Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was Jan Merrill of the United States.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record3:56.0Podolsk, Soviet UnionJune 28, 1976Pan American Games record4:18.32Mexico City, Mexico1975

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record

Final RankNameNationalityTimeNotesMary Decker4:05.7GRJulie Brown4:06.4Penny Werthner4:14.8Francine Gendron4:15.0Alejandra Ramos4:24.8Ileana Hocking4:27.3Soraya Vieira4:30.2Carmen Garduño4:40.4Angelita Lind4:40.910Norma Franco5:02.711Edith Rodríguez5:19.1

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