Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's javelin throw

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Men's javelin throw at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning distance84.16
Medalists
Gold medal  File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver medal  File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Bronze medal  File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
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The men's javelin throw 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 Sam Colson of the United States.

Records

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

World record File:Flag of Hungary.svg Miklós Németh (HUN) 94.58 Montreal, Canada July 25, 1976
Pan American Games record File:Flag of the United States.svg Sam Colson (USA) 83.82 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.[3]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Duncan Atwood File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 84.16 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Antonio González File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 84.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Raúl Pupo File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 81.96
4 Phil Olsen File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 76.28
5 Amado Morales File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 76.00
6 Rod Ewaliko File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 75.78
7 Ramón Garmendia File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina 72.24
8 Denes Pajtas File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 65.70
Mario Sotomayor File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 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 2019-08-16.
  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. 255. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.