Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 1500 metres
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| Women's 1500 metres at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Winning time | 4:05.7 | |||||||||
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The women's 1500 metres sprint 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 Jan Merrill of the United States.
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) |
3:56.0 | Podolsk, Soviet Union | June 28, 1976 |
| Pan American Games record |  Jan Merrill (USA) |
4:18.32 | Mexico City, Mexico | 1975 |
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.[2]
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Mary Decker |  United States |
4:05.7 | GR |
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Julie Brown | United States |
4:06.4 | |
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Penny Werthner |  Canada |
4:14.8 | |
| 4 | Francine Gendron | Canada |
4:15.0 | |
| 5 | Alejandra Ramos |  Chile |
4:24.8 | |
| 6 | Ileana Hocking |  Puerto Rico |
4:27.3 | |
| 7 | Soraya Vieira |  Brazil |
4:30.2 | |
| 8 | Carmen Garduño |  Mexico |
4:40.4 |
