Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley
| Women's 400 metre individual medley at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5 (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 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kathy Heddy of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[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 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
4:58.53 | Q | |
| 2 | Tracy Caulkins | United States |
4:59.73 | Q |
| 3 | Nancy Garapick |  Canada |
5:00.92 | Q |
| 4 | Cheryl Gibson | Canada |
5:05.36 | Q |
| 5 | Elke Holtz |  Mexico |
5:12.46 | Q |
| 6 |  Brazil |
5:12.79 | Q | |
| 7 | Mexico |
5:14.94 | Q | |
| 8 | Brazil |
5:19.65 | Q | |
| 9 | Maria Perez |  Venezuela |
5:19.72 | NR |
| 10 | Georgina Osorio |  Panama |
5:21.28 | NR |
| 11 |  Puerto Rico |
5:28.11 | ||
| 12 | Puerto Rico |
5:48.51 |
Final[]
The final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Tracy Caulkins | United States |
4:46.05 | NR, GR |
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United States |
4:47.19 | ||
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Nancy Garapick | Canada |
4:53.37 | |
| 4 | Cheryl Gibson | Canada |
4:59.54 | |
| 5 | Elke Holtz | Mexico |
5:08.78 | NR |
| 6 | Brazil |
5:10.81 | ||
| 7 | Brazil |
5:16.01 | ||
| 8 | Mexico |
5:18.16 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 11 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
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