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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning time8:43.6
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Mexico
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase 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 Mike Manley of the United States.

Records

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

World record  Henry Rono (KEN) 8:05.4 Seattle, United States May 3, 1978
Pan American Games record  Chris McCubbins (USA) 8:38.2 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henry Marsh  United States 8:43.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) William McCullough  United States 8:44.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Demetrio Cabanillas  Mexico 8:52.4
4 José Cobo  Cuba 9:01.6
5 Greg Duhaime  Canada 9:02.0
6 Modesto Compres  Dominican Republic 9:07.9
7 Octavio Guadarrama  Mexico 9:18.1
8 Luis Palma  Chile 9:21.3
9 José Luis Torres  Puerto Rico 9:51.9
Lucirio Garrido  Venezuela DNS

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. ^ 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.