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Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 50 kilometres walk event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 3 August.

Results※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Larry Young	United States	4:38:36
	Gabriel Hernández	Mexico	4:38:46
	John Kniften	United States	4:42:15
4	Rafael Vega	Colombia	4:58:00
5	Adalberto Scorza	Argentina	5:07:29
6	Marcel Jobin	Canada	5:14:33
7	Lucas Lara	Cuba	5:28:30
8	Eladio Campos	Mexico	5:28:31
9	Carlos Vanegas	Nicaragua	5:40:15
	Felix Cappella	Canada	DNF

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