Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's pentathlon
| Women's pentathlon at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Winning result | 4605 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
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.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  (URS)
|
4839 | Lille, France | September 18, 1977 |
| Pan American Games record |  (USA)
|
4860[a] | Winnipeg, Canada | 1967 |
- ^ Result achieved under different event rules
Results[]
| 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 |  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 |  Argentina |
14.55w | 11.27 | 1.56 | 5.46 | 2:21.8 | 3815 | [4] | |
| 7 |  Mexico |
14.68 | 10.40 | 1.65 | 5.54 | 2:28.0 | 3782 | ||
| 8 |  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 | ||
 Venezuela |
DNS | – | – | – | – | DNS |
References[]
- ^ "Results". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Detailed results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Full results
- ^ Argentine results
Categories:
- Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Combined events at the Pan American Games