Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	1979
Venue:	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates:	July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Rowdy Gaines
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	David Larson
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Djan Madruga
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Jorge Delgado of Ecuador.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.^[8]

Results

All times shown are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 2.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			1:53.25	Q
2			1:53.34	Q
3			1:53.55	Q
4			1:53.91	Q
5			1:53.92	Q
6			1:54.53	Q
7			1:55.95	Q
8			1:56.11	Q
9			1:57.35
10			1:57.64
11			1:57.69
12			1:58.05
13			1:58.61
14			1:59.08
15			1:59.16
16			2:03.21
17			2:03.65	NR
18			2:03.84
19			2:03.86
20			2:05.47
21			2:05.99
22			2:06.11
23			2:11.59

Final

The final was held on July 2.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:51.22
			1:52.24
			1:52.34	SA
4			1:53.15
5			1:53.57
6			1:53.86
7			1:54.89
8			1:55.54	NR

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. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf. 28 July 2011.