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]
| Women's 3000 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 July | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:53.6 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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1983» | ||||||||||
Records
editPrior 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
editAll 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
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jan Merrill |  United States
|
8:53.6 | GR |
|
Julie Brown | United States
|
8:59.9 | |
|
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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Full results
- ^ 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.