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
Rowdy Gaines   United States   David Larson   United States   Djan Madruga   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.

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
	Rowdy Gaines	United States	1:51.22
	David Larson	United States	1:52.24
	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