Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	7–8 July
Win Value:	11.07
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Evelyn Ashford
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Brenda Morehead
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Angella Taylor
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The women's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 and 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.^{[1] [2]} The defending Pan American Games champion was Pamela Jiles of the United States.

Records

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

World record		10.88	Dresden, East Germany	July 1, 1977
Pan American Games record		11.20	Cali, Colombia	1971

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

Held on 7 July

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			11.09	Q, GR
2	3			11.38	Q
3	2			11.42	Q
4	2			11.43	Q
5	3			11.49	Q
6	2			11.63	Q
7	1			11.79	Q^[3]
8	1			11.85	Q
9	3			11.89	Q
10	2			11.91	Q
11	1			11.94	Q
12	3			12.07	Q
13	2			12.11	Q
14	3			12.14	Q
15	3			12.17	q
16	1			12.36	Q
17	2			12.42

Semifinals

Held on 7 July^[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +2.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			11.05	Q, GR^[5]
2	2			11.15	Q
3	2			11.26	Q
4	1			11.35	Q
5	2			11.48	Q
6	1			11.50	Q
7	2			11.74	q
8	2			11.81	q
9	1			11.88
10	1			11.89
11	1			11.96
12	2			12.03
13	2			12.09
14	2			12.10
15	1			12.33
	1

Final

Held on 8 July

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Evelyn Ashford		11.07
	Brenda Morehead		11.11
	Angella Taylor		11.36
4	Silvia Chivás		11.48
5	Leleith Hodges		11.49
6	Rosie Allwood		11.69
7	Sheila de Oliveira		11.80
8	Isabel Taylor		11.94

Notes and References

1. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 197. PDF. 2019-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.
2. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1979.pdf Full results
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20081203003345/http://www.cada-atletismo.org/enlospan.pdf Argentine results
4. News: Semifinals results . 30 December 2019 . . 8 July 1979 . 26.
5. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 258. PDF. 2019-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811030601/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/panamgames/1979-san-juan-tomo-1-lq.pdf. 2019-08-11. dead.