Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's shot put
Women's shot put at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 9 July | |||||||||
Winning distance | 18.81 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
The women's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was María Elena Sarría of Cuba.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | Helena Fibingerová (TCH) | 22.32 | Nitra, Czechoslovakia | August 20, 1977 |
Pan American Games record | María Elena Sarría (CUB) | 18.03 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
Results[]
All distances shown are in meters.[3]
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
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María Elena Sarría | Cuba | 18.81 | GR | |
Maren Seidler | United States | 18.57 | ||
Carmen Ionesco | Canada | 16.50 | ||
4 | United States | 16.45 | ||
5 | Cuba | 15.96 | ||
6 | Lucette Moreau | Canada | 14.90 | |
7 | Puerto Rico | 12.36 | ||
Venezuela | DNS |
References[]
- ^ 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. 261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
Categories:
- Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games
- Shot put at the Pan American Games