Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk
International sporting event
| Men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 July | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:28:15 | |||||||||
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The men's 20 kilometres walk 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 Daniel Bautista of Mexico.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Reima Salonen (FIN) | 1:21:01 | Raisio, Finland | June 6, 1979 |
| Pan American Games record |  Ron Laird (USA) | 1:33:05 | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
Results
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Daniel Bautista |  Mexico | 1:28:15 | GR |
 | Neal Pyke |  United States | 1:30:17 | |
 | Clark Scully | United States | 1:32:30 | |
| 4 | Santiago Fonseca |  Honduras | 1:35:20 | |
| 5 | Marcel Jobin |  Canada | 1:38:42 | |
| 6 | Domingo Colín | Mexico | 1:40:02 | |
| 7 | Ernesto Alfaro |  Colombia | 1:41:30 | |
| 8 | Alexis López |  Costa Rica | 1:41:33 | |
| 9 | Luis Mendez | Honduras | 1:43:43 | |
| 10 | Helmut Bueck | Canada | 1:44:55 | |
| 11 | Wilmer Santiago |  Puerto Rico | 1:47:58 | |
| 12 | Jorge Quiñonez | Colombia | 1:50:43 | |
| 13 | Lino Medina |  Cuba | 1:54:48 | |
| Glen Sweazey | Canada | DNS | ||
| Edgar López | Costa Rica | DNS | ||
| Reinaldo Luces |  Venezuela | DNS |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Full results
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ohio Racewalker (PDF). July 1979. p. 1.
