Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2][3] It was the first edition where the 800 metres was contested instead of the 200 metres as part of the pentathlon. It was actually also pentathlon's last appearance at the Games being replaced by the heptathlon from the next edition.

Women's pentathlon at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Winning points4605
Medalists
Gold medal   Canada
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
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Records

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

World record   Nadyezhda Tkachenko (URS) 4839 Lille, France September 18, 1977
Pan American Games record   Patty Winslow (USA) 4860[a] Winnipeg, Canada 1967
  1. ^ Result achieved under different event rules

Results

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KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Points Notes
  Diane Konihowski   Canada 14.18 15.37 1.80 6.20 2:14.2 4605
  Jodi Anderson   United States 13.70 12.28 1.71 6.13 2:10.8 4434
  Jill Ross   Canada 14.32 10.19 1.65 5.93 2:11.2 4112
4 Olga Verissimo   Brazil 14.54 11.84 1.62 5.22 2:21.4 3865
5 Nancy Vallecilla   Ecuador 14.10 10.74 1.56 5.29 2:20.0 3818
6 Yvonne Neddermann   Argentina 14.55w 11.27 1.56 5.46 2:21.8 3815 [4]
7 María Ángeles Cato   Mexico 14.68 10.40 1.65 5.54 2:28.0 3782
8 Elida Aveillé   Cuba 14.38 10.69 1.65 5.52 2:41.0 3706
9 Margaret de Jesús   Puerto Rico 15.65 8.55 1.44 4.32 2:21.4 3105
Jane Frederick   United States 14.01 14.52 1.77 DNS DNF
Alix Castillo   Venezuela DNS DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Detailed results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ^ Full results
  4. ^ Argentine results