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
Linda Jezek   United States   Cheryl Gibson   Canada   Libby Kinkead   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.

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
	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