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

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

Women's 800 metres at the Pan American Games

Medalists

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

Results

Heats

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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	Iris Fernández	Argentina	2:18.68
	1	Patricia Selmo	Dominican Republic	DQ

Final

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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