Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 100 metre freestyle
Games:1979
Venue:Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates:July 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:-
Nations:-
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Cynthia Woodhead
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Jill Sterkel
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Gail Amundrud
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:1975
Next:1983

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of US.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 8.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 57.31 Q
2 58.74 Q
3 58.97 Q
4 59.30 Q
5 1:00.49 Q
6 1:00.57 Q
7 1:00.68 Q
8 1:00.74 Q
9 1:00.92
10 1:01.34
11 1:01.65
12 1:01.85
13 1:02.30 NR
14 1:02.71
15 1:03.06

Final

The final was held on July 8.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
56.22 NR, GR
56.24
57.79
4 58.06
5 59.68 NR
6 59.82 NR
7 59.90 NR
8 1:00.19

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 7 October 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 . 2013-10-08 . 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