Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's high jump
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| Men's high jump at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Winning height | 2.26 | |||||||||
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The men's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Tom Woods of the United States.
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) |
2.34 | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | June 16, 1978 |
| Pan American Games record |  Tom Woods (USA) |
2.25 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
Results
All heights shown are in meters.[2]
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Height[3] | Notes |
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Franklin Jacobs |  United States |
2.26 | GR |
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Benn Fields | United States |
2.19 | |
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Milton Ottey |  Canada |
2.19 | |
| 4 | Francisco Centelles |  Cuba |
2.17 | |
| 5 | Dean Bauck | Canada |
2.15 | |
| 6 | Carlos Acosta |  Puerto Rico |
2.15 | |
| 7 | Cristóbal de León |  Dominican Republic |
2.12 | |
| 8 | Richard Spencer | Cuba |
2.09 |
