Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Carmen Romero of Cuba.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record70.72Dresden, East GermanyAugust 12, 1978Pan American Games record60.16Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All distances shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityDistanceNotesCarmen Romero60.58GRMaría Cristina Betancourt60.44Carmen Ionesco57.144Lorna Griffin54.085Lucette Moreau52.526Lynne Winbigler51.667Norma Azcune40.368María Elena Cajigas38.92

References