Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	7 July
Winning time	8:53.6
Medalists
Jan Merrill    United States   Julie Brown    United States   Geri Fitch    Canada
1983»

The women's 3000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows:

World record

Lyudmila Bragina  (URS)

8:27.2

College Park, Australia

August 7, 1976

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds. Since it was the first time this event was held in the Pan American Games, Jan Merrill's winning time was registered as a Pan American record. ^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jan Merrill	United States	8:53.6	GR
	Julie Brown	United States	8:59.9
	Geri Fitch	Canada	9:35.7
4	Carmen Garduño	Mexico	9:49.5
5	Carmen Montañez	Puerto Rico	10:14.8
6	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	10:30.8
7	Norma Franco	El Salvador	10:55.8
8	Edith Rodríguez	Colombia	11:41.5
	Shauna Miller	Canada	DNS
	Irma Hernández	Mexico	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. 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.