Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Edith Noeding of Peru.

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates12 & 13 July
Winning time12.90
Medalists
   United States
   Canada
   Cuba
«1975
1983»

Records

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

World record  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 12.48 Fürth, West Germany June 10, 1978
Pan American Games record  Patty Johnson (USA) 13.1 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results

All times are in seconds. Deby LaPlante's winning time of 12.90 seconds in the final was not registered as a Pan American record because of wind conditions.[3]

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Heats

[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.4 m/s, Heat 2: +2.8 m/s

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Deby LaPlante United States12.97Q
21Sharon Lane Canada13.64Q
32Cecilia Branch Canada13.73Q
42Candy Young United States13.74Q
51Nancy Vallecilla Ecuador13.98Q
62Grisel Machado Cuba14.13Q
71María Larrazábal Cuba14.27q
81Beatriz Capotosto Argentina14.34q
92Yvonne Neddermann Argentina14.44
101Olga Verissimo Brazil14.47
111June Caddle Barbados14.63
122María Ángeles Cato Mexico14.66
132Marisela Peralta Dominican Republic14.72

Final

Wind: +3.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Deby LaPlante  United States 12.90
Sharon Lane  Canada 13.56
Grisel Machado  Cuba 13.60
4 Candy Young  United States 13.67
5 Cecilia Branch  Canada 14.03
6 Beatriz Capotosto  Argentina 14.18
7 Nancy Vallecilla  Ecuador 14.23
8 María Larrazábal  Cuba 14.53

References

  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. 260. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. "Heats results". Tampa Bay Times. 13 July 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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