The eighth edition of the Men's Football Tournament at the Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 2 July to 14 July 1979. Nine teams competed in a first round-robin competition, with Brazil defending the title. After the preliminary round there was a second round, followed by a knock-out stage.CONCACAF.com – This Week in CONCACAF History: July 1-9 – 1 July 2011

Games were played at Estadio Country Club, Estadio Sixto Escobar and Estadio Hiram Bithorn. Brazil won their third gold medal after beating Cuba in the final.Panamerican Games 1979 (San Juan, Puerto Rico) by José de Jesus Mora Rivera, Barrie Courtney and Neil Morrison on the RSSSF Participants

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA142200302120112331201124

Group C Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA142200912221012330200207

Second round

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Group B Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA132110502321104030200209

Fifth-place match

Notes

Bronze medal match

Gold Medal match

Awards

Medalists VIII Juegos Panamericanos - Memoria, p. 336 on PanamSports.com 1 – Solitinho 2 – Luís Cláudio 3 – Wagner Basílio 4 – Valdoir 5 – Vítor 6 – João Luiz 7 – Mica 8 – Cléo 9 – Silva 10 – Jackson 11 – Silvinho 12 – Luís Henrique 13 – Oswaldo 14 – Édson Boaro 15 – Gilcimar 16 – Rogério 17 – Cristovão 18 – Jérson

(HC – Mário Travaglini) 1 – José Francisco Reinoso 2 – Francisco López Ríos 3 – Raimundo Frometa 4 – Luis Sánchez 7 – Andrés Roldán 8 – Amado Povea 9 – Dagoberto Lara 10 – Ramón Núñez 11 – Jorge Maya 12 – Luis Dreke 13 – Pedro Fenton 14 – Regino Delgado 15 – Jorge Massó 17 – Carlos Loredo 18 – Guillermo Mestre 19 – Roberto Pereira 20 – Hugo Madera 21 – Calixto Martínez

(HC – Roberto Hernández) Historial de participaciones de la Selección Argentina en los Juegos Panamericanos on AFA.org, 26 Jul 2019 1 – Oscar Rogélio Quiroga 2 – José Omar Beccerica 3 – Victorio Ocaño 4 – Lucio Del Mul 5 – Juan Cabrera 6 – Víctor Binello 7 – Héctor Boccanelli 8 – Eusebio Roldán 9 – Víctor Sosa 10 – Salvador Mastrosimone 11 – Antonio Alderete 12 – Guillermo Bosio 13 – Enrique Veloso 14 – Luis Rolfo 15 – Roberto Gasparini 16 – Marcelo Fredes 17 – Luis Amuchástegui 18 – Osvaldo Coloccini

(HC – Roberto Saporiti)

Goalscorers

References