Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Brazil
«1975
1983»

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Jorge Delgado of Ecuador.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[8]

Results

All times shown are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 2.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rowdy Gaines  United States 1:53.25 Q
2 David Larson  United States 1:53.34 Q
3 Peter Szmidt  Canada 1:53.55 Q
4 Djan Madruga  Brazil 1:53.91 Q
5 Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 1:53.92 Q
6 Bill Sawchuk  Canada 1:54.53 Q
7 Marcus Mattioli  Brazil 1:55.95 Q
8 Ernesto Domenack  Peru 1:56.11 Q
9 Filiberto Colon  Puerto Rico 1:57.35
10 Scott Newkirk  U.S. Virgin Islands 1:57.64
11 Diego Quiroga  Ecuador 1:57.69
12 Jean François  Venezuela 1:58.05
13 Richard Sasser  Mexico 1:58.61
14 Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 1:59.08
15 Oscar González  Mexico 1:59.16
16 Daniel Garimaldi  Argentina 2:03.21
17 Donaldo Clough  Dominican Republic 2:03.65 NR
18 Oscar Moreno  El Salvador 2:03.84
19 Alfredo Mackliff  Ecuador 2:03.86
20 Ruben Martinez  El Salvador 2:05.47
21 Jorge Sanchez  Panama 2:05.99
22 Emilio Abreu  Panama 2:06.11
23 Juan Tavarez  Dominican Republic 2:11.59

Final

The final was held on July 2.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Rowdy Gaines  United States 1:51.22
2nd, silver medalist(s) David Larson  United States 1:52.24
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Djan Madruga  Brazil 1:52.34 SA
4 Peter Szmidt  Canada 1:53.15
5 Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 1:53.57
6 Bill Sawchuk  Canada 1:53.86
7 Marcus Mattioli  Brazil 1:54.89
8 Ernesto Domenack  Peru 1:55.54 NR

References

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