Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres sprint 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 Tony Waldrop of the United States.

Men's 1500 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	12 & 14 July
Winning time	3:40.4
Medalists
Don Paige   United States   Todd Harbour   United States   Agberto Guimarães   Brazil
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Filbert Bayi (TAN)	3:32.16	Christchurch, New Zealand	February 2, 1974
Pan American Games record	Marty Liquori (USA)	3:42.1	Cali, Colombia	1971

Results

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

Held on 12 July[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Craig	Canada	3:45.2	Q
2	1	Eduardo Castro	Mexico	3:45.5	Q
3	1	Don Paige	United States	3:45.5	Q
4	1	Luis Medina	Cuba	3:45.6	Q
5	2	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	3:45.8	Q
6	2	Peter Spir	Canada	3:45.8	Q
7	1	José González	Venezuela	3:45.9	Q
8	2	Todd Harbour	United States	3:46.0	Q
9	1	Jorge Ortiz	Puerto Rico	3:46.0	q
10	2	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	3:46.1	Q
11	2	Michael Watson	Bermuda	3:46.1	Q
12	2	Leandro Civil	Cuba	3:47.3	q
13	1	Alberto Lopes	Brazil	3:48.1
14	2	Modesto Comprés	Dominican Republic	3:49.9
15	1	Abel Godoy	Uruguay	3:50.5
16	2	Juan Aquino	Puerto Rico	3:50.9
17	1	Emilio Ulloa	Chile	3:51.2
18	2	Eduardo Valenzuela	Chile	3:59.3
19	1	Adolfo Banegas	Honduras	4:08.9
	1	Omar Andematten	Argentina	DNF

Final

Held on 14 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[4]	Notes
	Don Paige	United States	3:40.5	GR
	Todd Harbour	United States	3:41.5
	Agberto Guimarães	Brazil	3:41.5
4	Eduardo Castro	Mexico	3:42.1
5	John Craig	Canada	3:42.6
6	Peter Spir	Canada	3:46.0
7	Michael Watson	Bermuda	3:46.3
8	José González	Venezuela	3:46.7
9	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	3:49.2
10	Jorge Ortiz	Puerto Rico	3:49.8
11	Leandro Civil	Cuba	3:52.4
	Luis Medina	Cuba	DNS

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 2019-08-15.
2. Full results
3. "Heats results". Tampa Bay Times. 13 July 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
4. 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.