Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
Dates | July 6 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Donna Wennerstrom of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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 6.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Linda Jezek | United States | 2:20.17 | Q |
2 | Libby Kinkead | United States | 2:20.43 | Q |
3 | Suzanne Kwasny | Canada | 2:24.39 | Q |
4 | Cheryl Gibson | Canada | 2:25.14 | Q |
5 | Teresa Rivera | Mexico | 2:26.39 | Q |
6 | Rosamaria Prado | Brazil | 2:29.42 | Q |
7 | Hilda Huerta | Mexico | 2:29.74 | Q |
8 | Laura Laguna | Argentina | 2:34.37 | Q |
9 | Penny Blakeman | Puerto Rico | 2:37.49 | |
10 | Sandra Revette | Venezuela | 2:37.68 | |
11 | Alba Izcoa | Puerto Rico | 2:43.52 | |
12 | Silvana Barbato | Uruguay | 2:44.93 |
Final
The final was held on July 6.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Linda Jezek | United States | 2:16.07 | NR, GR | |
Cheryl Gibson | Canada | 2:17.58 | ||
Libby Kinkead | United States | 2:20.19 | ||
4 | Suzanne Kwasny | Canada | 2:23.79 | |
5 | Teresa Rivera | Mexico | 2:24.42 | NR |
6 | Rosamaria Prado | Brazil | 2:28.03 | |
7 | Hilda Huerta | Mexico | 2:30.10 | |
8 | Laura Laguna | Argentina | 2:33.64 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ Hickoksports
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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