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

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Women's 3000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates7 July
Winning time8:53.6
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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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]

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Records

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

World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  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:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jan Merrill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:53.6GR
Silver medal icon.svg Julie Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:59.9
Bronze medal icon.svg Geri Fitch Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:35.7
4 Carmen Garduño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9:49.5
5 Carmen Montañez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 10:14.8
6 Angelita Lind Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 10:30.8
7 Norma Franco Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 10:55.8
8 Edith Rodríguez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 11:41.5
Shauna Miller Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNS
Irma Hernández Flag of Mexico.svg  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.