Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's long jump

The women's long jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Ana Alexander of Cuba.

Women's long jump at the VIII Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning distance6.46
Medalists
 Kathy McMillan  United States
 Ana Alexander  Cuba
 Eloína Echevarría  Cuba
«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  Vilma Bardauskienė (URS) 7.09 Prague, Czechoslovakia August 29, 1978
Pan American Games record  Ana Alexander (CUB) 6.63 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.[2]

KEY: WRWorld Record GRPan American Record

Final
Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
Kathy McMillan  United States 6.46
Ana Alexander  Cuba 6.31
Eloína Echevarría  Cuba 6.27
4 Diane Jones-Konihowski  Canada 6.10
5 Jane Frederick  United States 6.10
6 Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas 6.07
7 Madeline de Jesús  Puerto Rico 5.88
8 Jillian Ross  Canada 5.85
9 Jennifer Innis  Guyana 5.56
10 Yvonne Neddermann  Argentina 5.54
11 Nancy Valecilla  Ecuador 5.29
Themis Zambrzycki  Brazil DNS
Sharol Henry  Jamaica DNS
Dorothy Scott  Jamaica DNS
Sorelli Bohorquez  Venezuela 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. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.


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