The women's 100 metres hurdles sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Edith Noeding of Peru.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record12.48Fürth, West GermanyJune 10, 1978Pan American Games record13.1Cali, Colombia1971
Results All times are in seconds. Deby LaPlante's winning time of 12.90 seconds in the final was not registered as a Pan American record because of wind conditions.
KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +3.4 m/s, Heat 2: +2.8 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Deby LaPlante 12.97 Q 2 1 Sharon Lane 13.64 Q 3 2 Cecilia Branch 13.73 Q 4 2 Candy Young 13.74 Q 5 1 Nancy Vallecilla 13.98 Q 6 2 Grisel Machado 14.13 Q 7 1 María Larrazábal 14.27 q 8 1 Beatriz Capotosto 14.34 q 9 2 Yvonne Neddermann 14.44 10 1 Olga Verissimo 14.47 11 1 June Caddle 14.63 12 2 María Ángeles Cato 14.66 13 2 Marisela Peralta 14.72
Final Wind: +3.9 m/s RankNameNationalityTimeNotesDeby LaPlante12.90Sharon Lane13.56Grisel Machado13.604Candy Young13.675Cecilia Branch14.036Beatriz Capotosto14.187Nancy Vallecilla14.238María Larrazábal14.53
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