Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Jan Merrill of the United States.

Women's 1500 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates13 July
Winning time4:05.7
Medalists
 Mary Decker  United States
 Julie Brown  United States
 Penny Werthner  Canada
«1975
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Records

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

World record  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 3:56.0 Podolsk, Soviet Union June 28, 1976
Pan American Games record  Jan Merrill (USA) 4:18.32 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.[3]

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Final
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Mary Decker  United States 4:05.7 GR
Julie Brown  United States 4:06.4
Penny Werthner  Canada 4:14.8
4 Francine Gendron  Canada 4:15.0
5 Alejandra Ramos  Chile 4:24.8
6 Ileana Hocking  Puerto Rico 4:27.3
7 Soraya Vieira  Brazil 4:30.2
8 Carmen Garduño  Mexico 4:40.4
9 Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico 4:40.9
10 Norma Franco  El Salvador 5:02.7
11 Edith Rodríguez  Honduras 5:19.1

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. 259. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
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