Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 8 (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 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Wendy Weinberg of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in 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 8.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Linehan |  United States |
8:48.83 | Q |
| 2 | Jennifer Hooker | United States |
9:03.75 | Q |
| 3 |  Canada |
9:07.59 | Q | |
| 4 | Canada |
9:07.94 | Q | |
| 5 | Maria Perez |  Venezuela |
9:25.36 | Q |
| 6 |  Puerto Rico |
9:25.97 | Q | |
| 7 |  Argentina |
9:32.95 | Q | |
| 8 |  Brazil |
9:33.67 | Q | |
| 9 | Brazil |
9:33.95 | ||
| 10 |  Mexico |
9:39.60 | ||
| 11 | Georgina Osorio |  Panama |
9:40.15 | NR |
| 12 | Mexico |
9:44.96 | ||
| 13 | Puerto Rico |
10:01.52 |
Final[]
The final was held on July 8.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kim Linehan | United States |
8:39.82 | NR, GR |
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Jennifer Hooker | United States |
8:50.71 | |
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Canada |
8:54.82 | ||
| 4 | Canada |
9:10.14 | ||
| 5 | Maria Perez | Venezuela |
9:13.59 | NR |
| 6 | Argentina |
9:13.93 | ||
| 7 | Brazil |
9:29.84 | ||
| 8 | Puerto Rico |
9:34.34 | NR |
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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