Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres
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| Women's 100 metres at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
| Winning time | 11.07 | |||||||||
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The women's 100 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 Pamela Jiles 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 |  Marlies Göhr (GDR) |
10.88 | Dresden, East Germany | July 1, 1977 |
| Pan American Games record |  Iris Davis (USA) |
11.20 | Cali, Colombia | 1971 |
Results
All times shown are in seconds. Evelyn Ashford established a new Pan American Record with a 11.05s mark in the semifinals.[2]
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Evelyn Ashford |  United States |
11.07 | |
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Brenda Morehead | United States |
11.11 | |
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Angella Taylor |  Canada |
11.36 | |
| 4 | Silvia Chivás |  Cuba |
11.48 | |
| 5 | Leleith Hodges |  Jamaica |
11.49 | |
| 6 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica |
11.69 | |
| 7 | Sheila de Oliveira |  Brazil |
11.80 | |
| 8 | Isabel Taylor | Cuba |
11.94 |
