Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke
Appearance
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
Dates | July 6 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
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
[edit]All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
[edit]The first round was held on July 6.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Linda Jezek | ![]() |
2:20.17 | Q |
2 | Libby Kinkead | ![]() |
2:20.43 | Q |
3 | Suzanne Kwasny | ![]() |
2:24.39 | Q |
4 | Cheryl Gibson | ![]() |
2:25.14 | Q |
5 | Teresa Rivera | ![]() |
2:26.39 | Q |
6 | Rosamaria Prado | ![]() |
2:29.42 | Q |
7 | Hilda Huerta | ![]() |
2:29.74 | Q |
8 | Laura Laguna | ![]() |
2:34.37 | Q |
9 | Penny Blakeman | ![]() |
2:37.49 | |
10 | Sandra Revette | ![]() |
2:37.68 | |
11 | Alba Izcoa | ![]() |
2:43.52 | |
12 | Silvana Barbato | ![]() |
2:44.93 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on July 6.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Linda Jezek | ![]() |
2:16.07 | NR, GR |
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Cheryl Gibson | ![]() |
2:17.58 | |
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Libby Kinkead | ![]() |
2:20.19 | |
4 | Suzanne Kwasny | ![]() |
2:23.79 | |
5 | Teresa Rivera | ![]() |
2:24.42 | NR |
6 | Rosamaria Prado | ![]() |
2:28.03 | |
7 | Hilda Huerta | ![]() |
2:30.10 | |
8 | Laura Laguna | ![]() |
2:33.64 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.