Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 11 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Domingo Tibaduiza of Colombia.

Men's 5000 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	11 July
Winning time	14:01.0
Medalists
Matt Centrowitz   United States   Herb Lindsay   United States   Rodolfo Gómez   Mexico
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Henry Rono (KEN)	13:08.4	Berkeley, United States	April 8, 1978
Pan American Games record	Van Nelson (USA)	13:47.4	Winnipeg, Canada	1967

Results

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[3]	Notes
	Matt Centrowitz	United States	14:01.0
	Herb Lindsay	United States	14:04.1
	Rodolfo Gómez	Mexico	14:05.0
4	Enrique Aquino	Mexico	14:05.9
5	Peter Butler	Canada	14:07.6
6	Jaime Vélez	Puerto Rico	14:17.2
7	Víctor Mora	Colombia	14:17.7
8	Jorge Monín	Argentina	14:21.3
9	Luis Tipán	Ecuador	14:29.1
10	José Cobo	Cuba	15:00.5
11	Sergio Gregorio da Silva	Brazil	15:07.7
12	Luis Aquillón	El Salvador	15:22.5
	Silvio Salazar	Colombia	DNS
	Domingo Tibaduiza	Colombia	DNS
	Errol Drakes	Guyana	DNS
	Michael Fuertado	Jamaica	DNS
	Luis Hernández	Mexico	DNS
	Lucirio Garrido	Venezuela	DNS
	Víctor Gil	Venezuela	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. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 250. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-15.