Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 12 and 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.1979 results (p18)Full results

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record8634Montreal, CanadaJuly 30, 1976Pan American Games record8045Mexico City, MexicoOctober 1975

Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Bobby Coffman 10.61 7.05 15.63 1.94 49.11 13.96w 47.10 4.20 52.04 4:42.1 8078 GR Tito Steiner 11.28w 7.27 14.64 1.91 50.31 15.56w 44.04 4.60 57.50 4:53.0 7638 Zenon Smiechowski 11.26w 6.80 14.37 1.97 52.33 16.28w 42.80 3.80 61.68 5:00.7 7337 4 Roberto Steinmetz 11.75w 6.61 12.80 1.91 53.12 16.12w 40.60 4.40 52.92 4:38.9 7021 5 Roberto McFarlane 11.05 6.83 11.44 1.82 50.37 16.01w 30.00 3.70 48.16 4:46.6 6669 Rigoberto Salazar 11.09 7.32 14.72 1.97 51.11 14.71w 46.14 Paulo Lima 11.02 6.85 11.85 1.94 48.72 16.14 35.40 Dave Steen 11.34 7.18 11.15 2.03 50.78 16.03w 34.50 Alfredo Silva 11.55 6.55 11.94 1.91 52.52 16.19 35.40 Pedro Burgos 11.43 6.47 12.02 53.76 17.34 37.08 John Mascoll 11.10 7.06 12.91 1.73 Renato Bortolocci 11.14 5.84 11.84 John Crist Juan Ríos

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