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

Event:	Men's javelin throw
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	8 July
Win Value:	84.16
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Duncan Atwood
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Antonio González
Silvernoc:	CUB
Bronze:	Raúl Pupo
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The men's javelin 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 Sam Colson of the United States.

Records

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

World record		94.58	Montreal, Canada	July 25, 1976
Pan American Games record		83.82	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
	Duncan Atwood		84.16	GR
	Antonio González		84.12
	Raúl Pupo		81.96
4	Phil Olsen		76.28
5	Amado Morales		76.00
6	Rod Ewaliko		75.78
7	Ramón Garmendia		72.24
8	Denes Pajtas		65.70
	Mario Sotomayor

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.