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

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			10.54	Q
12	4			10.55	Q
13	4			10.56	q
14	2			10.59	q
15	1			10.64	Q
15	4			10.64	q
17	1			10.73
18	2			10.73
19	1			10.75
20	4			10.76
21	2			10.91
22	4			10.96
23	3			10.98
24	2			11.11
25	1			11.25
	3

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

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.