Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 and 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathy Weston of the United States.

Women's 800 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 & 9 July
Winning time2:01.2
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Cuba
«1975
1983»

Records

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

World record  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 1:54.94 Montreal, Canada July 26, 1976
Pan American Games record  Madeline Manning (USA) 2:02.3 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

All times shown are in minutes and seconds.[3]

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Heats

[4][5]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Julie Brown United States2:06.1Q
21Anne Morelli Canada2:06.2Q
31Alejandra Ramos Chile2:06.6Q
41Nery McKeen Cuba2:07.0q
52Aurelia Pentón Cuba2:08.9Q
62Essie Kelley United States2:09.2Q
71Soraya Vieira Brazil2:09.3q
72Brit Lind Canada2:09.3Q
92Helen Blake Jamaica2:10.2
102Margit Weise Brazil2:13.8
112Marcela López Argentina2:14.3
122Ileana Hocking Puerto Rico2:16.8
131Eugenia Ponce Honduras2:33.9
1Angelita Lind Puerto RicoDNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Essie Kelley  United States 2:01.2 GR
Julie Brown  United States 2:01.2
Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 2:02.1
4 Anne Morelli  Canada 2:03.0
5 Nery McKeen  Cuba 2:05.4
6 Alejandra Ramos  Chile 2:06.2
7 Brit Lind  Canada 2:06.7
8 Soraya Vieira  Brazil 2:07.3 NR

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.
  4. "Heats results". Tampa Bay Times. 10 July 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. "Soraia é a única finalista nos 800" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 9 July 1979. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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