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 | Jim Hines (USA) | 9.95 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 14, 1968 |
Pan American Games record | Silvio Leonard (CUB) | 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 | United States | 10.14 | Q |
2 | 2 | Emmit King | United States | 10.25 | Q |
3 | 1 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.27 | Q |
4 | 3 | Rui da Silva | Brazil | 10.38 | Q |
5 | 1 | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 10.39 | Q |
6 | 3 | Ephraim Serrette | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.42 | Q |
7 | 2 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.44 | Q |
8 | 4 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.45 | Q |
9 | 3 | Puerto Rico | 10.48 | q | |
10 | 2 | Guy Abrahams | Panama | 10.50 | Q |
11 | 4 | Rawle Clarke | Barbados | 10.54 | Q |
12 | 4 | Bahamas | 10.55 | Q | |
13 | 4 | Dennis Trott | Bermuda | 10.56 | q |
14 | 2 | Gerard Suero | Dominican Republic | 10.59 | q |
15 | 1 | Jamaica | 10.64 | Q | |
15 | 4 | Dominican Republic | 10.64 | q | |
17 | 1 | Marvin Nash | Canada | 10.73 | |
18 | 2 | Jamaica | 10.73 | ||
19 | 1 | Edwin Noel | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.75 | |
20 | 4 | Florencio Aguilar | Panama | 10.76 | |
21 | 2 | Barbados | 10.91 | ||
22 | 4 | Chile | 10.96 | ||
23 | 3 | Virgin Islands | 10.98 | ||
24 | 2 | Costa Rica | 11.11 | ||
25 | 1 | Ronald Russell | Virgin Islands | 11.25 | |
3 | James Gilkes | Guyana | 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 | United States | 10.13 | Q |
2 | 2 | Emmit King | United States | 10.19 | Q |
3 | 1 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.21 | Q |
4 | 1 | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 10.30 | Q |
5 | 1 | Desai Williams | Canada | 10.43 | Q |
6 | 2 | Rui da Silva | Brazil | 10.44 | Q |
7 | 2 | Rawle Clarke | Barbados | 10.44 | Q |
8 | 2 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.44 | Q |
9 | 1 | Ephraim Serrette | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.45 | |
10 | 2 | Guy Abrahams | Panama | 10.45 | |
11 | 2 | Dennis Trott | Bermuda | 10.56 | |
12 | 2 | Puerto Rico | 10.62 | ||
13 | 1 | Jamaica | 10.63 | ||
14 | 2 | Dominican Republic | 10.68 | ||
15 | 1 | Bahamas | 10.69 | ||
16 | 1 | Gerard Suero | Dominican Republic | 10.73 |
Final[]
Held on 8 July
Wind: +1.5 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.13 | ||
Harvey Glance | United States | 10.19 | ||
Emmit King | United States | 10.30 | ||
4 | Nelson dos Santos | Brazil | 10.33 | |
5 | Rui da Silva | Brazil | 10.41 | |
6 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 10.47 | |
7 | Rawle Clarke | Barbados | 10.48 | |
8 | Desai Williams | Canada | 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.
Categories:
- Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games
- 100 metres at the Pan American Games