Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Games:	1983
Venue:	-
Dates:	August 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Tiffany Cohen
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Marybeth Linzmeier
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Julie Daigneault
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1979
Next:	1987

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 21 August.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Linehan of the United States.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

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

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final

The final was held on August 21.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			8:35.42	GR
			8:41.26
			8:59.82
4			9:08.14
5			9:10.86
6			9:13.83	NR
7			9:20.20	NR
8			9:22.50	NR

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 15 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 . 2013-10-15 . 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.