Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 110 metres hurdles
International sporting event
Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 9 & 11 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 13.20 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
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The men's 110 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Alejandro Casañas of Cuba.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 13.00 | Westwood, United States | May 6, 1979 |
Pan American Games record | ![]() | 13.4 | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
Results
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats
[3]
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Renaldo Nehemiah | ![]() | 13.38 | Q[4] |
2 | 2 | Alejandro Casañas | ![]() | 13.53 | Q[4] |
3 | 2 | Charles Foster | ![]() | 13.72 | Q[4] |
4 | 1 | Rafael Echevarría | ![]() | 14.14 | Q |
5 | 1 | Dionisio Vera | ![]() | 14.27 | Q |
6 | 2 | Pat Forgarty | ![]() | 14.37 | Q |
7 | 1 | Jesús Costas | ![]() | 14.46 | q |
8 | 1 | Mariano Reyes | ![]() | 14.53 | q |
9 | 2 | Francisco Dumeng | ![]() | 14.76 | |
10 | 1 | Alfredo Piza | ![]() | 14.90 |
Final
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Wind: +2.0 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Renaldo Nehemiah | ![]() | 13.20 | GR |
![]() | Alejandro Casañas | ![]() | 13.46 | |
![]() | Charles Foster | ![]() | 13.56 | |
4 | Pat Forgarty | ![]() | 14.13 | |
5 | Rafael Echevarría | ![]() | 14.15 | |
6 | Dionisio Vera | ![]() | 14.32 | |
7 | Mariano Reyes | ![]() | 14.73 | |
8 | Jesús Costas | ![]() | 14.75 |
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 2019-08-15.
- ^ Full results
- ^ "Heats results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ a b c Year list
- ^ 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.