Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the Pan American Games

The women's 800 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 14 and 15 October. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kathy Weston   United States	Abby Hoffman   Canada	Kathie Hall   United States

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kathie Hall	United States	2:09.71	Q
2	2	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:10.32	Q
3	2	Kathy Weston	United States	2:10.39	Q
4	1	Rosângela Verissimo	Brazil	2:11.27	Q
5	1	Ana María Nielsen	Argentina	2:13.50	q
6	2	Araceli Arana	Mexico	2:13.90	q
7	2	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:15.39
8	3	Joan Wenzel	Canada	2:15.48	Doping
8	2	Thelma Zúñiga	Costa Rica	2:16.82
9	3	Mercedes Álvarez	Cuba	2:17.26	Q
10	3	Iris Fernández	Argentina	2:18.68
	1	Patricia Selmo	Dominican Republic	DQ

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kathy Weston	United States	2:04.93
	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:05.25
3	Joan Wenzel	Canada	2:06.93	Doping [5]
	Kathie Hall	United States	2:07.56
4	Ana María Nielsen	Argentina	2:09.86
5	Araceli Arana	Mexico	2:10.96
6	Mercedes Álvarez	Cuba	2:15.41
	Rosângela Verissimo	Brazil	DNS

References

1. "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
2. Full results
3. Argentine results
4. "Final results". Tampa Bay Times. 16 October 1975. p. 10. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
5. Rosen, Daniel M. (2008). Dope: A History of Performance Enhancement in Sports from the Nineteenth Century to Today. p. 45. ISBN   9780313345210 . Retrieved 11 December 2019.