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

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates12 & 13 July
Winning time12.90
Medalists
Gold medal Deby LaPlante  United States
Silver medal Sharon Lane  Canada
Bronze medal Grisel Machado  Cuba
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
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The women's 100 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Edith Noeding of Peru.

Records

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

World record  Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 12.48 Fürth, West Germany June 10, 1978
Pan American Games record  Patty Johnson (USA) 13.1 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results

All times are in seconds. Deby LaPlante's winning time of 12.90 seconds in the final was not registered as a Pan American record because of wind conditions.[3]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Heats

[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +3.4 m/s, Heat 2: +2.8 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Deby LaPlante  United States 12.97 Q
2 1 Sharon Lane  Canada 13.64 Q
3 2 Cecilia Branch  Canada 13.73 Q
4 2 Candy Young  United States 13.74 Q
5 1 Nancy Vallecilla  Ecuador 13.98 Q
6 2 Grisel Machado  Cuba 14.13 Q
7 1 María Larrazábal  Cuba 14.27 q
8 1 Beatriz Capotosto  Argentina 14.34 q
9 2 Yvonne Neddermann  Argentina 14.44
10 1 Olga Verissimo  Brazil 14.47
11 1 June Caddle  Barbados 14.63
12 2 María Ángeles Cato  Mexico 14.66
13 2 Marisela Peralta  Dominican Republic 14.72

Final

Wind: +3.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deby LaPlante  United States 12.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sharon Lane  Canada 13.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grisel Machado  Cuba 13.60
4 Candy Young  United States 13.67
5 Cecilia Branch  Canada 14.03
6 Beatriz Capotosto  Argentina 14.18
7 Nancy Vallecilla  Ecuador 14.23
8 María Larrazábal  Cuba 14.53

References

  1. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. ^ Full results
  3. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 260. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. ^ "Heats results". Tampa Bay Times. 13 July 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 12 December 2019.