Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

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International sporting event

Women's 800 metres at the Pan American Games

International sporting event

Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

The women's 800 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 14 and 15 October.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kathy Weston  United States	Abby Hoffman  Canada	Kathie Hall  United States

Results

Heats

^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kathie Hall	United States	2:09.71	Q
2	2	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:10.32	Q
3	2	Kathy Weston	United States	2:10.39	Q
4	1	Rosângela Verissimo	Brazil	2:11.27	Q
5	1	Ana María Nielsen	Argentina	2:13.50	q
6	2	Araceli Arana	Mexico	2:13.90	q
7	2	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:15.39
8	3	Joan Wenzel	Canada	2:15.48	Doping
8	2	Thelma Zúñiga	Costa Rica	2:16.82
9	3	Mercedes Álvarez	Cuba	2:17.26	Q
10	3	Nilsa Fernández	Argentina	2:18.68
	1	Patricia Selmo	Dominican Republic	DQ

Final

^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kathy Weston	United States	2:04.93
	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:05.25
3	Joan Wenzel	Canada	2:06.93	Doping[5]
	Kathie Hall	United States	2:07.56
4	Ana María Nielsen	Argentina	2:09.86
5	Araceli Arana	Mexico	2:10.96
6	Mercedes Álvarez	Cuba	2:15.41
	Rosângela Verissimo	Brazil	DNS

References

1. ^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
2. ^ Full results
3. ^ Argentine results
4. ^ "Final results". Tampa Bay Times. 16 October 1975. p. 10. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
5. ^ Rosen, Daniel M. (2008). Dope: A History of Performance Enhancement in Sports from the Nineteenth Century to Today. p. 45. ISBN 9780313345210. Retrieved 11 December 2019.