Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	7 July
Winning distance	60.58
Medalists
Carmen Romero    Cuba   María Cristina Betancourt    Cuba   Carmen Ionesco    Canada
«1975 1983»

The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. ^{[1] [2]} The defending Pan American Games champion was Carmen Romero of Cuba.

Records

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

World record	Evelin Jahl  (GDR)	70.72	Dresden, East Germany	August 12, 1978
Pan American Games record	Carmen Romero  (CUB)	60.16	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters. ^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Carmen Romero	Cuba	60.58	GR
	María Cristina Betancourt	Cuba	60.44
	Carmen Ionesco	Canada	57.14
4	Lorna Griffin	United States	54.08
5	Lucette Moreau	Canada	52.52
6	Lynne Winbigler	United States	51.66
7	Norma Azcune	Uruguay	40.36
8	María Elena Cajigas	Puerto Rico	38.92

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. 262. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.