Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
«1975
1983»

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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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 Barbara Shockey  Canada 9:07.59 Q
4 Leslie Brafield  Canada 9:07.94 Q
5 Maria Perez  Colombia 9:25.36 Q
6 Genevieve Hernandez  Puerto Rico 9:25.97 Q
7 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 9:32.95 Q
8 Ana Anchieta  Brazil 9:33.67 Q
9 Virginia Andreatta  Brazil 9:33.95
10 Veronica Espinosa  Mexico 9:39.60
11 Georgina Osorio  Panama 9:40.15 NR
12 Monica Ramirez  Mexico 9:44.96
13 Ana Hill  Puerto Rico 10:01.52

Final

The final was held on July 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Kim Linehan  United States 8:39.82 NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jennifer Hooker  United States 8:50.71
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Barbara Shockey  Canada 8:54.82
4 Leslie Brafield  Canada 9:10.14
5 Maria Perez  Colombia 9:13.59 NR
6 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 9:13.93
7 Ana Anchieta  Brazil 9:29.84
8 Genevieve Hernandez  Puerto Rico 9:34.34 NR

References

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