Cycling at the 1979 Pan American Games

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Cycling at the 1979 Pan American Games
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San Juan, Puerto Rico, was the main host city for the 1979 Pan American Games, but the track cycling events took place about 100 kilometres south, at a velodrome in Coamo. [1] The Coamo velodrome was an outdoor concrete track that didn't have lights. The lack of artificial lighting forced all races to be held in the middle of the day, in the full heat and humidity of the Caribbean summer weather. [2] This page lists the results for men's track cycling and road cycling. There were no women's cycling events at these games.

Contents

Men's track competition

1,000-metre Time Trial (July 4)

RANKCYCLISTTIME [3]
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gordon Singleton  (CAN)1:07.30
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  David Weller  (JAM)1:08.67
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Chile.svg  Richard Tormen  (CHI)1:08.83

4,000-metre Individual Pursuit (July 6)

RANKCYCLISTTIME [4] [5]
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg Claude Langlois (CAN)4:55.718
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Chile.svg  Fernando Vera  (CHI)4:56.915
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg Juan Rivera (CUB)5:01.196

Scratch Sprint (July 7)

CYCLIST
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gordon Singleton  (CAN)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg Jesús Pérez (CUB)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg Dagoberto Pino (CUB)

4,000-metre Team Pursuit (July 7)

RANKTEAMTIME [7]
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 4:43.932
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4:45.447
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:46.464

Men’s road competition

Individual Race

RANKCYCLIST
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Carlos Cardet  (CUB)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Mexico.svg  Bernardo Colex  (MEX)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Colombia.svg  Gonzalo Marín  (COL)

Men's Team Time Trial (Road)

RANKCYCLIST
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Medal table

PlaceNation Gold medal america.svg Silver medal america.svg Bronze medal (Americas).svg Total
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3014
2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1326
3Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1113
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1001
5Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0101
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0101
7Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0011
7Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0011
Total66618

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  7. UPI Staff (July 8, 1979). "Pan American Games" . Roswell Daily Record . Roswell, New Mexico. United Press International. p. 12. Retrieved April 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com. UPI mistakenly named it "individual" pursuit, which meant every American & Canadian newspaper published that mistake. However, it is the TEAM results.