Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's long jump
| Women's long jump at the 1979 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Cuba |
«1975
» 
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.[1] 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 record |  Vilma Bardauskienė (URS)
|
7.09 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | August 29, 1978 |
| Pan American Games record |  Ana Alexander (CUB)
|
6.63 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
Results
All distances shown are in meters.[2]
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kathy McMillan |  United States
|
6.46 | |
|
Ana Alexander |  Cuba
|
6.31 | |
|
Eloína Echevarría | Cuba
|
6.27 | |
| 4 | Diane Jones-Konihowski |  Canada
|
6.10 | |
| 5 | Jane Frederick | United States
|
6.10 | |
| 6 | Shonel Ferguson |  Bahamas
|
6.07 | |
| 7 | Madeline de Jesús |  Puerto Rico
|
5.88 | |
| 8 | Jillian Ross
|
Canada
|
5.85 | |
| 9 | Jennifer Innis |  Guyana
|
5.56 | |
| 10 | Yvonne Neddermann |  Argentina
|
5.54 | |
| 11 | Nancy Valecilla |  Ecuador
|
5.29 | |
| Themis Zambrzycki |  Brazil
|
DNS | ||
| Sharol Henry |  Jamaica
|
DNS | ||
| Dorothy Scott | Jamaica
|
DNS | ||
| Sorelli Bohorquez |  Venezuela
|
DNS |
References
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 261. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-17.