Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 3000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 3000 metres
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	7 July
Win Value:	8:53.6
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Jan Merrill
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Julie Brown
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Geri Fitch
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Next:	1983

The women's 3000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows:

World record

8:27.2

College Park, Australia

August 7, 1976

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds. Since it was the first time this event was held in the Pan American Games, Jan Merrill's winning time was registered as a Pan American record.^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jan Merrill		8:53.6	GR
	Julie Brown		8:59.9
	Geri Fitch		9:35.7
4	Carmen Garduño		9:49.5
5	Carmen Montañez		10:14.8
6	Angelita Lind		10:30.8
7	Norma Franco		10:55.8
8	Edith Rodríguez		11:41.5
	Shauna Miller
	Irma Hernández

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. Book: Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979. 1981. es. 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 259. 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.