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

Event:	Women's 200 metre freestyle
Games:	1979
Venue:	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates:	July 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Cynthia Woodhead
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Kim Linehan
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Gail Amundrud
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

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

The Women's 200m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

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

Results

All times are shown in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 3.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:04.14	Q
2			2:04.60	Q
3			2:05.66	Q
4			2:06.42	Q
5			2:08.52	Q
6			2:11.27	Q
7			2:11.79	Q
8			2:13.91	Q
9			2:13.93
10			2:14.85
11			2:14.85
12			2:15.39
13			2:15.91
14			2:18.38	NR

Final

The final was held on July 3.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:58.43	WR
			2:01.92
			2:03.38
4			2:04.37
5			2:07.38	NR
6			2:10.49
7			2:10.61	NR
8			2:13.80

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. 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.