Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

The men's 400 metres hurdles sprint 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 James King of the United States America.

Records

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

World record		47.00	Los Angeles, United States	June 11, 1977
Pan American Games record		49.10	Cali, Colombia	1971

Results

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			51.28	Q
2	1			51.71	Q
3	2			51.73	Q
4	1			52.38	Q
5	1			52.45	Q
6	2			52.70	Q
7	1			53.32	q
8	2			53.46	q
9	2			53.64
10	1			54.41
	1				[4]

Final

Held on 8 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
	James Walker		49.66
	Antônio Dias Ferreira		50.85
	Frank Montiéh		51.30
4	Julio Ferrer		51.48
5	Ian Newhouse		51.58
6	Dionizete de Araujo		51.72
7	Carlos Yambot		51.76
8	Alexis Misignak		53.08

Notes and References

1. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 197. PDF. 2019-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
2. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1979.pdf Full results
3. News: Semifinals results . 30 December 2019 . . 8 July 1979 . 26.
4. https://studylib.es/doc/5619330/historial-juegos-panamericanos Mexican results
5. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 251. PDF. 2019-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.