Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's triple jump

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Men's triple jump at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates9 July
Winning distance17.27
Medalists
Gold medal João Carlos de Oliveira File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil
Silver medal Willie Banks File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze medal James Butts File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
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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 triple jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was João Carlos de Oliveira of Brazil.

Records

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

World record File:Flag of Brazil.svg João Carlos de Oliveira (BRA) 17.89 Mexico City, Mexico City October 15, 1975
Pan American Games record

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) João Carlos de Oliveira File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil 17.27
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Willie Banks File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 16.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) James Butts File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 16.69
4 Alejandro Herrera File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 16.46
5 Carmelo Martínez File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 16.28
6 Francisco de Oliveira File:Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Brazil 15.93
7 Wilfredo Almonte File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 15.69
8 Ernesto Torres File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 15.06
9 José Mangual File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 15.04
10 Maxwell Peters File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda 13.97
Stephen Hanna File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas DNS
Ronald Chambers File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica DNS
Edgar Moreno File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).png Venezuela DNS
José Salazar 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 2019-08-16.
  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. 253. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
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