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

Event:	Men's discus throw
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	11 July
Win Value:	63.30
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Mac Wilkins
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Bradley Cooper
Silvernoc:	BAH
Bronze:	Luis Delís
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

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

Records

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

World record		71.16	Berlin, Germany	August 9, 1978
Pan American Games record		62.36	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Mac Wilkins		63.30	GR
	Bradley Cooper		62.16
	Luis Delís		61.60
4	Juan Martínez Brito		60.80
5	Boris Chambul		59.42
6	Robert Gray		54.30
7	Gert Weil		43.24
	Pedro Serrano
	Ken Stadel
	Luis Palacios

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. 2019-08-16. 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). 255. PDF. 2019-08-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.