Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2]
Men's pole vault at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 14 July | |||||||||
Winning height | 5.15 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
«1975 1983» |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | 5.70 | Eugene, Oregon, United States | June 22, 1976 | |
Pan American Games record | 5.40 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 1975 |
Results
All heights shown are in meters.
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bruce Simpson | 5.15 | |||
Greg Woepse | 5.05 | |||
Brian Morrissette | 4.85 | |||
Edgardo Rivera | NM | |||
Carlos Zequeira | NM | |||
Billy Olsen | DNS |
gollark: Definitely still bad though, but not *that* bad.
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.