Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates9 & 11 July
Winning time13.20
Medalists
Gold medal Renaldo Nehemiah  United States
Silver medal Alejandro Casañas  Cuba
Bronze medal Charles Foster  United States
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The men's 110 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Alejandro Casañas of Cuba.

Records

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

World record  Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 13.00 Westwood, United States May 6, 1979
Pan American Games record  Earl McCullouch (USA) 13.4 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Heats

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Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Renaldo Nehemiah  United States 13.38 Q[4]
2 2 Alejandro Casañas  Cuba 13.53 Q[4]
3 2 Charles Foster  United States 13.72 Q[4]
4 1 Rafael Echevarría  Mexico 14.14 Q
5 1 Dionisio Vera  Cuba 14.27 Q
6 2 Pat Forgarty  Canada 14.37 Q
7 1 Jesús Costas  Puerto Rico 14.46 q
8 1 Mariano Reyes  Dominican Republic 14.53 q
9 2 Francisco Dumeng  Puerto Rico 14.76
10 1 Alfredo Piza  Chile 14.90

Final

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Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renaldo Nehemiah  United States 13.20 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alejandro Casañas  Cuba 13.46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Charles Foster  United States 13.56
4 Pat Forgarty  Canada 14.13
5 Rafael Echevarría  Mexico 14.15
6 Dionisio Vera  Cuba 14.32
7 Mariano Reyes  Dominican Republic 14.73
8 Jesús Costas  Puerto Rico 14.75

References

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  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 2019-08-15.
  2. ^ Full results
  3. ^ "Heats results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Year list
  5. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
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