Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 12 & 14 July | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:40.4 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
The men's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Tony Waldrop of the United States.
Records[edit]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Filbert Bayi (TAN)
|
3:32.16 | Christchurch, New Zealand | February 2, 1974 |
| Pan American Games record |  Marty Liquori (USA)
|
3:42.1 | Cali, Colombia | 1971 |
Results[edit]
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats[edit]
Held on 12 July[3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | John Craig |  Canada |
3:45.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Eduardo Castro |  Mexico |
3:45.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Don Paige |  United States |
3:45.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Luis Medina |  Cuba |
3:45.6 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Agberto Guimarães |  Brazil |
3:45.8 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Peter Spir | Canada |
3:45.8 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | José González |  Venezuela |
3:45.9 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Todd Harbour | United States |
3:46.0 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Jorge Ortiz |  Puerto Rico |
3:46.0 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Ignacio Melesio | Mexico |
3:46.1 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Michael Watson |  Bermuda |
3:46.1 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Leandro Civil | Cuba |
3:47.3 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Alberto Lopes | Brazil |
3:48.1 | |
| 14 | 2 | Modesto Comprés |  Dominican Republic |
3:49.9 | |
| 15 | 1 | Abel Godoy |  Uruguay |
3:50.5 | |
| 16 | 2 | Juan Aquino | Puerto Rico |
3:50.9 | |
| 17 | 1 | Emilio Ulloa |  Chile |
3:51.2 | |
| 18 | 2 | Eduardo Valenzuela | Chile |
3:59.3 | |
| 19 | 1 | Adolfo Banegas |  Honduras |
4:08.9 | |
| 1 | Omar Andematten |  Argentina |
DNF |
Final[edit]
Held on 14 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time[4] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Don Paige | United States
|
3:40.5 | GR |
|
Todd Harbour | United States
|
3:41.5 | |
|
Agberto Guimarães | Brazil
|
3:41.5 | |
| 4 | Eduardo Castro | Mexico
|
3:42.1 | |
| 5 | John Craig | Canada
|
3:42.6 | |
| 6 | Peter Spir | Canada
|
3:46.0 | |
| 7 | Michael Watson | Bermuda
|
3:46.3 | |
| 8 | José González | Venezuela
|
3:46.7 | |
| 9 | Ignacio Melesio | Mexico
|
3:49.2 | |
| 10 | Jorge Ortiz | Puerto Rico
|
3:49.8 | |
| 11 | Leandro Civil | Cuba
|
3:52.4 | |
| Luis Medina | Cuba
|
DNS |
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". Tampa Bay Times. 13 July 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.