Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres
| Women's 800 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 8 & 9 July | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:01.2 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
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.
Records[edit]
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[edit]
All times shown are in minutes and seconds.[3]
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Full results
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Heats results". Tampa Bay Times. 10 July 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Soraia é a única finalista nos 800" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 9 July 1979. Retrieved 23 November 2019.