The women's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 and 9 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathy Weston of the United States.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:54.94Montreal, CanadaJuly 26, 1976Pan American Games record2:02.3Winnipeg, Canada1967
Results All times shown are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Julie Brown 2:06.1 Q 2 1 Anne Morelli 2:06.2 Q 3 1 Alejandra Ramos 2:06.6 Q 4 1 Nery McKeen 2:07.0 q 5 2 Aurelia Pentón 2:08.9 Q 6 2 Essie Kelley 2:09.2 Q 7 1 Soraya Vieira 2:09.3 q 7 2 Brit Lind 2:09.3 Q 9 2 Helen Blake 2:10.2 10 2 Margit Weise 2:13.8 11 2 Marcela López 2:14.3 12 2 Ileana Hocking 2:16.8 13 1 Eugenia Ponce 2:33.9 1 Angelita Lind
Final RankNameNationalityTimeNotesEssie Kelley2:01.2GRJulie Brown2:01.2Aurelia Pentón2:02.14Anne Morelli2:03.05Nery McKeen2:05.46Alejandra Ramos2:06.27Brit Lind2:06.78Soraya Vieira2:07.3NR
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