Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 & 12 July
Winning time51.81
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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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.

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Records

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

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Marita Koch  (GDR)48.94 Prague, Czechoslovakia August 31, 1978
Pan American Games record Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Joyce Yakubowich  (CAN)51.62 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All times shown are in seconds. [3]

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Heats

[4]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 June Griffith Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 52.83Q
22 Sharon Dabney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.91Q
31 Patricia Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.13Q
42 Aurelia Pentón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 53.37Q
52 Helen Blake Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 54.22Q
62 Marita Payne Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.90q
71 Micheline Racette Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 54.95Q
81 Joece Felipe dos Santos Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 56.39q
91 Denise Muller Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 56.70
102 Tânia Miranda Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 57.12
112 Marcela López Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 57.65
122 Brenda Gordon Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:00.69
131 Eugenia Ponce Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 1:04.14

Final

Held on 12 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Sharon Dabney Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.81
Silver medal icon.svg June Griffith Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 51.81
Bronze medal icon.svg Patricia Jackson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.32
4 Aurelia Pentón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 52.71
5 Micheline Racette Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.30
6 Helen Blake Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 53.41
7 Marita Payne Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.99
8 Joece Felipe dos Santos Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 56.49

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. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. "Heats results". The Times-News. 12 July 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 30 December 2019.