Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres explained

Event:Women's 800 metres
Games:1979
Venue:Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:8 & 9 July
Win Value:2:01.2
Win Label:Winning time
Gold:Essie Kelley
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Julie Brown
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Aurelia Pentón
Bronzenoc:CUB
Prev:1975
Next: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

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

World record1:54.94Montreal, CanadaJuly 26, 1976
Pan American Games record2:02.3Winnipeg, Canada1967

Results

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

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Heats

[4] [5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 2:06.1 Q
2 1 2:06.2 Q
3 1 2:06.6 Q
4 1 2:07.0 q
5 2 2:08.9 Q
6 2 2:09.2 Q
7 1 2:09.3 q
7 2 2:09.3 Q
9 2 2:10.2
10 2 2:13.8
11 2 2:14.3
12 2 2:16.8
13 1 2:33.9
1

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Essie Kelley2:01.2GR
Julie Brown2:01.2
Aurelia Pentón2:02.1
4Anne Morelli2:03.0
5Nery McKeen2:05.4
6Alejandra Ramos2:06.2
7Brit Lind2:06.7
8Soraya Vieira2:07.3NR

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.
  4. News: Heats results . 12 December 2019 . . 10 July 1979 . 10.
  5. News: Soraia é a única finalista nos 800 . 23 November 2019 . . 9 July 1979 . Portuguese.