Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 and 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathy Weston of the United States.

Women's 800 metres at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	8 & 9 July
Winning time	2:01.2
Medalists
Essie Kelley   United States   Julie Brown   United States   Aurelia Pentón   Cuba
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Tatyana Kazankina (URS)	1:54.94	Montreal, Canada	July 26, 1976
Pan American Games record	Madeline Manning (USA)	2:02.3	Winnipeg, Canada	1967

Results

All times shown are in minutes and seconds.[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Heats

[4][5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Julie Brown	United States	2:06.1	Q
2	1	Anne Morelli	Canada	2:06.2	Q
3	1	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:06.6	Q
4	1	Nery McKeen	Cuba	2:07.0	q
5	2	Aurelia Pentón	Cuba	2:08.9	Q
6	2	Essie Kelley	United States	2:09.2	Q
7	1	Soraya Vieira	Brazil	2:09.3	q
7	2	Brit Lind	Canada	2:09.3	Q
9	2	Helen Blake	Jamaica	2:10.2
10	2	Margit Weise	Brazil	2:13.8
11	2	Marcela López	Argentina	2:14.3
12	2	Ileana Hocking	Puerto Rico	2:16.8
13	1	Eugenia Ponce	Honduras	2:33.9
	1	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Essie Kelley	United States	2:01.2	GR
	Julie Brown	United States	2:01.2
	Aurelia Pentón	Cuba	2:02.1
4	Anne Morelli	Canada	2:03.0
5	Nery McKeen	Cuba	2:05.4
6	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:06.2
7	Brit Lind	Canada	2:06.7
8	Soraya Vieira	Brazil	2:07.3	NR

References

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.
4. "Heats results". Tampa Bay Times. 10 July 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
5. "Soraia é a única finalista nos 800" (in Portuguese). Jornal do Brasil. 9 July 1979. Retrieved 23 November 2019.