Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's long jump

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Women's long jump at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning distance6.46
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
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The women's long jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Ana Alexander 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 the Soviet Union.svg  Vilma Bardauskienė  (URS)7.09 Prague, Czechoslovakia August 29, 1978
Pan American Games record Flag of Cuba.svg  Ana Alexander  (CUB)6.63 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters. [2]

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final

RankNameNationalityDistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Kathy McMillan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.46
Silver medal icon.svg Ana Alexander Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6.31
Bronze medal icon.svg Eloína Echevarría Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 6.27
4 Diane Jones-Konihowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6.10
5 Jane Frederick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.10
6 Shonel Ferguson Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 6.07
7 Madeline de Jesús Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 5.88
8 Jillian Ross Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5.85
9 Jennifer Innis Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 5.56
10 Yvonne Neddermann Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 5.54
11 Nancy Vallecilla Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 5.29
Themis Zambrzycki Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil DNS
Sharol Henry Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica DNS
Dorothy Scott Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica DNS
Sorelli Bohorquez Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela DNS

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. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.