Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2]

Women's 3000 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates7 July
Winning time8:53.6
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
1983»

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows:

World record  Lyudmila Bragina (URS) 8:27.2 College Park, Australia August 7, 1976

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds. Since it was the first time this event was held in the Pan American Games, Jan Merrill's winning time was registered as a Pan American record.[3]

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Jan Merrill  United States 8:53.6 GR
Julie Brown  United States 8:59.9
Geri Fitch  Canada 9:35.7
4 Carmen Garduño  Mexico 9:49.5
5 Carmen Montañez  Puerto Rico 10:14.8
6 Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico 10:30.8
7 Norma Franco  El Salvador 10:55.8
8 Edith Rodríguez  Colombia 11:41.5
Shauna Miller  Canada DNS
Irma Hernández  Mexico DNS

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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