Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 & 9 July
Winning time2:01.2
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 Cuba.svg  Cuba
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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.

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Records

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

World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Kazankina  (URS)1:54.94 Montreal, Canada July 26, 1976
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Madeline Manning  (USA)2:02.3 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

All times shown are in minutes and seconds. [3]

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Heats

[4] [5]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Julie Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.1Q
21 Anne Morelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:06.2Q
31 Alejandra Ramos Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:06.6Q
41 Nery McKeen Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:07.0q
52 Aurelia Pentón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:08.9Q
62 Essie Kelley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09.2Q
71 Soraya Vieira Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:09.3q
72 Brit Lind Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:09.3Q
92 Helen Blake Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:10.2
102 Margit Weise Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:13.8
112 Marcela López Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 2:14.3
122 Ileana Hocking Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:16.8
131 Eugenia Ponce Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 2:33.9
1 Angelita Lind Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico DNS

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Essie Kelley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.2 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Julie Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:01.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Aurelia Pentón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:02.1
4 Anne Morelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:03.0
5 Nery McKeen Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:05.4
6 Alejandra Ramos Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2:06.2
7 Brit Lind Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:06.7
8 Soraya Vieira Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 2:07.3 NR

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.
  4. "Heats results". Tampa Bay Times. 10 July 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. "Soraia é a única finalista nos 800" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 9 July 1979. Retrieved 23 November 2019.