Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Games:	1999
Venue:	Pan Am Pool
Dates:	August 5 (preliminaries) and 6 (finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Kaitlin Sandeno
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Janelle Atkinson
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Lindsay Beavers
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1995
Next:	2003

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 5 August (preliminaries) and 6 (finals) at the Pan Am Pool.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Trina Jackson of US.^{[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.

Heats

The first round was held on August 5.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			8:49.25	Q
2	-	-	-	Q
3	-	-	-	Q
4	-	-	-	Q
5			8:53.97	Q
6	-	-	-	Q
7	-	-	-	Q
8	-	-	-	Q

Final

The final was held on August 6.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			8:34.65	GR
			8:39.51
			8:44.21
4			8:48.15
5			8:51.89
6			8:52.36
7			8:57.61
8			8:59.31

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 14 November 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 . 2013-11-14 . 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.