Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Luis Hernández of Mexico.

Men's 10,000 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates7 July
Winning time29:02.4
Medalists
 Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico
 Enrique Aquino  Mexico
 Frank Shorter  United States
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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

Records

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

World record  Henry Rono (KEN) 27:22.47 Vienna, Austria June 11, 1978
Pan American Games record  Frank Shorter (USA) 28:50.8 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results
KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record
Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
Rodolfo Gómez  Mexico 29:02.4
Enrique Aquino  Mexico 29:03.9
Frank Shorter  United States 29:06.4
4 Rick Rojas  United States 29:09.8
5 Peter Butler  Canada 29:20.4
6 Víctor Mora  Colombia 29:27.4
7 Elói Schleder  Brazil 29:35.6
8 Jaime Vélez  Puerto Rico 30:12.2
9 Luis Tipán  Ecuador 30:15.1
10 Jorge Monín  Argentina 30:24.8
11 Virgilio Herrera  Guatemala 30:59.7
12 José Hernández  El Salvador 31:24.9
Silvio Salazar  Colombia DNS
Domingo Tibaduiza  Colombia DNS
Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela DNS
José Medina  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.
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