Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's shot put

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.

Women's shot put at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Estadio Sixto Escobar
Dates	9 July
Winning distance	18.81
Medalists
María Elena Sarría   Cuba   Maren Seidler   United States   Carmen Ionesco   Canada
«1975 1983»

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
	María Elena Sarría	Cuba	18.81	GR
	Maren Seidler	United States	18.57
	Carmen Ionesco	Canada	16.50
4	Ann Turbyne	United States	16.45
5	Hilda Ramírez	Cuba	15.96
6	Lucette Moreau	Canada	14.90
7	Victoria López	Puerto Rico	12.36
	Patricia Andrus	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. 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.