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

Men's 5000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 July
Winning time14:01.0
Medalists
Gold medal Matt Centrowitz  United States
Silver medal Herb Lindsay  United States
Bronze medal Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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.

Records

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

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

Results

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matt Centrowitz  United States 14:01.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herb Lindsay  United States 14:04.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico 14:05.0
4 Enrique Aquino  Mexico 14:05.9
5 Peter Butler  Canada 14:07.6
6 Jaime Vélez  Puerto Rico 14:17.2
7 Víctor Mora  Colombia 14:17.7
8 Jorge Monín  Argentina 14:21.3
9 Luis Tipán  Ecuador 14:29.1
10 José Cobo  Cuba 15:00.5
11 Sergio Gregorio da Silva  Brazil 15:07.7
12 Luis Aquillón  El Salvador 15:22.5
Silvio Salazar  Colombia DNS
Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia DNS
Errol Drakes  Guyana DNS
Michael Fuertado  Jamaica DNS
Luis Hernández  Mexico DNS
Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela DNS
Víctor Gil  Venezuela 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 2019-08-15.
  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.