The men's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7,8 and 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Luis Medina of Cuba.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:42.33Oslo, NorwayJuly 5, 1979Pan American Games record1:47.98Mexico City, Mexico1975
Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 James Robinson 1:50.9 Q 2 1 Christian Molina 1:51.1 Q 2 2 Alberto Juantorena 1:51.1 Q 2 2 Michael Watson 1:51.1 Q 5 1 Alberto Lopes 1:51.2 Q 6 1 Víctor Ramos 1:51.2 Q 7 1 Leandro Civil 1:51.2 Q 8 2 Doug Wournell 1:51.7 Q 9 1 Omar Amdematten 1:51.8 q 9 3 Owen Hamilton 1:51.8 Q 11 2 Francisco Solis 1:52.0 Q 12 3 Mike White 1:52.1 Q 13 2 Gustavo Rivera 1:52.2 Q 14 3 Agberto Guimarães 1:53.1 Q 15 3 Emilio Ulloa 1:53.3 Q 16 3 Gerold Pawirodikromo 1:54.2 Q 17 2 Rigoberto Meléndez 2:01.9 18 2 Alexander Bridges 2:02.2
Semifinals
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Owen Hamilton 1:48.3 Q 2 1 James Robinson 1:48.4 Q 3 1 Agberto Guimarães 1:48.8 Q 4 1 Emilio Ulloa 1:48.8 q 5 1 Leandro Civil 1:49.0 q 6 1 Michael Watson 1:49.4 7 1 Gerold Pawirodikromo 1:50.7 8 2 Alberto Juantorena 1:50.9 Q 9 2 Christian Molina 1:51.1 Q 10 2 Doug Wournell 1:51.1 Q 11 2 Mike White 1:51.1 12 1 Víctor Ramos 1:51.5 13 2 Omar Amdematten 1:52.0 14 2 Alberto Lopes 1:52.5 15 2 Francisco Solis 1:52.7 16 2 Gustavo Rivera 1:52.9
Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotesJames Robinson1:46.3GRAlberto Juantorena1:46.4Agberto Guimarães1:46.84Owen Hamilton1:47.35Emilio Ulloa1:49.26Leandro Civil1:49.57Doug Wournell1:50.08Christian Molina1:51.7
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