Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw

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Women's discus throw at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates7 July
Winning distance60.58
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
«1975
1983»

The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. [1] [2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Carmen Romero of Cuba.

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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  Evelin Jahl  (GDR)70.72 Dresden, East Germany August 12, 1978
Pan American Games record Flag of Cuba.svg  Carmen Romero  (CUB)60.16 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters. [3]

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final

RankNameNationalityDistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Carmen Romero Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 60.58 GR
Silver medal icon.svg María Cristina Betancourt Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 60.44
Bronze medal icon.svg Carmen Ionesco Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.14
4 Lorna Griffin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.08
5 Lucette Moreau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.52
6 Lynne Winbigler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 51.66
7 Norma Azcune Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 40.36
8 María Elena Cajigas Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 38.92

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. 262. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.