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

Event:	Women's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	1979
Venue:	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates:	July 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Linda Jezek
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Cheryl Gibson
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Libby Kinkead
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1975
Next:	1983

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Donna Wennerstrom of US.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

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

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 6.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			2:20.17	Q
2			2:20.43	Q
3			2:24.39	Q
4			2:25.14	Q
5			2:26.39	Q
6			2:29.42	Q
7			2:29.74	Q
8			2:34.37	Q
9			2:37.49
10			2:37.68
11			2:43.52
12			2:44.93

Final

The final was held on July 6.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:16.07	NR, GR
			2:17.58
			2:20.19
4			2:23.79
5			2:24.42	NR
6			2:28.03
7			2:30.10
8			2:33.64

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 . 2013-10-09 . 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.