Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's discus throw
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| Women's discus throw at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 60.58 | |||||||||
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The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Carmen Romero of Cuba.
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Evelin Jahl (GDR) |
70.72 | Dresden, East Germany | August 12, 1978 |
| Pan American Games record |  Carmen Romero (CUB) |
60.16 | 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 |
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Carmen Romero |  Cuba |
60.58 | GR |
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María Cristina Betancourt | Cuba |
60.44 | |
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Carmen Ionesco |  Canada |
57.14 | |
| 4 | Lorna Griffin |  United States |
54.08 | |
| 5 | Lucette Moreau | Canada |
52.52 | |
| 6 | Margrethe Winbigler | United States |
51.66 | |
| 7 | Norma Azcune |  Uruguay |
40.36 | |
| 8 | Elena Cajigas |  Puerto Rico |
38.92 |
