The women's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Jan Merrill of the United States.
| Women's 1500 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 July | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:05.7 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Tatyana Kazankina (URS)
|
3:56.0 | Podolsk, Soviet Union | June 28, 1976 |
| Pan American Games record |  Jan Merrill (USA)
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4:18.32 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
Results edit
All times are in minutes and seconds.[3]
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mary Decker |  United States
|
4:05.7 | GR |
|
Julie Brown | United States
|
4:06.4 | |
|
Penny Werthner |  Canada
|
4:14.8 | |
| 4 | Francine Gendron | Canada
|
4:15.0 | |
| 5 | Alejandra Ramos |  Chile
|
4:24.8 | |
| 6 | Ileana Hocking |  Puerto Rico
|
4:27.3 | |
| 7 | Soraya Vieira |  Brazil
|
4:30.2 | |
| 8 | Carmen Garduño |  Mexico
|
4:40.4 | |
| 9 | Angelita Lind | Puerto Rico
|
4:40.9 | |
| 10 | Norma Franco |  El Salvador
|
5:02.7 | |
| 11 | Edith Rodríguez |  Honduras
|
5:19.1 |
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Full results
- ^ 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.