The women's 400 metre individual medley 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 Kathy Heddy of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[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 Tweedy |  United States |
4:58.53 | Q |
| 2 | Tracy Caulkins | United States |
4:59.73 | Q |
| 3 | Nancy Garapick |  Canada |
5:00.92 | Q |
| 4 | Cheryl Gibson | Canada |
5:05.36 | Q |
| 5 | Elke Holtz |  Mexico |
5:12.46 | Q |
| 6 | Rosamaria Prado |  Brazil |
5:12.79 | Q |
| 7 | Yolanda Mendiola | Mexico |
5:14.94 | Q |
| 8 | Virginia Andreatta | Brazil |
5:19.65 | Q |
| 9 | Maria Perez |  Venezuela |
5:19.72 | NR |
| 10 | Georgina Osorio |  Panama |
5:21.28 | NR |
| 11 | Lisa Escalera |  Puerto Rico |
5:28.11 | |
| 12 | Linda Miranda | Puerto Rico |
5:48.51 |
Final edit
The final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tracy Caulkins | United States |
4:46.05 | NR, GR |
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Anne Tweedy | United States |
4:47.19 | |
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Nancy Garapick | Canada |
4:53.37 | |
| 4 | Cheryl Gibson | Canada |
4:59.54 | |
| 5 | Elke Holtz | Mexico |
5:08.78 | NR |
| 6 | Rosamaria Prado | Brazil |
5:10.81 | |
| 7 | Virginia Andreatta | Brazil |
5:16.01 | |
| 8 | Yolanda Mendiola | Mexico |
5:18.16 |
References edit
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 11 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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine