Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault

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Men's pole vault at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates14 July
Winning height5.15
Medalists
Gold medal   Canada
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Virgin Islands
«1975
1983»

The men's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2]

Records[edit]

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

World record  David Roberts (USA) 5.70 Eugene, Oregon, United States June 22, 1976
Pan American Games record  Earl Bell (USA) 5.40 Mexico City, Mexico October 1975

Results[edit]

All heights shown are in meters.

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bruce Simpson  Canada 5.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Greg Woepse  United States 5.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brian Morrissette  United States Virgin Islands 4.85
Edgardo Rivera  Puerto Rico NM
Carlos Zequeira  Puerto Rico NM
Billy Olsen  United States DNS

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ Full results