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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon

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Men's decathlon at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates12 & 13 July
Winning result8078
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Argentina
Bronze medal   Canada
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The men's decathlon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 12 and 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Records

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

World record  Bruce Jenner (USA) 8634 Montreal, Canada July 30, 1976
Pan American Games record  Bruce Jenner (USA) 8045 Mexico City, Mexico October 1975

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bobby Coffman  United States 10.61 7.05 15.63 1.94 49.11 13.96w 47.10 4.20 52.04 4:42.1 8078 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tito Steiner  Argentina 11.28w 7.27 14.64 1.91 50.31 15.56w 44.04 4.60 57.50 4:53.0 7638
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zenon Smiechowski  Canada 11.26w 6.80 14.37 1.97 52.33 16.28w 42.80 3.80 61.68 5:00.7 7337
4 Roberto Steinmetz  Argentina 11.75w 6.61 12.80 1.91 53.12 16.12w 40.60 4.40 52.92 4:38.9 7021
5 Roberto McFarlane  Costa Rica 11.05 6.83 11.44 1.82 50.37 16.01w 30.00 3.70 48.16 4:46.6 6669
Rigoberto Salazar  Cuba 11.09 7.32 14.72 1.97 51.11 14.71w 46.14 ? DNF
Paulo Lima  Brazil 11.02 6.85 11.85 1.94 48.72 16.14 35.40 ? DNF [7]
Dave Steen  Canada 11.34 7.18 11.15 2.03 50.78 16.03w 34.50 ? DNS DNF
Alfredo Silva  Chile 11.55 6.55 11.94 1.91 52.52 16.19 35.40 ? ? DNF
Pedro Burgos  Puerto Rico 11.43 6.47 12.02 NM 53.76 17.34 37.08 ? ? DNF
John Mascoll  Barbados 11.10 7.06 12.91 1.73 ? DNF
Renato Bortolocci  Brazil 11.14 5.84 11.84 ? ? DNF [7]
John Crist  United States DNS DNS
Juan Ríos  Venezuela DNS DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Results". Tampa Bay Times. 14 July 1979. p. 36. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Day 1 results". 13 Jul 1979. p. 25. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Day 2 results". News-Pilot. 14 July 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. ^ 1979 results (p18)
  6. ^ Full results
  7. ^ a b "Dia foi salvo pelo revezamento 4 x 400" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 14 July 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 24 November 2019.