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

The men's javelin 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 Sam Colson of the United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record94.58Montreal, CanadaJuly 25, 1976Pan American Games record83.82Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All distances shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityDistanceNotesDuncan Atwood84.16GRAntonio González84.12Raúl Pupo81.964Phil Olsen76.285Amado Morales76.006Rod Ewaliko75.787Angel Garmendia72.248Denes Pajtas65.70Mario Sotomayor

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