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

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Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   United States
«1975
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The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Donna Wennerstrom of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Linda Jezek  United States 2:20.17 Q
2 Libby Kinkead  United States 2:20.43 Q
3 Suzanne Kwasny  Canada 2:24.39 Q
4 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 2:25.14 Q
5 Teresa Rivera  Mexico 2:26.39 Q
6 Rosamaria Prado  Brazil 2:29.42 Q
7 Hilda Huerta  Mexico 2:29.74 Q
8 Laura Laguna  Argentina 2:34.37 Q
9 Penny Blakeman  Puerto Rico 2:37.49
10 Sandra Revette  Venezuela 2:37.68
11 Alba Izcoa  Puerto Rico 2:43.52
12 Silvana Barbato  Uruguay 2:44.93

Final

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The final was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Linda Jezek  United States 2:16.07 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cheryl Gibson  Canada 2:17.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Libby Kinkead  United States 2:20.19
4 Suzanne Kwasny  Canada 2:23.79
5 Teresa Rivera  Mexico 2:24.42 NR
6 Rosamaria Prado  Brazil 2:28.03
7 Hilda Huerta  Mexico 2:30.10
8 Laura Laguna  Argentina 2:33.64

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 2013-10-09.
  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.