The women's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 and 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Pamela Jiles of the United States.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record10.88Dresden, East GermanyJuly 1, 1977Pan American Games record11.20Cali, Colombia1971
Results All times shown are in seconds. KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats Held on 7 July
Wind:Heat 1: +1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Evelyn Ashford 11.09 Q, GR 2 3 Brenda Morehead 11.38 Q 3 2 Angella Taylor 11.42 Q 4 2 Silvia Chivás 11.43 Q 5 3 Leleith Hodges 11.49 Q 6 2 Rosie Allwood 11.63 Q 7 1 Beatriz Allocco 11.79 QArgentine results 8 1 Isabel Taylor 11.85 Q 9 3 Sheila de Oliveira 11.89 Q 10 2 Jennifer Innis 11.91 Q 11 1 Carmela Bolívar 11.94 Q 12 3 Divina Estrella 12.07 Q 13 2 Sueli Machado 12.11 Q 14 3 Nilsa Paris 12.14 Q 15 3 June Caddle 12.17 q 16 1 Teresa Almánzar 12.36 Q 17 2 Beatriz Capotosto 12.42
Semifinals Held on 7 July
Wind:Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +2.7 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Evelyn Ashford 11.05 Q, GR 2 2 Brenda Morehead 11.15 Q 3 2 Angella Taylor 11.26 Q 4 1 Silvia Chivás 11.35 Q 5 2 Rosie Allwood 11.48 Q 6 1 Leleith Hodges 11.50 Q 7 2 Sheila de Oliveira 11.74 q 8 2 Isabel Taylor 11.81 q 9 1 Jennifer Innis 11.88 10 1 Carmela Bolívar 11.89 11 1 Beatriz Allocco 11.96 12 2 Divina Estrella 12.03 13 2 June Caddle 12.09 14 2 Nilsa Paris 12.10 15 1 Teresa Almánzar 12.33 1 Sueli Machado
Final Held on 8 July
Wind: +0.9 m/s RankNameNationalityTimeNotesEvelyn Ashford11.07Brenda Morehead11.11Angella Taylor11.364Silvia Chivás11.485Leleith Hodges11.496Rosie Allwood11.697Sheila de Oliveira11.808Isabel Taylor11.94
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