Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	7–8 July
Win Value:	10.13
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Silvio Leonard
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Harvey Glance
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Emmit King
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The men's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 and 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.^{[1] [2]} The defending Pan American Games champion was Silvio Leonard of Cuba.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		9.95	Mexico City, Mexico	October 14, 1968
Pan American Games record		10.15	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All times shown are in seconds. Harvey Glance set a new Pan American Record in the semifinals with a time of 10.12 seconds.^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

Held on 7 July

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +0.8 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			10.14	Q
2	2			10.25	Q
3	1			10.27	Q
4	3			10.38	Q
5	1			10.39	Q
6	3			10.42	Q
7	2			10.44	Q
8	4			10.45	Q
9	3			10.48	q
10	2			10.50	Q
11	4	[Ronald Clarke ||align=left| {{flagPASO|BAR|1979}} || 10.54 || Q |- bgcolor=ccffcc | 12 || 4 || align=left| [[Rudy Levarity]] ||align=left| || 10.55 || Q|- bgcolor=ddffdd| 13 || 4 || align=left| Dennis Trott ||align=left| || 10.56 || q|- bgcolor=ddffdd| 14 || 2 || align=left| Gerard Suero ||align=left| || 10.59 || q|- bgcolor=ccffcc| 15 || 1 || align=left| Oliver Heywood ||align=left| || 10.64 || Q|- bgcolor=ddffdd| 15 || 4 || align=left| Rafael Félix ||align=left| || 10.64 || q|-| 17 || 1 || align=left| Marvin Nash ||align=left| || 10.73 |||-| 18 || 2 || align=left| Richard Wilson ||align=left| || 10.73 |||-| 19 || 1 || align=left| Edwin Noel ||align=left| || 10.75 |||-| 20 || 4 || align=left| Florencio Aguilar ||align=left| || 10.76 |||-| 21 || 2 || align=left| David Phillips ||align=left| || 10.91 |||-| 22 || 4 || align=left| Luis Schneider ||align=left| || 10.96 |||-| 23 || 3 || align=left| Wendell Powell ||align=left| || 10.98 |||-| 24 || 2 || align=left| Roberto McFarlane ||align=left| || 11.11 |||-| 25 || 1 || align=left| Ronald Russell ||align=left| || 11.25 |||-| || 3 || align=left| James Gilkes ||align=left| || |||} Semifinals Held on 7 July Wind: Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 10.13 Q 2 2 10.19 Q 3 1 10.21 Q 4 1 10.30 Q 5 1 10.43 Q 6 2 10.44 Q 7 2 10.44 Q 8 2 10.44 Q 9 1 10.45 10 2 10.45 11 2 10.56 12 2 10.62 13 1 10.63 14 2 10.68 15 1 10.69 16 1 10.73 Final Held on 8 July Wind: +1.5 m/s ^[4] Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Silvio Leonard 10.13 Harvey Glance 10.19 Emmit King 10.30 4 Nelson dos Santos 10.33 5 Rui da Silva 10.41 6 Osvaldo Lara 10.47 7 Rawle Clarke 10.48 8 Desai Williams 10.58 References

Notes and References

1. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 197. PDF. 2019-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
2. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1979.pdf Full results
3. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 248. PDF. 2019-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
4. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 248. PDF. 2019-08-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.