| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 8 July | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:43.6 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «1975 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. 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 |  Henry Rono (KEN)
|
8:05.4 | Seattle, United States | May 3, 1978 |
| Pan American Games record |  Chris McCubbins (USA)
|
8:38.2 | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
Results
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Henry Marsh |  United States
|
8:43.6 | |
|
William McCullough | United States
|
8:44.7 | |
|
Demetrio Cabanillas |  Mexico
|
8:52.4 | |
| 4 | José Cobo |  Cuba
|
9:01.6 | |
| 5 | Greg Duhaime |  Canada
|
9:02.0 | |
| 6 | Modesto Compres |  Dominican Republic
|
9:07.9 | |
| 7 | Octavio Guadarrama | Mexico
|
9:18.1 | |
| 8 | Luis Palma |  Chile
|
9:21.3 | |
| 9 | José Luis Torres |  Puerto Rico
|
9:51.9 | |
| Lucirio Garrido |  Venezuela
|
DNS |
References
- Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- Full results
- Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
| 3000 metres steeplechase at the Pan American Games | |
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| Men's | |
| Women's | |