Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

Event:Women's 400 metre individual medley
Games:1979
Venue:Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates:July 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:-
Nations:-
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Tracy Caulkins
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Anne Tweedy
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Nancy Garapick
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:1975
Next:1983

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kathy Heddy of US.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 5.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4:58.53 Q
2 4:59.73 Q
3 5:00.92 Q
4 5:05.36 Q
5 5:12.46 Q
6 5:12.79 Q
7 5:14.94 Q
8 5:19.65 Q
9 5:19.72 NR
10 5:21.28 NR
11 5:28.11
12 5:48.51

Final

The final was held on July 5.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
4:46.05 NR, GR
4:47.19
4:53.37
4 4:59.54
5 5:08.78 NR
6 5:10.81
7 5:16.01
8 5:18.16

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. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual