Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
| Women's 200 metre breaststroke 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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| 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 women's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Lauri Siering of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Gagnon |  Canada |
2:40.82 | Q |
| 2 | Joanne Bédard | Canada |
2:42.00 | Q |
| 3 | Alicia Boscatto |  Argentina |
2:43.57 | Q |
| 4 | Patty Spees |  United States |
2:43.91 | Q |
| 5 | Elke Holtz |  Mexico |
2:44.01 | Q, NR |
| 6 | Renee Laravie | United States |
2:44.12 | Q |
| 7 | Yolanda Mendiola | Mexico |
2:45.67 | Q |
| 8 | Maria Matta |  Brazil |
2:46.83 | Q |
| 9 | Vilma Aguilera |  Puerto Rico |
2:49.04 | |
| 10 | Agnes Nilsson | Brazil |
2:50.66 |
Final[edit]
The final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Anne Gagnon | Canada |
2:35.75 | NR, GR |
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Joanne Bédard | Canada |
2:40.22 | |
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Patty Spees | United States |
2:40.79 | |
| 4 | Renee Laravie | United States |
2:41.84 | |
| 5 | Alicia Boscatto | Argentina |
2:42.32 | NR |
| 6 | Elke Holtz | Mexico |
2:44.50 | |
| 7 | Yolanda Mendiola | Mexico |
2:45.88 | |
| 8 | Maria Matta | Brazil |
2:46.94 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 10 October 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 2013-10-10.
- ^ 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.