The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Wendy Weinberg of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
Dates | July 8 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[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 8.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kim Linehan | United States | 8:48.83 | Q |
2 | Jennifer Hooker | United States | 9:03.75 | Q |
3 | Barbara Shockey | Canada | 9:07.59 | Q |
4 | Leslie Brafield | Canada | 9:07.94 | Q |
5 | Maria Perez | Venezuela | 9:25.36 | Q |
6 | Genevieve Hernandez | Puerto Rico | 9:25.97 | Q |
7 | Andrea Neumayer | Argentina | 9:32.95 | Q |
8 | Ana Anchieta | Brazil | 9:33.67 | Q |
9 | Virginia Andreatta | Brazil | 9:33.95 | |
10 | Veronica Espinosa | Mexico | 9:39.60 | |
11 | Georgina Osorio | Panama | 9:40.15 | NR |
12 | Monica Ramirez | Mexico | 9:44.96 | |
13 | Ana Hill | Puerto Rico | 10:01.52 |
Final
editThe final was held on July 8.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Kim Linehan | United States | 8:39.82 | NR, GR | |
Jennifer Hooker | United States | 8:50.71 | ||
Barbara Shockey | Canada | 8:54.82 | ||
4 | Leslie Brafield | Canada | 9:10.14 | |
5 | Maria Perez | Venezuela | 9:13.59 | NR |
6 | Andrea Neumayer | Argentina | 9:13.93 | |
7 | Ana Anchieta | Brazil | 9:29.84 | |
8 | Genevieve Hernandez | Puerto Rico | 9:34.34 | NR |
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 2013-10-08.
- ^ 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.