Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Records

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

World record  Raúl González (MEX) 3:41:20 Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia June 11, 1978
Pan American Games record  Larry Young (USA) 4:26:20.8 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record
Rank Name Nation Time[3] Notes
Raúl González  Mexico 4:05:17 GR
Martín Bermúdez  Mexico 4:11:13
Marco Evoniuk  United States 4:24:23
4 Ernesto Alfaro  Colombia 4:39:36
5 Vince O'Sullivan  United States 4:44:20
6 Nicolás Soto  Puerto Rico 4:51:40
7 Henry Klein  Virgin Islands 5:17:01
Marcel Jobin  Canada DNS

References

  1. 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 2019-08-16.
  2. Full results
  3. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
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