Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
| Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 3 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Lauri Siering of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.[8]
Results[]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats[]
The first round was held on July 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
1:14.47 | Q | |
| 2 | Tracy Caulkins | United States |
1:14.93 | Q |
| 3 |  Canada |
1:15.34 | Q | |
| 4 | Robin Corsiglia | Canada |
1:16.24 | Q |
| 5 | Elke Holtz |  Mexico |
1:16.47 | Q |
| 6 |  Brazil |
1:17.52 | Q | |
| 7 | Alicia Boscatto |  Argentina |
1:17.74 | Q, NR |
| 8 |  Puerto Rico |
1:18.42 | Q | |
| 9 | Mexico |
1:18.48 | ||
| 10 | Brazil |
1:20.26 | ||
| 11 |  Bermuda |
1:23.82 | NR |
Final[]
The final was held on July 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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United States |
1:12.20 | NR, GR | |
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Tracy Caulkins | United States |
1:12.52 | |
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Canada |
1:14.38 | ||
| 4 | Robin Corsiglia | Canada |
1:15.45 | |
| 5 | Elke Holtz | Mexico |
1:15.45 | NR |
| 6 | Brazil |
1:17.76 | ||
| 7 | Alicia Boscatto | Argentina |
1:17.85 | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico |
1:18.12 | NR |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ All Pan medalists - Female
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games
- 1979 in women's swimming