Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 and 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Alejandro Casañas of Cuba.

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	9 & 11 July
Winning time	13.20
Medalists
Renaldo Nehemiah   United States   Alejandro Casañas   Cuba   Charles Foster   United States
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Renaldo Nehemiah (USA)	13.00	Westwood, United States	May 6, 1979
Pan American Games record	Earl McCullouch (USA)	13.4	Winnipeg, Canada	1967

Results

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	13.38	Q[4]
2	2	Alejandro Casañas	Cuba	13.53	Q[4]
3	2	Charles Foster	United States	13.72	Q[4]
4	1	Rafael Echevarría	Mexico	14.14	Q
5	1	Dionisio Vera	Cuba	14.27	Q
6	2	Pat Forgarty	Canada	14.37	Q
7	1	Jesús Costas	Puerto Rico	14.46	q
8	1	Mariano Reyes	Dominican Republic	14.53	q
9	2	Francisco Dumeng	Puerto Rico	14.76
10	1	Alfredo Piza	Chile	14.90

Final

[5]

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	13.20	GR
	Alejandro Casañas	Cuba	13.46
	Charles Foster	United States	13.56
4	Pat Forgarty	Canada	14.13
5	Rafael Echevarría	Mexico	14.15
6	Dionisio Vera	Cuba	14.32
7	Mariano Reyes	Dominican Republic	14.73
8	Jesús Costas	Puerto Rico	14.75

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". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
4. Year list
5. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.