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

The women's long jump competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Ana Alexander of Cuba.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record7.09Prague, CzechoslovakiaAugust 29, 1978Pan American Games record6.63Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All distances shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityDistanceNotesKathy McMillan6.46Ana Alexander6.31Eloína Echevarría6.27Diane Jones-Konihowski6.10Jane Frederick6.10Shonel Ferguson6.07Madeline de Jesús5.88Jillian Ross5.85Jennifer Innis5.5610Yvonne Neddermann5.5411Nancy Vallecilla5.29Themis ZambrzyckiSharol HenryDorothy ScottSorelli Bohorquez

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