Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles sprint 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 James King of the United States.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Winning time49.66
Medalists
 James Walker  United States
 Antônio Dias Ferreira  Brazil
 Frank Montiéh  Cuba
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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  Edwin Moses (USA) 47.00 Los Angeles, United States June 11, 1977
Pan American Games record  Ralph Mann (USA) 49.10 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results
KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Heats

[3]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12James Walker United States51.28Q
21Antônio Dias Ferreira Brazil51.71Q
32Frank Montiéh Cuba51.73Q
41Ian Newhouse Canada52.38Q
51Alexis Misigñak Cuba52.45Q
62Dionizete de Araujo Brazil52.70Q
71Carlos Yambot Puerto Rico53.32q
82Julio Ferrer Puerto Rico53.46q
92Alfredo Piza Chile53.64
101Alfredo Edwards Chile54.41
1Rafael Echevarría MexicoDQ[4]

Final

Held on 8 July

Rank Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
James Walker  United States 49.66
Antônio Dias Ferreira  Brazil 50.85
Frank Montiéh  Cuba 51.30
4 Julio Ferrer  Puerto Rico 51.48
5 Ian Newhouse  Canada 51.58
6 Dionizete de Araujo  Brazil 51.72
7 Carlos Yambot  Puerto Rico 51.76
8 Alexis Misignak  Cuba 53.08

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. "Semifinals results". Arizona Republic. 8 July 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. Mexican results
  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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