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

Event:Women's 200 metre individual medley
Games:1979
Venue:Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates:July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:-
Nations:-
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Tracy Caulkins
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Nancy Garapick
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Anne Tweedy
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1975
Next:1983

The women's 200 metre individual medley 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 Kathy Heddy of the United States.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[8]

Results

All times are shown in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 2.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2:21.29 Q
2 2:21.89 Q
3 2:22.43 Q
4 2:23.73 Q
5 2:25.74 Q, NR
6 2:28.01 Q
7 2:28.48 Q
8 2:29.97 Q
9 2:30.33 NR
10 2:32.11
11 2:32.96 NR
12 2:34.10
13 2:35.50 NR
14 2:37.63
15 2:42.99 NR

Final

The final was held on July 2.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
2:16.11 NR, GR
2:19.36
2:20.33
4 2:20.83
5 2:26.13
6 2:26.54 NR
7 2:27.71 NR
8 2:30.80

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 11 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 . 2013-10-12 . 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.