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

The women's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Joni Huntley of the United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record2.01Prague, CzechoslovakiaAugust 31, 1978Pan American Games record1.89Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All heights shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityHeightNotesLouise Ritter1.93GRPam Spencer1.87Debbie Brill1.85Julie White1.85Maria Domingues1.83Angela Carbonell1.81Elizabeth Huber1.74Silvia Costa1.74Liliana Arigoni1.7410Rafaela Flores1.55Ana Hidalgo

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