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

Men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning time4:05:17
Medalists
Gold medal Raúl González  Mexico
Silver medal Martín Bermúdez  Mexico
Bronze medal Marco Evoniuk  United States
«1971
1983»
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 50 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1] [2]

Records

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

World record  Raúl González (MEX) 3:41:20 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia June 11, 1978
Pan American Games record  Larry Young (USA) 4:26:20.8 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
Rank Name Nation Time[3] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Raúl González  Mexico 4:05:17 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martín Bermúdez  Mexico 4:11:13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marco Evoniuk  United States 4:24:23
4 Ernesto Alfaro  Colombia 4:39:36
5 Vince O'Sullivan  United States 4:44:20
6 Nicolás Soto  Puerto Rico 4:51:40
7 Henry Klein  Virgin Islands 5:17:01
Marcel Jobin  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.