Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
 Stephanie Elkins, Tracy Caulkins, Jill Sterkel and Cynthia Woodhead  United States
 Gail Amundrud, Carol Klimpel, Anne Jardin and Wendy Quirk  Canada
 Teresa Rivera, Isabel Reuss, Yvonne Guerrero and Helen Plachinski  Mexico
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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held on July 7.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Stephanie Elkins (57.90)
Tracy Caulkins (56.21)
Jill Sterkel (56.24)
Cynthia Woodhead (55.47)		 United States3:45.82NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Gail Amundrud (57.89)
Carol Klimpel (57.31)
Anne Jardin (57.21)
Wendy Quirk (57.77)		 Canada3:50.18
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Teresa Rivera (1:00.68)
Isabel Reuss (1:00.91)
Yvonne Guerrero (1:00.66)
Helen Plachinski (59.80)		 Mexico4:02.05NR
4Sonia Acosta (1:00.67) NR
Vilma Aguilera (59.26)
Genny Hernandez (1:03.36)
Wanda Acosta (1:04.26)		 Puerto Rico4:07.55NR
5Maria Fátima (1:02.71)
Maria Matta (1:03.15)
Adriana Pereira (1:00.90)
Maria Guimarães (1:02.21)		 Brazil4:08.97
6Alicia Boscatto (1:05.41)
Andrea Neumeyer (1:02.59)
Virginia Sanchero (1:01.33)
Rosanna Juncos (1:01.66)		 Argentina4:10.99
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References

  1. 1 2 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.is
  3. ↑ Hickosports Results
  4. ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
  6. ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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