 27, 1999. [1] [2]
Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.90 | 5.10 | 5.20 | 5.30 | 5.40 | 5.50 | 5.55 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 5.76 | Result | Notes |
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Pat Manson | United States | – | – | – | xxo | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.60 | ||
Scott Hennig | United States | – | – | – | xo | – | xx– | o | – | xxx | 5.55 | |||
Jason Pearce | Canada | – | – | xo | o | xxx | 5.30 | |||||||
4 | Rob Pike | Canada | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | 5.20 | ||||||
5 | Gustavo Rehder | Brazil | xo | xo | xxx | 5.10 | ||||||||
5 | Ricardo Diez | Venezuela | xo | xo | xxx | 5.10 | ||||||||
7 | Roger Borbón | Costa Rica | xo | xxx | 4.90 | |||||||||
7 | Robison Pratt | Mexico | xo | xxx | 4.90 | |||||||||
Edgar Díaz | Puerto Rico | – | – | – | xxx | NM | ||||||||
Dominic Johnson | Saint Lucia | – | – | xxx | NM |
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