Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's high jump explained

Event:	Women's high jump
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	13 July
Win Value:	1.93
Win Label:	Winning height
Gold:	Louise Ritter
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Pam Spencer
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Debbie Brill
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The women's high jump 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 Joni Huntley of the United States.

Records

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

World record		2.01	Prague, Czechoslovakia	August 31, 1978
Pan American Games record		1.89	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All heights shown are in meters.^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	Notes
	Louise Ritter		1.93	GR
	Pam Spencer		1.87
	Debbie Brill		1.85
	Julie White		1.85
	Maria Domingues		1.83
	Angela Carbonell		1.81
	Elizabeth Huber		1.74
	Silvia Costa		1.74
	Liliana Arigoni		1.74
10	Rafaela Flores		1.55
	Ana Hidalgo

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). 261. 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.