The men's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 and 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Silvio Leonard of Cuba.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record9.95Mexico City, MexicoOctober 14, 1968Pan American Games record10.15Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All times shown are in seconds. Harvey Glance set a new Pan American Record in the semifinals with a time of 10.12 seconds.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Heats Held on 7 July

Wind:Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Harvey Glance 10.14 Q 2 2 Emmit King 10.25 Q 3 1 Silvio Leonard 10.27 Q 4 3 Rui da Silva 10.38 Q 5 1 Nelson dos Santos 10.39 Q 6 3 Ephraim Serrette 10.42 Q 7 2 Desai Williams 10.44 Q 8 4 Osvaldo Lara 10.45 Q 9 3 Jesús Cabrera 10.48 q 10 2 Guy Abrahams 10.50 Q 11 4 Rawle Clarke 10.54 Q 12 4 Rudy Levarity 10.55 Q 13 4 Dennis Trott 10.56 q 14 2 Gerard Suero 10.59 q 15 1 Oliver Heywood 10.64 Q 15 4 Rafael Félix 10.64 q 17 1 Marvin Nash 10.73 18 2 Richard Wilson 10.73 19 1 Edwin Noel 10.75 20 4 Florencio Aguilar 10.76 21 2 David Phillips 10.91 22 4 Luis Schneider 10.96 23 3 Wendell Powell 10.98 24 2 Roberto McFarlane 11.11 25 1 Ronald Russell 11.25 3 James Gilkes

Semifinals Held on 7 July

Wind:Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Harvey Glance 10.13 Q 2 2 Emmit King 10.19 Q 3 1 Silvio Leonard 10.21 Q 4 1 Nelson dos Santos 10.30 Q 5 1 Desai Williams 10.43 Q 6 2 Rui da Silva 10.44 Q 7 2 Rawle Clarke 10.44 Q 8 2 Osvaldo Lara 10.44 Q 9 1 Ephraim Serrette 10.45 10 2 Guy Abrahams 10.45 11 2 Dennis Trott 10.56 12 2 Jesús Cabrera 10.62 13 1 Oliver Heywood 10.63 14 2 Rafael Félix 10.68 15 1 Rudy Levarity 10.69 16 1 Gerard Suero 10.73

Final Held on 8 July

Wind: +1.5 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotesSilvio Leonard10.13Harvey Glance10.19Emmit King10.304Nelson dos Santos10.335Rui da Silva10.416Osvaldo Lara10.477Rawle Clarke10.488Desai Williams10.58

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