Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres

Records

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

World record  Filbert Bayi (TAN) 3:32.16 Christchurch, New Zealand February 2, 1974
Pan American Games record  Marty Liquori (USA) 3:42.1 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Heats

Held on 12 July[3]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11John Craig Canada3:45.2Q
21Eduardo Castro Mexico3:45.5Q
31Don Paige United States3:45.5Q
41Luis Medina Cuba3:45.6Q
52Agberto Guimarães Brazil3:45.8Q
62Peter Spir Canada3:45.8Q
71José González Venezuela3:45.9Q
82Todd Harbour United States3:46.0Q
91Jorge Ortiz Puerto Rico3:46.0q
102Ignacio Melesio Mexico3:46.1Q
112Michael Watson Bermuda3:46.1Q
122Leandro Civil Cuba3:47.3q
131Alberto Lopes Brazil3:48.1
142Modesto Comprés Dominican Republic3:49.9
151Abel Godoy Uruguay3:50.5
162Juan Aquino Puerto Rico3:50.9
171Emilio Ulloa Chile3:51.2
182Eduardo Valenzuela Chile3:59.3
191Adolfo Banegas Honduras4:08.9
1Omar Andematten ArgentinaDNF

Final

Held on 14 July

Rank Name Nationality Time[4] Notes
Don Paige  United States 3:40.5 GR
Todd Harbour  United States 3:41.5
Agberto Guimarães  Brazil 3:41.5
4 Eduardo Castro  Mexico 3:42.1
5 John Craig  Canada 3:42.6
6 Peter Spir  Canada 3:46.0
7 Michael Watson  Bermuda 3:46.3
8 José González  Venezuela 3:46.7
9 Ignacio Melesio  Mexico 3:49.2
10 Jorge Ortiz  Puerto Rico 3:49.8
11 Leandro Civil  Cuba 3:52.4
Luis Medina  Cuba DNS
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References

  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". Tampa Bay Times. 13 July 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. 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.
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