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

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]

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Canada
   United States
«1975
1983»

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]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Linda Jezek United States2:20.17Q
2Libby Kinkead United States2:20.43Q
3Suzanne Kwasny Canada2:24.39Q
4Cheryl Gibson Canada2:25.14Q
5Teresa Rivera Mexico2:26.39Q
6Rosamaria Prado Brazil2:29.42Q
7Hilda Huerta Mexico2:29.74Q
8Laura Laguna Argentina2:34.37Q
9Penny Blakeman Puerto Rico2:37.49
10Sandra Revette Venezuela2:37.68
11Alba Izcoa Puerto Rico2:43.52
12Silvana Barbato Uruguay2:44.93

Final

The final was held on July 6.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Linda Jezek United States2:16.07NR, GR
Cheryl Gibson Canada2:17.58
Libby Kinkead United States2:20.19
4Suzanne Kwasny Canada2:23.79
5Teresa Rivera Mexico2:24.42NR
6Rosamaria Prado Brazil2:28.03
7Hilda Huerta Mexico2:30.10
8Laura Laguna Argentina2:33.64

References

  1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
  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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