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]
| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 6 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
Results
editAll 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
editThe 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
editThe final was held on July 6.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Linda Jezek | United States |
2:16.07 | NR, GR |
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Cheryl Gibson | Canada |
2:17.58 | |
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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
edit- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 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 2013-10-09.
- ^ 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.