The men's 400 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was James King of the United States America.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record47.00Los Angeles, United StatesJune 11, 1977Pan American Games record49.10Cali, Colombia1971
Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record Heats
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 James Walker 51.28 Q 2 1 Antônio Dias Ferreira 51.71 Q 3 2 Frank Montiéh 51.73 Q 4 1 Ian Newhouse 52.38 Q 5 1 Alexis Misignak 52.45 Q 6 2 Donizete Soares 52.70 Q 7 1 Carlos Yambot 53.32 q 8 2 Julio Ferrer 53.46 q 9 2 Alfredo Piza 53.64 10 1 Alfredo Edwards 54.41 1 Rafael Echevarría Mexican results
Final Held on 8 July RankNameNationalityTimeNotesJames Walker49.66Antônio Dias Ferreira50.85Frank Montiéh51.304Julio Ferrer51.485Ian Newhouse51.586Donizete Soares51.727Carlos Yambot51.768Alexis Misignak53.08
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