Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
| Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 7 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 8 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 women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[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]
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Final[edit]
The final was held on July 7.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Stephanie Elkins (57.90) Tracy Caulkins (56.21) Jill Sterkel (56.24) Cynthia Woodhead (55.47) |
 United States |
3:45.82 | NR, GR |
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Gail Amundrud (57.89) Carol Klimpel (57.31) Anne Jardin (57.21) Wendy Quirk (57.77) |
 Canada |
3:50.18 | |
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Teresa Rivera (1:00.68) Isabel Reuss (1:00.91) Yvonne Guerrero (1:00.66) Helen Plachinski (59.80) |
 Mexico |
4:02.05 | NR |
| 4 | Sonia Acosta (1:00.67) NR Vilma Aguilera (59.26) Genny Hernandez (1:03.36) Wanda Acosta (1:04.26) |
 Puerto Rico |
4:07.55 | NR |
| 5 | Maria Fátima (1:02.71) Maria Matta (1:03.15) Adriana Pereira (1:00.90) Maria Guimarães (1:02.21) |
 Brazil |
4:08.97 | |
| 6 | Alicia Boscatto (1:05.41) Andrea Neumeyer (1:02.59) Virginia Sanchero (1:01.33) Rosanna Juncos (1:01.66) |
 Argentina |
4:10.99 | |
| 7 | - - - - |
- | - | |
| 8 | - - - - |
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 12 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 2013-10-12.
- ^ 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.