Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Games:1979
Venue:Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates:July 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:-
Nations:-
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Brian Goodell
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Djan Madruga
Silvernoc:BRA
Bronze:Bobby Hackett
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1975
Next:1983

See main article: Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games.

The Men's 1500m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bobby Hackett of US.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 7.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 15:56.05 Q
2 15:56.06 Q
3 16:03.73 Q
4 16:10.92 Q
5 16:11.34 Q
6 16:11.50 Q
7 16:13.26 Q
8 16:21.45 Q
9 16:24.01
10 16:24.22 NR
11 16:26.68
12 16:34.85
13 16:53.42 NR
14 16:58.49
15 17:00.75 NR
16 17:23.53
17 17:40.76 NR
18 18:32.65 NR

Final

The final was held on July 7.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
15:24.36 NR, GR
15:41.74
15:46.83
4 15:56.91
5 16:02.34 NR
6 16:04.63 NR
7 16:08.36 NR
8 16:08.85

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 29 September 2013.
  2. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
  3. http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Hickosports Results
  4. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
  5. Web site: All Pan medalists - Female . 2013-09-29 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142026/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 . dead .
  6. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
  7. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
  8. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual