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The men's marathon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games finished at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Rigoberto Mendoza of Cuba.
Men's marathon at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 14 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:24:09 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | Shigeru So (JPN) | 2:09:05.6 | Japan | February 5, 1978 |
Pan American Games record | Frank Shorter (USA) | 2:22:40 | Cali, Colombia | 1971 |
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes |
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Radamés González | Cuba | 2:24:09 | ||
Luis Barbosa | Colombia | 2:24:44 | ||
Rich Hughson | Canada | 2:25:34 | ||
4 | Héctor Rodríguez | Colombia | 2:25:51 | |
5 | Edmundo Warnke | Chile | 2:26:14 | |
6 | Tom Fleming | United States | 2:28:06 | |
7 | Tom Howard | Canada | 2:28:50 | |
8 | Francisco Vargas | Puerto Rico | 2:29:11 | |
9 | Elói Schleder | Brazil | 2:29:42 | [4] |
10 | Virgilio Herrera | Guatemala | 2:31:53 | |
11 | José de Jesús | Puerto Rico | 2:34:35 | |
12 | Raymond Swan | Bermuda | 2:42:15 | |
13 | Hipólito López | Honduras | 2:43:08 | |
14 | José Hernández | El Salvador | 2:43:16 | |
15 | Wallace Williams | Virgin Islands | 3:22:12 | |
Robert Doyle | United States | DNF | [5] | |
Hilario Álvarez | Mexico | DNF | [6] | |
Rafael Ángel Pérez | Costa Rica | DNF | ||
Miguel Ángel Legorreta | Mexico | DNF | [6] | |
Aldo Allen | Cuba | DNF | ||
José Medina | Venezuela | DNS |
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