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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates13 July
Winning time4:05.7
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1975
1983»

The women's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Jan Merrill of the United States.

Records

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

World record  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 3:56.0 Podolsk, Soviet Union June 28, 1976
Pan American Games record  Jan Merrill (USA) 4:18.32 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.[3]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mary Decker  United States 4:05.7 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julie Brown  United States 4:06.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Penny Werthner  Canada 4:14.8
4 Francine Gendron  Canada 4:15.0
5 Alejandra Ramos  Chile 4:24.8
6 Ileana Hocking  Puerto Rico 4:27.3
7 Soraya Vieira  Brazil 4:30.2
8 Carmen Garduño  Mexico 4:40.4
9 Angelita Lind  Puerto Rico 4:40.9
10 Norma Franco  El Salvador 5:02.7
11 Edith Rodríguez  Honduras 5:19.1

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. 259. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.