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

The women's long jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Ana Alexander of Cuba.

Women's long jump at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	8 July
Winning distance	6.46
Medalists
Kathy McMillan   United States   Ana Alexander   Cuba   Eloína Echevarría   Cuba
«1975 1983»

Records

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

World record	Vilma Bardauskienė (URS)	7.09	Prague, Czechoslovakia	August 29, 1978
Pan American Games record	Ana Alexander (CUB)	6.63	Mexico City, Mexico	1975

Results

All distances shown are in meters.[2]

KEY:

WR

World Record

GR

Pan American Record

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.46
	Ana Alexander	Cuba	6.31
	Eloína Echevarría	Cuba	6.27
4	Diane Jones-Konihowski	Canada	6.10
5	Jane Frederick	United States	6.10
6	Shonel Ferguson	Bahamas	6.07
7	Madeline de Jesús	Puerto Rico	5.88
8	Jillian Ross	Canada	5.85
9	Jennifer Innis	Guyana	5.56
10	Yvonne Neddermann	Argentina	5.54
11	Nancy Valecilla	Ecuador	5.29
	Themis Zambrzycki	Brazil	DNS
	Sharol Henry	Jamaica	DNS
	Dorothy Scott	Jamaica	DNS
	Sorelli Bohorquez	Venezuela	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. 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.