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

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International sporting event
Women's pentathlon at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Winning points4605
Medalists
Gold medal Diane Konihowski  Canada
Silver medal Jodi Anderson  United States
Bronze medal Jill Ross  Canada
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
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The women's pentathlon competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. 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 record  Nadyezhda Tkachenko (URS) 4839 Lille, France September 18, 1977
Pan American Games record  Patty Winslow (USA) 4860 Winnipeg, Canada 1967
  1. Result achieved under different event rules

Results

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record
  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H SP HJ LJ 800m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Diane Konihowski  Canada 14.18 15.37 1.80 6.20 2:14.2 4605
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jodi Anderson  United States 13.70 12.28 1.71 6.13 2:10.8 4434
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jill Ross  Canada 14.32 10.19 1.65 5.93 2:11.2 4112
4 Olga Verissimo  Brazil 14.54 11.84 1.62 5.22 2:21.4 3865
5 Nancy Vallecilla  Ecuador 14.10 10.74 1.56 5.29 2:20.0 3818
6 Yvonne Neddermann  Argentina 14.55w 11.27 1.56 5.46 2:21.8 3815
7 María Ángeles Cato  Mexico 14.68 10.40 1.65 5.54 2:28.0 3782
8 Elida Aveillé  Cuba 14.38 10.69 1.65 5.52 2:41.0 3706
9 Margaret de Jesús  Puerto Rico 15.65 8.55 1.44 4.32 2:21.4 3105
Jane Frederick  United States 14.01 14.52 1.77 DNS – DNF
Alix Castillo  Venezuela DNS – – – – DNS

References

  1. "Results". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Detailed results". Philadelphia Daily News. 10 July 1979. p. 57. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. Full results
  4. Argentine results
Combined events at the Pan American Games
Men's decathlon
Women's pentathlon
Women's heptathlon
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