Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record was as follows: World record8:27.2College Park, AustraliaAugust 7, 1976

Results All times are in minutes and seconds. Since it was the first time this event was held in the Pan American Games, Jan Merrill's winning time was registered as a Pan American record.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityTimeNotesJan Merrill8:53.6GRJulie Brown8:59.9Geri Fitch9:35.74Carmen Garduño9:49.55Carmen Montañez10:14.86Angelita Lind10:30.87Norma Franco10:55.88Edith Rodríguez11:41.5Shauna MillerIrma Hernández

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