Women's long jump at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 8 July | |||||||||
Winning distance | 6.46 | |||||||||
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 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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 7.09 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | August 29, 1978 |
Pan American Games record | ![]() | 6.63 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
All distances shown are in meters. [2]
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
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![]() | Kathy McMillan | ![]() | 6.46 | |
![]() | Ana Alexander | ![]() | 6.31 | |
![]() | Eloína Echevarría | ![]() | 6.27 | |
4 | Diane Jones-Konihowski | ![]() | 6.10 | |
5 | Jane Frederick | ![]() | 6.10 | |
6 | Shonel Ferguson | ![]() | 6.07 | |
7 | Madeline de Jesús | ![]() | 5.88 | |
8 | Jillian Ross | ![]() | 5.85 | |
9 | Jennifer Innis | ![]() | 5.56 | |
10 | Yvonne Neddermann | ![]() | 5.54 | |
11 | Nancy Vallecilla | ![]() | 5.29 | |
Themis Zambrzycki | ![]() | DNS | ||
Sharol Henry | ![]() | DNS | ||
Dorothy Scott | ![]() | DNS | ||
Sorelli Bohorquez | ![]() | DNS |