Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Luis Hernández of Mexico.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record27:22.47Vienna, AustriaJune 11, 1978Pan American Games record28:50.8Cali, Colombia1971

Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

RankNameNationalityTimeNotesRodolfo Gómez29:02.4Enrique Aquino29:03.9Frank Shorter29:06.4Rick Rojas29:09.8Peter Butler29:20.4Víctor Mora29:27.4Elói Schleder29:35.6Jaime Vélez30:12.2Luis Tipán30:15.110Jorge Monín30:24.811Virgilio Herrera30:59.712José Hernández31:24.9Silvio SalazarDomingo TibaduizaLucirio GarridoJosé Medina

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