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

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Women's 200 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   United States
«1975
1983»

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kathy Heddy of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[8]

Results

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All times are shown 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 2.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tracy Caulkins  United States 2:21.29 Q
2 Nancy Garapick  Canada 2:21.89 Q
3 Anne Tweedy  United States 2:22.43 Q
4 Joann Baker  Canada 2:23.73 Q
5 Elke Holtz  Mexico 2:25.74 Q, NR
6 Rosanna Juncos  Argentina 2:28.01 Q
7 Maria Paris  Costa Rica 2:28.48 Q
8 Yolanda Mendiola  Mexico 2:29.97 Q
9 Vilma Aguilera  Puerto Rico 2:30.33 NR
10 Lisa Escalera  Puerto Rico 2:32.11
11 Shelley Cramer  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:32.96 NR
12 Agnes Nilsson  Brazil 2:34.10
13 Georgina Osorio  Panama 2:35.50 NR
14 Rita Neves  Brazil 2:37.63
15 Georgetti Ednes  Bermuda 2:42.99 NR

Final

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The final was held on July 2.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tracy Caulkins  United States 2:16.11 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nancy Garapick  Canada 2:19.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anne Tweedy  United States 2:20.33
4 Joann Baker  Canada 2:20.83
5 Elke Holtz  Mexico 2:26.13
6 Maria Paris  Costa Rica 2:26.54 NR
7 Rosanna Juncos  Argentina 2:27.71 NR
8 Yolanda Mendiola  Mexico 2:30.80

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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.