Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's shot put explained

Event:	Women's shot put
Games:	1979
Venue:	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates:	9 July
Win Value:	18.81
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	María Elena Sarría
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Maren Seidler
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Carmen Ionesco
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The women's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.^{[1] [2]} The defending Pan American Games champion was María Elena Sarría of Cuba.

Records

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

World record		22.32	Nitra, Czechoslovakia	August 20, 1977
Pan American Games record		18.03	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.^[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	María Elena Sarría		18.81	GR
	Maren Seidler		18.57
	Carmen Ionesco		16.50
4	Ann Turbyne		16.45
5	Hilda Ramírez		15.96
6	Lucette Moreau		14.90
7	Victoria López		12.36
	Patricia Andrus

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.