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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
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 & 9 July
Winning time2:01.2
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Cuba
«1975
1983»

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.

Records

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

World record  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 1:54.94 Montreal, Canada July 26, 1976
Pan American Games record  Madeline Manning (USA) 2:02.3 Winnipeg, Canada 1967

Results

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

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Julie Brown  United States 2:06.1 Q
2 1 Anne Morelli  Canada 2:06.2 Q
3 1 Alejandra Ramos  Chile 2:06.6 Q
4 1 Nery McKeen  Cuba 2:07.0 q
5 2 Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 2:08.9 Q
6 2 Essie Kelley  United States 2:09.2 Q
7 1 Soraya Vieira  Brazil 2:09.3 q
7 2 Brit Lind  Canada 2:09.3 Q
9 2 Helen Blake  Jamaica 2:10.2
10 2 Margit Weise  Brazil 2:13.8
11 2 Marcela López  Argentina 2:14.3
12 2 Ileana Hocking  Puerto Rico 2:16.8
13 1 Eugenia Ponce  Honduras 2:33.9
1 Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Essie Kelley  United States 2:01.2 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julie Brown  United States 2:01.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 2:02.1
4 Anne Morelli  Canada 2:03.0
5 Nery McKeen  Cuba 2:05.4
6 Alejandra Ramos  Chile 2:06.2
7 Brit Lind  Canada 2:06.7
8 Soraya Vieira  Brazil 2:07.3 NR

References

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  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.