Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning time8:43.6
Medalists
Gold medal Henry Marsh  United States
Silver medal William McCullough  United States
Bronze medal Demetrio Cabanillos  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 3000 metres steeplechase competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Mike Manley of the United States.

Records

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

World record  Henry Rono (KEN) 8:05.4 Seattle, United States May 3, 1978
Pan American Games record  Chris McCubbins (USA) 8:38.2 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henry Marsh  United States 8:43.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William McCullough  United States 8:44.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Demetrio Cabanillas  Mexico 8:52.4
4 José Cobo  Cuba 9:01.6
5 Greg Duhaime  Canada 9:02.0
6 Modesto Compres  Dominican Republic 9:07.9
7 Octavio Guadarrama  Mexico 9:18.1
8 Luis Palma  Chile 9:21.3
9 José Luis Torres  Puerto Rico 9:51.9
Lucirio Garrido  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. 249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.