Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	8 July
Win Value:	8:43.6
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Henry Marsh
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	William McCullough
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Demetrio Cabanillos
Bronzenoc:	MEX
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.^{[1] [2]} The defending Pan American Games champion was Mike Manley of the United States.

Records

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

World record		8:05.4	Seattle, United States	May 3, 1978
Pan American Games record		8:38.2	Winnipeg, Canada	1967

Results

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time^[3]	Notes
	Henry Marsh		8:43.6
	William McCullough		8:44.7
	Demetrio Cabanillas		8:52.4
	José Cobo		9:01.6
	Greg Duhaime		9:02.0
	Modesto Compres		9:07.9
	Octavio Guadarrama		9:18.1
	Luis Palma		9:21.3
	José Luis Torres		9:51.9
	Lucirio Garrido

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. 2019-08-15. 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). 249. PDF. 2019-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.