Women's 400 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 11 & 12 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 51.81 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The women's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. [1] [2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Joyce Yakubowich of Canada.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 48.94 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | August 31, 1978 |
Pan American Games record | ![]() | 51.62 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
All times shown are in seconds. [3]
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | June Griffith | ![]() | 52.83 | Q |
2 | 2 | Sharon Dabney | ![]() | 52.91 | Q |
3 | 1 | Patricia Jackson | ![]() | 53.13 | Q |
4 | 2 | Aurelia Pentón | ![]() | 53.37 | Q |
5 | 2 | Helen Blake | ![]() | 54.22 | Q |
6 | 2 | Marita Payne | ![]() | 54.90 | q |
7 | 1 | Micheline Racette | ![]() | 54.95 | Q |
8 | 1 | Joece Felipe dos Santos | ![]() | 56.39 | q |
9 | 1 | Denise Muller | ![]() | 56.70 | |
10 | 2 | Tânia Miranda | ![]() | 57.12 | |
11 | 2 | Marcela López | ![]() | 57.65 | |
12 | 2 | Brenda Gordon | ![]() | 1:00.69 | |
13 | 1 | Eugenia Ponce | ![]() | 1:04.14 |
Held on 12 July
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Sharon Dabney | ![]() | 51.81 | |
![]() | June Griffith | ![]() | 51.81 | |
![]() | Patricia Jackson | ![]() | 52.32 | |
4 | Aurelia Pentón | ![]() | 52.71 | |
5 | Micheline Racette | ![]() | 53.30 | |
6 | Helen Blake | ![]() | 53.41 | |
7 | Marita Payne | ![]() | 53.99 | |
8 | Joece Felipe dos Santos | ![]() | 56.49 |