Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 7–8 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 10.13 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
The men's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 and 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Silvio Leonard of Cuba.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
9.95 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968 |
Pan American Games record | ![]() |
10.15 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
Results[]
All times shown are in seconds. Harvey Glance set a new Pan American Record in the semifinals with a time of 10.12 seconds.[3]
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats[]
Held on 7 July
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Harvey Glance | ![]() |
10.14 | Q |
2 | 2 | Emmit King | ![]() |
10.25 | Q |
3 | 1 | Silvio Leonard | ![]() |
10.27 | Q |
4 | 3 | Rui da Silva | ![]() |
10.38 | Q |
5 | 1 | Nelson dos Santos | ![]() |
10.39 | Q |
6 | 3 | Ephraim Serrette | ![]() |
10.42 | Q |
7 | 2 | Desai Williams | ![]() |
10.44 | Q |
8 | 4 | Osvaldo Lara | ![]() |
10.45 | Q |
9 | 3 | ![]() |
10.48 | q | |
10 | 2 | Guy Abrahams | ![]() |
10.50 | Q |
11 | 4 | Rawle Clarke | ![]() |
10.54 | Q |
12 | 4 | ![]() |
10.55 | Q | |
13 | 4 | Dennis Trott | ![]() |
10.56 | q |
14 | 2 | Gerard Suero | ![]() |
10.59 | q |
15 | 1 | ![]() |
10.64 | Q | |
15 | 4 | ![]() |
10.64 | q | |
17 | 1 | Marvin Nash | ![]() |
10.73 | |
18 | 2 | ![]() |
10.73 | ||
19 | 1 | Edwin Noel | ![]() |
10.75 | |
20 | 4 | Florencio Aguilar | ![]() |
10.76 | |
21 | 2 | ![]() |
10.91 | ||
22 | 4 | ![]() |
10.96 | ||
23 | 3 | ![]() |
10.98 | ||
24 | 2 | ![]() |
11.11 | ||
25 | 1 | Ronald Russell | ![]() |
11.25 | |
3 | James Gilkes | ![]() |
DNS |
Semifinals[]
Held on 7 July
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Harvey Glance | ![]() |
10.13 | Q |
2 | 2 | Emmit King | ![]() |
10.19 | Q |
3 | 1 | Silvio Leonard | ![]() |
10.21 | Q |
4 | 1 | Nelson dos Santos | ![]() |
10.30 | Q |
5 | 1 | Desai Williams | ![]() |
10.43 | Q |
6 | 2 | Rui da Silva | ![]() |
10.44 | Q |
7 | 2 | Rawle Clarke | ![]() |
10.44 | Q |
8 | 2 | Osvaldo Lara | ![]() |
10.44 | Q |
9 | 1 | Ephraim Serrette | ![]() |
10.45 | |
10 | 2 | Guy Abrahams | ![]() |
10.45 | |
11 | 2 | Dennis Trott | ![]() |
10.56 | |
12 | 2 | ![]() |
10.62 | ||
13 | 1 | ![]() |
10.63 | ||
14 | 2 | ![]() |
10.68 | ||
15 | 1 | ![]() |
10.69 | ||
16 | 1 | Gerard Suero | ![]() |
10.73 |
Final[]
Held on 8 July
Wind: +1.5 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Silvio Leonard | ![]() |
10.13 | |
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Harvey Glance | ![]() |
10.19 | |
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Emmit King | ![]() |
10.30 | |
4 | Nelson dos Santos | ![]() |
10.33 | |
5 | Rui da Silva | ![]() |
10.41 | |
6 | Osvaldo Lara | ![]() |
10.47 | |
7 | Rawle Clarke | ![]() |
10.48 | |
8 | Desai Williams | ![]() |
10.58 |
References[]
- ^ 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 2019-08-11.
- ^ Full results
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 248. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 248. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
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