Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres hurdles

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Pan American Games

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 31 July and 1 August. It was the first time this distance was held at the Games replacing the 80 metres hurdles.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Patty Johnson  United States	Marlene Elejarde  Cuba	Penny May  Canada

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +2.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Patty Johnson	United States	13.46	Q
2	1	Lourdes Jones	Cuba	13.61	Q
3	1	Penny May	Canada	13.62	Q
4	2	Marlene Elejarde	Cuba	13.70	Q
5	1	Mercedes Román	Mexico	14.29	Q
6	1	Emilia Dyrzka	Argentina	14.52
7	2	Jenny Meldrum	Canada	14.53	Q
8	2	Edith Noeding	Peru	14.77	Q
9	2	Amaya Barturen	Chile	15.13	Q
10	2	Mayra Figueroa	Guatemala	18.05
	2	Pat Donnelly	United States	DQ
	1	Lucía Vaamonde	Venezuela	DNS
	2	Aída dos Santos	Brazil	DNS

Final

Wind: +4.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Patty Johnson	United States	13.19
	Marlene Elejarde	Cuba	13.54
	Penny May	Canada	13.70
4	Mercedes Román	Mexico	14.43
5	Edith Noeding	Peru	14.70
6	Jenny Meldrum	Canada	14.73
7	Amaya Barturen	Chile	15.38
	Lourdes Jones	Cuba	DNF