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

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Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
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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

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All times are 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 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anne Tweedy  United States 4:58.53 Q
2 Tracy Caulkins  United States 4:59.73 Q
3 Nancy Garapick  Canada 5:00.92 Q
4 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 5:05.36 Q
5 Elke Holtz  Mexico 5:12.46 Q
6 Rosamaria Prado  Brazil 5:12.79 Q
7 Yolanda Mendiola  Mexico 5:14.94 Q
8 Virginia Andreatta  Brazil 5:19.65 Q
9 Maria Perez  Venezuela 5:19.72 NR
10 Georgina Osorio  Panama 5:21.28 NR
11 Lisa Escalera  Puerto Rico 5:28.11
12 Linda Miranda  Puerto Rico 5:48.51

Final

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The final was held on July 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tracy Caulkins  United States 4:46.05 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anne Tweedy  United States 4:47.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nancy Garapick  Canada 4:53.37
4 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 4:59.54
5 Elke Holtz  Mexico 5:08.78 NR
6 Rosamaria Prado  Brazil 5:10.81
7 Virginia Andreatta  Brazil 5:16.01
8 Yolanda Mendiola  Mexico 5:18.16

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 11 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 2013-10-12.
  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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine