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

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Women's shot put at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates9 July
Winning distance18.81
Medalists
Gold medal María Elena Sarría  Cuba
Silver medal Maren Seidler  United States
Bronze medal Carmen Ionesco  Canada
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
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steeplechase		men
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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. The defending Pan American Games champion was María Elena Sarría of Cuba.

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.

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final

Rank Name Nationality Distance Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) María Elena Sarría  Cuba 18.81 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maren Seidler  United States 18.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 María 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.
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