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.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Alejandro Casañas of Cuba.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record13.00Westwood, United StatesMay 6, 1979Pan American Games record13.4Winnipeg, Canada1967
Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Renaldo Nehemiah 13.38 QYear list 2 2 Alejandro Casañas 13.53 Q 3 2 Charles Foster 13.72 Q 4 1 Rafael Echevarría 14.14 Q 5 1 Dionisio Vera 14.27 Q 6 2 Pat Forgarty 14.37 Q 7 1 Jesús Costas 14.46 q 8 1 Mariano Reyes 14.53 q 9 2 Francisco Dumeng 14.76 10 1 Alfredo Piza 14.90
Final
Wind: +2.0 m/s RankNameNationalityTimeNotesRenaldo Nehemiah13.20GRAlejandro Casañas13.46Charles Foster13.564Pat Forgarty14.135Rafael Echevarría14.156Dionisio Vera14.327Mariano Reyes14.738Jesús Costas14.75
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