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

Men's pole vault at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates14 July
Winning height5.15
Medalists
Gold medal Bruce Simpson  Canada
Silver medal Greg Woepse  United States
Bronze medal Brian Morrissette  Virgin Islands
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
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Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vault
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

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

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

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