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

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Women's 3000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates7 July
Winning time8:53.6
Medalists
Gold medal  File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver medal  File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze medal  File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
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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 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 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 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8:53.6 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julie Brown File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8:59.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Geri Fitch File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 9:35.7
4 Carmen Garduño File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 9:49.5
5 Carmen Montañez File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 10:14.8
6 Angelita Lind File:Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg Puerto Rico 10:30.8
7 Norma Franco File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 10:55.8
8 Edith Rodríguez File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 11:41.5
Shauna Miller File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada DNS
Irma Hernández File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico DNS

References

  1. Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in español). 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 español). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 259. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.