Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Alejandro Casañas of Cuba.

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates9 & 11 July
Winning time13.20
Medalists
 Renaldo Nehemiah  United States
 Alejandro Casañas  Cuba
 Charles Foster  United States
«1975
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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  Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 13.00 Westwood, United States May 6, 1979
Pan American Games record  Earl McCullouch (USA) 13.4 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results
KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Heats

[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Renaldo Nehemiah United States13.38Q[4]
22Alejandro Casañas Cuba13.53Q[4]
32Charles Foster United States13.72Q[4]
41Rafael Echevarría Mexico14.14Q
51Dionisio Vera Cuba14.27Q
62Pat Forgarty Canada14.37Q
71Jesús Costas Puerto Rico14.46q
81Mariano Reyes Dominican Republic14.53q
92Francisco Dumeng Puerto Rico14.76
101Alfredo Piza Chile14.90

Final

[5]

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Renaldo Nehemiah  United States 13.20 GR
Alejandro Casañas  Cuba 13.46
Charles Foster  United States 13.56
4 Pat Forgarty  Canada 14.13
5 Rafael Echevarría  Mexico 14.15
6 Dionisio Vera  Cuba 14.32
7 Mariano Reyes  Dominican Republic 14.73
8 Jesús Costas  Puerto Rico 14.75

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. "Heats results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. Year list
  5. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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