The men's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Domingo Tibaduiza of Colombia.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record13:08.4Berkeley, United StatesApril 8, 1978Pan American Games record13:47.4Winnipeg, Canada1967
Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Final RankNameNationalityTimeNotesMatt Centrowitz14:01.0Herb Lindsay14:04.1Rodolfo Gómez14:05.0Enrique Aquino14:05.9Peter Butler14:07.6Jaime Vélez14:17.2Víctor Mora14:17.7Jorge Monín14:21.3Luis Tipán14:29.110José Cobo15:00.511Sergio Gregorio da Silva15:07.712Luis Aquillón15:22.5Silvio SalazarDomingo TibaduizaErrol DrakesMichael FuertadoLuis HernándezLucirio GarridoVíctor Gil
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