Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres 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 Joyce Yakubowich of Canada.

Women's 400 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 & 12 July
Winning time51.81
Medalists
   United States
   Guyana
   United States
«1975
1983»

Records

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

World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 48.94 Prague, Czechoslovakia August 31, 1978
Pan American Games record  Joyce Yakubowich (CAN) 51.62 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All times shown are in seconds.[3]

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Heats

[4]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11June Griffith Guyana52.83Q
22Sharon Dabney United States52.91Q
31Patricia Jackson United States53.13Q
42Aurelia Pentón Cuba53.37Q
52Helen Blake Jamaica54.22Q
62Marita Payne Canada54.90q
71Micheline Racette Canada54.95Q
81Joece Felipe dos Santos Brazil56.39q
91Denise Muller Virgin Islands56.70
102Tânia Miranda Brazil57.12
112Marcela López Argentina57.65
122Brenda Gordon Virgin Islands1:00.69
131Eugenia Ponce Honduras1:04.14

Final

Held on 12 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Sharon Dabney  United States 51.81
June Griffith  Guyana 51.81
Patricia Jackson  United States 52.32
4 Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 52.71
5 Micheline Racette  Canada 53.30
6 Helen Blake  Jamaica 53.41
7 Marita Payne  Canada 53.99
8 Joece Felipe dos Santos  Brazil 56.49

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. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. "Heats results". The Times-News. 12 July 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
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