Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 50 kilometres walk

The men's 50 kilometres walk competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record 3:41:20Poděbrady, CzechoslovakiaJune 11, 1978Pan American Games record 4:26:20.8Winnipeg, Canada1967

Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

RankNameNationTimeNotesRaúl González4:05:17GRMartín Bermúdez4:11:13Marco Evoniuk4:24:234Ernesto Alfaro4:39:365Vince O'Sullivan4:44:206Nicolás Soto4:51:407Henry Klein5:17:01Marcel Jobin

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