Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 12 and 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Men's decathlon at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates12 & 13 July
Winning result8078
Medalists
   United States
   Argentina
   Canada
«1975
1983»

Records

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

World record  Bruce Jenner (USA) 8634 Montreal, Canada July 30, 1976
Pan American Games record  Bruce Jenner (USA) 8045 Mexico City, Mexico October 1975

Results

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
Bobby Coffman United States10.617.0515.631.9449.1113.96w47.104.2052.044:42.18078GR
Tito Steiner Argentina11.28w7.2714.641.9150.3115.56w44.044.6057.504:53.07638
Zenon Smiechowski Canada11.26w6.8014.371.9752.3316.28w42.803.8061.685:00.77337
4Roberto Steinmetz Argentina11.75w6.6112.801.9153.1216.12w40.604.4052.924:38.97021
5Roberto McFarlane Costa Rica11.056.8311.441.8250.3716.01w30.003.7048.164:46.66669
Rigoberto Salazar Cuba11.097.3214.721.9751.1114.71w46.14?DNF
Paulo Lima Brazil11.026.8511.851.9448.7216.1435.40?DNF[7]
Dave Steen Canada11.347.1811.152.0350.7816.03w34.50?DNSDNF
Alfredo Silva Chile11.556.5511.941.9152.5216.1935.40??DNF
Pedro Burgos Puerto Rico11.436.4712.02NM53.7617.3437.08??DNF
John Mascoll Barbados11.107.0612.911.73?DNF
Renato Bortolocci Brazil11.145.8411.84??DNF[7]
John Crist United StatesDNSDNS
Juan Ríos VenezuelaDNSDNS

References

  1. "Results". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Results". Tampa Bay Times. 14 July 1979. p. 36. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. "Day 1 results". 13 Jul 1979. p. 25. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. "Day 2 results". News-Pilot. 14 July 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. 1979 results (p18)
  6. Full results
  7. "Dia foi salvo pelo revezamento 4 x 400" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 14 July 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 24 November 2019.


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