Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's high jump

The women's high jump 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 Joni Huntley of the United States.

Women's high jump at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	13 July
Winning height	1.93
Medalists
Louise Ritter   United States   Pam Spencer   United States   Debbie Brill   Canada
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Sara Simeoni (ITA)	2.01	Prague, Czechoslovakia	August 31, 1978
Pan American Games record	Joni Huntley (USA)	1.89	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All heights shown are in meters.[3]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Height	Notes
	Louise Ritter	United States	1.93	GR
	Pam Spencer	United States	1.87
	Debbie Brill	Canada	1.85
4	Julie White	Canada	1.85
5	Maria Domingues	Brazil	1.83
6	Angela Carbonell	Cuba	1.81
7	Elizabeth Huber	Chile	1.74
8	Silvia Costa	Cuba	1.74
9	Liliana Arigoni	Argentina	1.74
10	Rafaela Flores	Puerto Rico	1.55
	Ana Hidalgo	Puerto Rico	DNS

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