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Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metres

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Women's 400 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates11 & 12 July
Winning time51.81
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Guyana
Bronze medal   United States
«1975
1983»

The women's 400 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was Joyce Yakubowich of Canada.

Records

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

World record  Marita Koch (GDR) 48.94 Prague, Czechoslovakia August 31, 1978
Pan American Games record  Joyce Yakubowich (CAN) 51.62 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results

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All times shown are in seconds.[3]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 June Griffith  Guyana 52.83 Q
2 2 Sharon Dabney  United States 52.91 Q
3 1 Patricia Jackson  United States 53.13 Q
4 2 Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 53.37 Q
5 2 Helen Blake  Jamaica 54.22 Q
6 2 Marita Payne  Canada 54.90 q
7 1 Micheline Racette  Canada 54.95 Q
8 1 Joece Felipe dos Santos  Brazil 56.39 q
9 1 Denise Muller  Virgin Islands 56.70
10 2 Tânia Miranda  Brazil 57.12
11 2 Marcela López  Argentina 57.65
12 2 Brenda Gordon  Virgin Islands 1:00.69
13 1 Eugenia Ponce  Honduras 1:04.14

Final

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Held on 12 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sharon Dabney  United States 51.81
2nd place, silver medalist(s) June Griffith  Guyana 51.81
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Patricia Jackson  United States 52.32
4 Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 52.71
5 Micheline Racette  Canada 53.30
6 Helen Blake  Jamaica 53.41
7 Marita Payne  Canada 53.99
8 Joece Felipe dos Santos  Brazil 56.49

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. 258. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. ^ "Heats results". The Times-News. 12 July 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 30 December 2019.