Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

The women's 4 × 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was the Canadian team.

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates14 July
Winning time3:29.4
Medalists
 Rosalyn Bryant, Sharon Dabney, Patricia Jackson, Essie Kelley  United States
 Ana Luisa Guibert, Nery McKeen, Aurelia Pentón, Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba
 Anne Mackie-Morelli, Marita Payne, Micheline Racette, Jeanette Wood  Canada
«1975
1983»
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  East Germany 3:19.23 Montreal, Canada July 31, 1976
Pan American Games record  Canada 3:30.36 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All times shown are in minutes and seconds.[2]

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Final
Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
 United States Sharon Dabney, Patricia Jackson, Rosalyn Bryant, Essie Kelley 3:29.4 GR
 Cuba Ana Fidelia Quirot, Nery McKeen, Ana Luisa Guibert, Aurelia Pentón 3:36.3
 Canada Micheline Racette, Marita Payne, Jeanette Wood, Anne Mackie-Morelli 3:37.6
4  Brazil Tânia Miranda, Margit Weise, Sueli Machado, Joyce dos Santos 3:45.7
5  Puerto Rico Georgina López, Nilsa Paris, Ileana Hocking, Angelita Lind 3:49.4

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. 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.
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