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

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.

Men's 100 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	7–8 July
Winning time	10.13
Medalists
Silvio Leonard   Cuba   Harvey Glance   United States   Emmit King   United States
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Jim Hines (USA)	9.95	Mexico City, Mexico	October 14, 1968
Pan American Games record	Silvio Leonard (CUB)	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	Harvey Glance	United States	10.14	Q
2	2	Emmit King	United States	10.25	Q
3	1	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	10.27	Q
4	3	Rui da Silva	Brazil	10.38	Q
5	1	Nelson dos Santos	Brazil	10.39	Q
6	3	Ephraim Serrette	Trinidad and Tobago	10.42	Q
7	2	Desai Williams	Canada	10.44	Q
8	4	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	10.45	Q
9	3	Jesús Cabrera	Puerto Rico	10.48	q
10	2	Guy Abrahams	Panama	10.50	Q
11	4	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	10.54	Q
12	4	Rudy Levarity	Bahamas	10.55	Q
13	4	Dennis Trott	Bermuda	10.56	q
14	2	Gerard Suero	Dominican Republic	10.59	q
15	1	Oliver Heywood	Jamaica	10.64	Q
15	4	Rafael Félix	Dominican Republic	10.64	q
17	1	Marvin Nash	Canada	10.73
18	2	Richard Wilson	Jamaica	10.73
19	1	Edwin Noel	Trinidad and Tobago	10.75
20	4	Florencio Aguilar	Panama	10.76
21	2	David Phillips	Barbados	10.91
22	4	Luis Schneider	Chile	10.96
23	3	Wendell Powell	Virgin Islands	10.98
24	2	Roberto McFarlane	Costa Rica	11.11
25	1	Ronald Russell	Virgin Islands	11.25
	3	James Gilkes	Guyana	DNS

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	Harvey Glance	United States	10.13	Q
2	2	Emmit King	United States	10.19	Q
3	1	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	10.21	Q
4	1	Nelson dos Santos	Brazil	10.30	Q
5	1	Desai Williams	Canada	10.43	Q
6	2	Rui da Silva	Brazil	10.44	Q
7	2	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	10.44	Q
8	2	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	10.44	Q
9	1	Ephraim Serrette	Trinidad and Tobago	10.45
10	2	Guy Abrahams	Panama	10.45
11	2	Dennis Trott	Bermuda	10.56
12	2	Jesús Cabrera	Puerto Rico	10.62
13	1	Oliver Heywood	Jamaica	10.63
14	2	Rafael Félix	Dominican Republic	10.68
15	1	Rudy Levarity	Bahamas	10.69
16	1	Gerard Suero	Dominican Republic	10.73

Final

Held on 8 July

Wind: +1.5 m/s

[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	10.13
	Harvey Glance	United States	10.19
	Emmit King	United States	10.30
4	Nelson dos Santos	Brazil	10.33
5	Rui da Silva	Brazil	10.41
6	Osvaldo Lara	Cuba	10.47
7	Rawle Clarke	Barbados	10.48
8	Desai Williams	Canada	10.58

References

1. 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 2019-08-11.
2. Full results
3. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 248. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
4. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 248. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-11.