Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw 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 John Powell of the United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record71.16Berlin, GermanyAugust 9, 1978Pan American Games record62.36Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All distances shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityDistanceNotesMac Wilkins63.30GRBradley Cooper62.16Luis Delís61.604Juan Martínez Brito60.805Boris Chambul59.426Robert Gray54.307Gert Weil43.24Pedro SerranoKen StadelLuis Palacios

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