Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's high jump explained

Event:	Men's high jump
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	11 July
Win Value:	2.26
Win Label:	Winning height
Gold:	Franklin Jacobs
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Benn Fields
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Milton Ottey
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The men's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.^{[1] [2]} The defending Pan American Games champion was Tom Woods of the United States.

Records

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

World record		2.34	Tbilisi, Soviet Union	June 16, 1978
Pan American Games record		2.25	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All heights shown are in meters.^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Qualification

Qualifying perf. 2.00 (Q) or 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1			2.00	Q
1			2.00	Q
1			2.00	Q
1			2.00	Q
1			2.00	Q
1			2.00	Q
1			2.00	Q
1			2.00	Q
1			2.00	Q
10			1.95	q
10			1.95	q
10			1.95	q

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height^[4]	Notes
	Franklin Jacobs		2.26	GR
	Benn Fields		2.19
	Milton Ottey		2.19
	Francisco Centelles		2.17
	Dean Bauck		2.15
	Carlos Acosta		2.15
	Cristóbal de León		2.12
	Richard Spencer		2.09
	Daniel Mamet		2.09	^[5]
10	Luis Barrionuevo		2.06
11	Rodolfo Madrigal		2.06
12	Félix Carrero		2.00

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). 253. 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.
4. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 253. 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.
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203003345/http://www.cada-atletismo.org/enlospan.pdf Argentine results