Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 20 kilometres walk

The men's 20 kilometres walk 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 Daniel Bautista of Mexico.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record 1:21:01Raisio, FinlandJune 6, 1979Pan American Games record 1:33:05Winnipeg, Canada1967

Results

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

RankNameNationTimeNotesDaniel Bautista1:28:15GRNeal Pyke1:30:17Clark Scully1:32:30Santiago Fonseca1:35:20Marcel Jobin1:38:42Domingo Colín1:40:02Ernesto Alfaro1:41:30Alexis López1:41:33Luis Mendez1:43:4310Helmut Bueck1:44:5511Wilmer Santiago1:47:5812Jorge Quiñonez1:50:4313Lino Medina1:54:48Glen SweazeyEdgar LópezReinaldo Luces

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