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

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International sporting event
Women's long jump at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates8 July
Winning distance6.46
Medalists
Gold medal Kathy McMillan  United States
Silver medal Ana Alexander  Cuba
Bronze medal Eloína Echevarría  Cuba
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1979 Pan American Games
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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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Ana Alexander of Cuba.

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.

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kathy McMillan  United States 6.46
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ana Alexander  Cuba 6.31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 Vallecilla  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.
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