Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	7–8 July
Winning time	11.07
Medalists
Evelyn Ashford    United States   Brenda Morehead    United States   Angella Taylor    Canada
«1975 1983»

The women's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 and 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. ^{[1] [2]} The defending Pan American Games champion was Pamela Jiles of the United States.

Records

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

World record	Marlies Göhr  (GDR)	10.88	Dresden, East Germany	July 1, 1977
Pan American Games record	Iris Davis  (USA)	11.20	Cali, Colombia	1971

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

Held on 7 July

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.09	Q, GR
2	3	Brenda Morehead	United States	11.38	Q
3	2	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.42	Q
4	2	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	11.43	Q
5	3	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.49	Q
6	2	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	11.63	Q
7	1	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	11.79	Q [3]
8	1	Isabel Taylor	Cuba	11.85	Q
9	3	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	11.89	Q
10	2	Jennifer Innis	Guyana	11.91	Q
11	1	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	11.94	Q
12	3	Divina Estrella	Dominican Republic	12.07	Q
13	2	Sueli Machado	Brazil	12.11	Q
14	3	Nilsa Paris	Puerto Rico	12.14	Q
15	3	June Caddle	Barbados	12.17	q
16	1	Teresa Almánzar	Dominican Republic	12.36	Q
17	2	Beatriz Capotosto	Argentina	12.42

Semifinals

Held on 7 July ^[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +2.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.05	Q, GR [5]
2	2	Brenda Morehead	United States	11.15	Q
3	2	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.26	Q
4	1	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	11.35	Q
5	2	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	11.48	Q
6	1	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.50	Q
7	2	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	11.74	q
8	2	Isabel Taylor	Cuba	11.81	q
9	1	Jennifer Innis	Guyana	11.88
10	1	Carmela Bolívar	Peru	11.89
11	1	Beatriz Allocco	Argentina	11.96	[3]
12	2	Divina Estrella	Dominican Republic	12.03
13	2	June Caddle	Barbados	12.09
14	2	Nilsa Paris	Puerto Rico	12.10
15	1	Teresa Almánzar	Dominican Republic	12.33
	1	Sueli Machado	Brazil	DNS

Final

Held on 8 July

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.07
	Brenda Morehead	United States	11.11
	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.36
4	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	11.48
5	Leleith Hodges	Jamaica	11.49
6	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	11.69
7	Sheila de Oliveira	Brazil	11.80
8	Isabel Taylor	Cuba	11.94

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. Argentine results
4. "Semifinals results". Arizona Republic. 8 July 1979. p. 26. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
5. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.