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

The women's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Sherry Calbert of the United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record69.52Dresden, East GermanyJune 13, 1979Pan American Games record54.70Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All distances shown are in meters.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityDistanceNotesMaría Caridad Colón62.30GRLynn Cannon56.48Cathy Sulinski56.444Laurie Kern55.705Marli dos Santos52.666Ana Núñez48.847Sonia Smith46.548Victoria López41.14Céline Chartrand

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