Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw 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 John Powell of the United States.

Men's discus throw at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	11 July
Winning distance	63.30
Medalists
Mac Wilkins   United States   Bradley Cooper   Bahamas   Luis Delís   Cuba
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)	71.16	Berlin, Germany	August 9, 1978
Pan American Games record	John Powell (USA)	62.36	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Mac Wilkins	United States	63.30	GR
	Bradley Cooper	Bahamas	62.16
	Luis Delís	Cuba	61.60
4	Juan Martínez Brito	Cuba	60.80
5	Boris Chambul	Canada	59.42
6	Robert Gray	Canada	54.30
7	Gert Weil	Chile	43.24
	Pedro Serrano	Puerto Rico	DNS
	Ken Stadel	United States	DNS
	Luis Palacios	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 2019-08-16.
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. 255. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.