Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 and 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathy Weston of the United States.

Women's 800 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 & 9 July
Winning time2:01.2
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Cuba
«1975
1983»

Records

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

World record   Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 1:54.94 Montreal, Canada July 26, 1976
Pan American Games record   Madeline Manning (USA) 2:02.3 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

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All times shown are in minutes and seconds.[3]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Heats

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[4][5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Julie Brown   United States 2:06.1 Q
2 1 Anne Morelli   Canada 2:06.2 Q
3 1 Alejandra Ramos   Chile 2:06.6 Q
4 1 Nery McKeen   Cuba 2:07.0 q
5 2 Aurelia Pentón   Cuba 2:08.9 Q
6 2 Essie Kelley   United States 2:09.2 Q
7 1 Soraya Vieira   Brazil 2:09.3 q
7 2 Brit Lind   Canada 2:09.3 Q
9 2 Helen Blake   Jamaica 2:10.2
10 2 Margit Weise   Brazil 2:13.8
11 2 Marcela López   Argentina 2:14.3
12 2 Ileana Hocking   Puerto Rico 2:16.8
13 1 Eugenia Ponce   Honduras 2:33.9
1 Angelita Lind   Puerto Rico DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Essie Kelley   United States 2:01.2 GR
  Julie Brown   United States 2:01.2
  Aurelia Pentón   Cuba 2:02.1
4 Anne Morelli   Canada 2:03.0
5 Nery McKeen   Cuba 2:05.4
6 Alejandra Ramos   Chile 2:06.2
7 Brit Lind   Canada 2:06.7
8 Soraya Vieira   Brazil 2:07.3 NR

References

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  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 2019-08-17.
  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. 259. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. ^ "Heats results". Tampa Bay Times. 10 July 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Soraia é a única finalista nos 800" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 9 July 1979. Retrieved 23 November 2019.