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

Women's 3000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates7 July
Winning time8:53.6
Medalists
Gold medal Jan Merrill  United States
Silver medal Julie Brown  United States
Bronze medal Geri Fitch  Canada
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
Track events
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100 m hurdleswomen
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3000 m
steeplechase		men
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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  Lyudmila Bragina (URS) 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jan Merrill  United States 8:53.6 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julie Brown  United States 8:59.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Geri Fitch  Canada 9:35.7
4 Carmen Garduño  Mexico 9:49.5
5 Carmen Montañez  Puerto Rico 10:14.8
6 Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico 10:30.8
7 Norma Franco  El Salvador 10:55.8
8 Edith Rodríguez  Colombia 11:41.5
Shauna Miller  Canada DNS
Irma Hernández  Mexico DNS

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. 259. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.