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

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.

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates12 & 13 July
Winning time12.90
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Cuba
«1975
1983»

Records

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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

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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

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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

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Wind: +3.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Deby LaPlante   United States 12.90
  Sharon Lane   Canada 13.56
  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

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  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.