Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles 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 James King of the United States.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Winning time	49.66
Medalists
James Walker   United States   Antônio Dias Ferreira   Brazil   Frank Montiéh   Cuba
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Edwin Moses (USA)	47.00	Los Angeles, United States	June 11, 1977
Pan American Games record	Ralph Mann (USA)	49.10	Cali, Colombia	1971

Results

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	James Walker	United States	51.28	Q
2	1	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	51.71	Q
3	2	Frank Montiéh	Cuba	51.73	Q
4	1	Ian Newhouse	Canada	52.38	Q
5	1	Alexis Misigñak	Cuba	52.45	Q
6	2	Dionizete de Araujo	Brazil	52.70	Q
7	1	Carlos Yambot	Puerto Rico	53.32	q
8	2	Julio Ferrer	Puerto Rico	53.46	q
9	2	Alfredo Piza	Chile	53.64
10	1	Alfredo Edwards	Chile	54.41
	1	Rafael Echevarría	Mexico	DQ	[4]

Final

Held on 8 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
	James Walker	United States	49.66
	Antônio Dias Ferreira	Brazil	50.85
	Frank Montiéh	Cuba	51.30
4	Julio Ferrer	Puerto Rico	51.48
5	Ian Newhouse	Canada	51.58
6	Dionizete de Araujo	Brazil	51.72
7	Carlos Yambot	Puerto Rico	51.76
8	Alexis Misignak	Cuba	53.08

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. "Semifinals results". Arizona Republic. 8 July 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
4. Mexican results
5. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.