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.
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» |
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) | 13.00 | Westwood, United States | May 6, 1979 |
Pan American Games record | Earl McCullouch (USA) | 13.4 | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
Results
editKEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats
editWind:
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 | United States | 13.38 | Q[4] |
2 | 2 | Alejandro Casañas | Cuba | 13.53 | Q[4] |
3 | 2 | Charles Foster | United States | 13.72 | Q[4] |
4 | 1 | Rafael Echevarría | Mexico | 14.14 | Q |
5 | 1 | Dionisio Vera | Cuba | 14.27 | Q |
6 | 2 | Pat Forgarty | Canada | 14.37 | Q |
7 | 1 | Jesús Costas | Puerto Rico | 14.46 | q |
8 | 1 | Mariano Reyes | Dominican Republic | 14.53 | q |
9 | 2 | Francisco Dumeng | Puerto Rico | 14.76 | |
10 | 1 | Alfredo Piza | Chile | 14.90 |
Final
editWind: +2.0 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Renaldo Nehemiah | United States | 13.20 | GR | |
Alejandro Casañas | Cuba | 13.46 | ||
Charles Foster | United States | 13.56 | ||
4 | Pat Forgarty | Canada | 14.13 | |
5 | Rafael Echevarría | Mexico | 14.15 | |
6 | Dionisio Vera | Cuba | 14.32 | |
7 | Mariano Reyes | Dominican Republic | 14.73 | |
8 | Jesús Costas | Puerto Rico | 14.75 |
References
edit- ^ 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.