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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1975
1983»

The Women's 200m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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

Results

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All times are shown in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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The first round was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cynthia Woodhead  United States 2:04.14 Q
2 Kim Linehan  United States 2:04.60 Q
3 Anne Jardin  Canada 2:05.66 Q
4 Gail Amundrud  Canada 2:06.42 Q
5 Shelley Cramer  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:08.52 Q
6 Maria Guimarães  Brazil 2:11.27 Q
7 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 2:11.79 Q
8 Maria Perez  Venezuela 2:13.91 Q
9 Sonia Acosta  Puerto Rico 2:13.93
10 Monica Ramirez  Mexico 2:14.85
11 Maria Vieira  Brazil 2:14.85
12 Genevieve Hernandez  Puerto Rico 2:15.39
13 Georgina Osorio  Panama 2:15.91
14 Julia Vicioso  Dominican Republic 2:18.38 NR

Final

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The final was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cynthia Woodhead  United States 1:58.43 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kim Linehan  United States 2:01.92
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gail Amundrud  Canada 2:03.38
4 Anne Jardin  Canada 2:04.37
5 Shelley Cramer  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:07.38 NR
6 Maria Guimarães  Brazil 2:10.49
7 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 2:10.61 NR
8 Maria Perez  Venezuela 2:13.80

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.