Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk 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 Daniel Bautista of Mexico.

Men's 20 kilometres walk at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates13 July
Winning time1:28:15
Medalists
 Daniel Bautista  Mexico
 Neal Pyke  United States
 Todd Scully  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  Reima Salonen (FIN) 1:21:01 Raisio, Finland June 6, 1979
Pan American Games record  Ron Laird (USA) 1:33:05 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

[3][4]

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record
Rank Name Nation Time Notes
Daniel Bautista  Mexico 1:28:15 GR
Neal Pyke  United States 1:30:17
Clark Scully  United States 1:32:30
4 Santiago Fonseca  Honduras 1:35:20
5 Marcel Jobin  Canada 1:38:42
6 Domingo Colín  Mexico 1:40:02
7 Ernesto Alfaro  Colombia 1:41:30
8 Alexis López  Costa Rica 1:41:33
9 Luis Mendez  Honduras 1:43:43
10 Helmut Bueck  Canada 1:44:55
11 Wilmer Santiago  Puerto Rico 1:47:58
12 Jorge Quiñonez  Colombia 1:50:43
13 Lino Medina  Cuba 1:54:48
Glen Sweazey  Canada DNS
Edgar López  Costa Rica DNS
Reinaldo Luces  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 2019-08-16.
  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.
  4. Ohio Racewalker (PDF). July 1979. p. 1.
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