Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 July
Winning time14:01.0
Medalists
Gold medal Matt Centrowitz File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver medal Herb Lindsay File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze medal Rodolfo Gómez File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
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Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Domingo Tibaduiza of Colombia.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record File:Flag of Kenya.svg Henry Rono (KEN) 13:08.4 Berkeley, United States April 8, 1978
Pan American Games record File:Flag of the United States.svg Van Nelson (USA) 13:47.4 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matt Centrowitz File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 14:01.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Herb Lindsay File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 14:04.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rodolfo Gómez File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 14:05.0
4 Enrique Aquino File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 14:05.9
5 Peter Butler File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 14:07.6
6 Jaime Vélez File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 14:17.2
7 Víctor Mora File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 14:17.7
8 Jorge Monín File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina 14:21.3
9 Luis Tipán File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador 14:29.1
10 José Cobo File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 15:00.5
11 Sergio Gregorio da Silva File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil 15:07.7
12 Luis Aquillón File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 15:22.5
Silvio Salazar File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia DNS
Domingo Tibaduiza File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia DNS
Errol Drakes File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana DNS
Michael Fuertado File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica DNS
Luis Hernández File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico DNS
Lucirio Garrido File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).png Venezuela DNS
Víctor Gil File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).png Venezuela DNS

References

  1. ↑ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in español). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  2. ↑ Full results
  3. ↑ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in español). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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