Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres
Appearance
Men's 800 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 7–9 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:46.3 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
The men's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7,8 and 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Luis Medina of Cuba.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | 1:42.33 | Oslo, Norway | July 5, 1979 | |
Pan American Games record | 1:47.98 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
Results
[edit]KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats
[edit]Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | James Robinson | 1:50.9 | Q | |
2 | 1 | Christian Molina | 1:51.1 | Q | |
2 | 2 | Alberto Juantorena | 1:51.1 | Q | |
2 | 2 | Michael Watson | 1:51.1 | Q | |
5 | 1 | Alberto Lopes | 1:51.2 | Q | |
6 | 1 | Víctor Ramos | 1:51.2 | Q | |
7 | 1 | Leandro Civil | 1:51.2 | Q | |
8 | 2 | Doug Wournell | 1:51.7 | Q | |
9 | 1 | Omar Amdematten | 1:51.8 | q | |
9 | 3 | Owen Hamilton | 1:51.8 | Q | |
11 | 2 | Francisco Solis | 1:52.0 | Q | |
12 | 3 | Mike White | 1:52.1 | Q | |
13 | 2 | Gustavo Rivera | 1:52.2 | Q | |
14 | 3 | Agberto Guimarães | 1:53.1 | Q | |
15 | 3 | Emilio Ulloa | 1:53.3 | Q | |
16 | 3 | Gerold Pawirodikromo | 1:54.2 | Q | |
17 | 2 | Rigoberto Meléndez | 2:01.9 | ||
18 | 2 | Alexander Bridges | 2:02.2 |
Semifinals
[edit]Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Owen Hamilton | 1:48.3 | Q | |
2 | 1 | James Robinson | 1:48.4 | Q | |
3 | 1 | Agberto Guimarães | 1:48.8 | Q | |
4 | 1 | Emilio Ulloa | 1:48.8 | q | |
5 | 1 | Leandro Civil | 1:49.0 | q | |
6 | 1 | Michael Watson | 1:49.4 | ||
7 | 1 | Gerold Pawirodikromo | 1:50.7 | ||
8 | 2 | Alberto Juantorena | 1:50.9 | Q | |
9 | 2 | Christian Molina | 1:51.1 | Q | |
10 | 2 | Doug Wournell | 1:51.1 | Q | |
11 | 2 | Mike White | 1:51.1 | ||
12 | 1 | Víctor Ramos | 1:51.5 | ||
13 | 2 | Omar Amdematten | 1:52.0 | ||
14 | 2 | Alberto Lopes | 1:52.5 | ||
15 | 2 | Francisco Solis | 1:52.7 | ||
16 | 2 | Gustavo Rivera | 1:52.9 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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James Robinson | 1:46.3 | GR | ||
Alberto Juantorena | 1:46.4 | |||
Agberto Guimarães | 1:46.8 | |||
4 | Owen Hamilton | 1:47.3 | ||
5 | Emilio Ulloa | 1:49.2 | ||
6 | Leandro Civil | 1:49.5 | ||
7 | Doug Wournell | 1:50.0 | ||
8 | Christian Molina | 1:51.7 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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 2019-08-15.
- ^ Full results
- ^ "Semifinals results". Tampa Bay Times. 10 July 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.