Women's 800 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 8 & 9 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:01.2 | |||||||||
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 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 and 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. [1] [2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathy Weston of the United States.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 1:54.94 | Montreal, Canada | July 26, 1976 |
Pan American Games record | ![]() | 2:02.3 | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
All times shown are in minutes and seconds. [3]
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Julie Brown | ![]() | 2:06.1 | Q |
2 | 1 | Anne Morelli | ![]() | 2:06.2 | Q |
3 | 1 | Alejandra Ramos | ![]() | 2:06.6 | Q |
4 | 1 | Nery McKeen | ![]() | 2:07.0 | q |
5 | 2 | Aurelia Pentón | ![]() | 2:08.9 | Q |
6 | 2 | Essie Kelley | ![]() | 2:09.2 | Q |
7 | 1 | Soraya Vieira | ![]() | 2:09.3 | q |
7 | 2 | Brit Lind | ![]() | 2:09.3 | Q |
9 | 2 | Helen Blake | ![]() | 2:10.2 | |
10 | 2 | Margit Weise | ![]() | 2:13.8 | |
11 | 2 | Marcela López | ![]() | 2:14.3 | |
12 | 2 | Ileana Hocking | ![]() | 2:16.8 | |
13 | 1 | Eugenia Ponce | ![]() | 2:33.9 | |
1 | Angelita Lind | ![]() | DNS |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Essie Kelley | ![]() | 2:01.2 | GR |
![]() | Julie Brown | ![]() | 2:01.2 | |
![]() | Aurelia Pentón | ![]() | 2:02.1 | |
4 | Anne Morelli | ![]() | 2:03.0 | |
5 | Nery McKeen | ![]() | 2:05.4 | |
6 | Alejandra Ramos | ![]() | 2:06.2 | |
7 | Brit Lind | ![]() | 2:06.7 | |
8 | Soraya Vieira | ![]() | 2:07.3 | NR |