Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
Appearance
Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre backstroke 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 Dan Harrigan of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
Results
[edit]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
[edit]The first round was held on July 5.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jesse Vassallo | 2:05.93 | Q | |
2 | Peter Rocca | 2:06.52 | Q | |
3 | Conrado Porta | 2:06.85 | Q | |
4 | Rob Wallenius | 2:08.39 | Q | |
5 | Wade Flemons | 2:08.97 | Q | |
6 | Djan Madruga | 2:09.48 | Q | |
7 | Rômulo Arantes | 2:10.15 | Q | |
8 | José Urueta | 2:10.83 | Q | |
9 | Jorge Varela | 2:10.84 | ||
10 | Victor Vasallo | 2:11.98 | ||
11 | Carlos Berrocal | 2:13.19 | ||
12 | Jose Luis Yepes | 2:13.25 | NR | |
13 | Alvaro Roda | 2:13.50 | ||
14 | Erik Rosskopf | 2:21.69 | ||
15 | Donaldo Clough | 2:24.56 | NR |
Final
[edit]The final was held on July 5.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Peter Rocca | 2:00.98 | NR, GR | ||
Jesse Vassallo | 2:02.07 | |||
Djan Madruga | 2:04.74 | NR | ||
4 | Rômulo Arantes | 2:04.99 | ||
5 | Conrado Porta | 2:05.33 | ||
6 | Wade Flemons | 2:07.90 | ||
7 | Rob Wallenius | 2:08.40 | ||
8 | José Urueta | 2:10.25 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.