Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's pentathlon

The women's pentathlon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results It was the first edition where the 800 metres was contested instead of the 200 metres as part of the pentathlon. It was actually also pentathlon's last appearance at the Games being replaced by the heptathlon from the next edition.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record4839Lille, FranceSeptember 18, 1977Pan American Games record4860Winnipeg, Canada1967

Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

RankAthleteNationality100m HSPHJLJ800mPointsNotes Diane Konihowski 14.18 15.37 1.80 6.20 2:14.2 4605 Jodi Anderson 13.70 12.28 1.71 6.13 2:10.8 4434 Jill Ross 14.32 10.19 1.65 5.93 2:11.2 4112 Olga Verissimo 14.54 11.84 1.62 5.22 2:21.4 3865 Nancy Vallecilla 14.10 10.74 1.56 5.29 2:20.0 3818 Yvonne Neddermann 14.55w 11.27 1.56 5.46 2:21.8 3815 Argentine results María Ángeles Cato 14.68 10.40 1.65 5.54 2:28.0 3782 Elida Aveillé 14.38 10.69 1.65 5.52 2:41.0 3706 Margaret de Jesús 15.65 8.55 1.44 4.32 2:21.4 3105 Jane Frederick 14.01 14.52 1.77 Alix Castillo

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