Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault

Records

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

World record  David Roberts (USA) 5.70 Eugene, Oregon, United States June 22, 1976
Pan American Games record  Earl Bell (USA) 5.40 Mexico City, Mexico October 1975

Results

All heights shown are in meters.

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Bruce Simpson Canada5.15
Greg Woepse United States5.05
Brian Morrissette United States Virgin Islands4.85
Edgardo Rivera Puerto RicoNM
Carlos Zequeira Puerto RicoNM
Billy Olsen United StatesDNS
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gollark: Which is definitely not "almost certainly", especially since the % hospitalized is not *that* high.
gollark: The data I have seen does not seem to suggest that's as common as "almost certainly".
gollark: I mean, unless you count the bad economic damage.
gollark: I don't think *that's* accurate.

References

  1. "Results". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. Full results


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