Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Abigail Hoffman  Canada	Doris Brown  United States	Penny Werthner  Canada

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Doris Brown	United States	2:10.21	Q
2	2	Terry Crawford	United States	2:10.72	Q
3	1	Abigail Hoffman	Canada	2:12.46	Q
4	2	Penny Werthner	Canada	2:14.24	Q
5	1	María Cristina Ducci	Chile	2:15.15	Q
6	1	Iris Fernández	Argentina	2:15.33	Q
7	1	Edith Smith	Virgin Islands	2:25.97
8	2	Gloria González	Chile	2:32.69	Q
9	2	Rosalia Abadía	Panama	2:32.73	Q
10	2	Russel Carrero	Nicaragua	2:40.74
	1	Carmen Trustée	Cuba	DNS
	2	Aurelia Pentón	Cuba	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abigail Hoffman	Canada	2:05.54
	Doris Brown	United States	2:05.90
	Penny Werthner	Canada	2:06.32
4	Terry Crawford	United States	2:09.01
5	Gloria González	Chile	2:13.08
6	Iris Fernández	Argentina	2:14.31
7	Rosalia Abadía	Panama	2:20.08
	María Cristina Ducci	Chile	DNS