Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
| Women's 200 metre freestyle 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 200m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[8]
Results[]
All times are shown 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 | Cynthia Woodhead |  United States |
2:04.14 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Linehan | United States |
2:04.60 | Q |
| 3 | Anne Jardin |  Canada |
2:05.66 | Q |
| 4 | Gail Amundrud | Canada |
2:06.42 | Q |
| 5 | Shelley Cramer |  |
2:08.52 | Q |
| 6 | Maria Guimarães |  Brazil |
2:11.27 | Q |
| 7 |  Argentina |
2:11.79 | Q | |
| 8 | Maria Perez |  Venezuela |
2:13.91 | Q |
| 9 |  Puerto Rico |
2:13.93 | ||
| 10 |  Mexico |
2:14.85 | ||
| 11 | Brazil |
2:14.85 | ||
| 12 | Puerto Rico |
2:15.39 | ||
| 13 | Georgina Osorio |  Panama |
2:15.91 | |
| 14 |  Dominican Republic |
2:18.38 | NR |
Final[]
The final was held on July 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cynthia Woodhead | United States |
1:58.43 | WR |
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Kim Linehan | United States |
2:01.92 | |
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Gail Amundrud | Canada |
2:03.38 | |
| 4 | Anne Jardin | Canada |
2:04.37 | |
| 5 | Shelley Cramer | |
2:07.38 | NR |
| 6 | Maria Guimarães | Brazil |
2:10.49 | |
| 7 | Argentina |
2:10.61 | NR | |
| 8 | Maria Perez | Venezuela |
2:13.80 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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