Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's triple jump

The men's triple jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was João Carlos de Oliveira of Brazil.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record 17.89 Mexico City, Mexico City October 15, 1975Pan American Games record

Results All distances shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityDistanceNotesJoão Carlos de Oliveira17.27Willie Banks16.88James Butts16.69Alejandro Herrera16.46Carmelo Martínez16.28Francisco de Oliveira15.93Wilfredo Almonte15.69Ernesto Torres15.06José Mangual15.0410Maxwell Peters13.97Stephen HannaRonald ChambersEdgar MorenoJosé Salazar

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