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 America.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1979 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

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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 Misignak	Cuba	52.45	Q
6	2	Donizete Soares	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	Donizete Soares	Brazil	51.72
7	Carlos Yambot	Puerto Rico	51.76
8	Alexis Misignak	Cuba	53.08