Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Canada
   United States
«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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
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
1st, gold medalist(s) Linda Jezek  United States 2:16.07 NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Cheryl Gibson  Canada 2:17.58
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

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