Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Brian Goodell   United States   Djan Madruga   Brazil   Bobby Hackett   United States
«1975 1983»

Main article: Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games

The Men's 1500m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bobby Hackett of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[8]

Results

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

The first round was held on July 7.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Peter Szmidt	Canada	15:56.05	Q
2	Djan Madruga	Brazil	15:56.06	Q
3	Diego Quiroga	Ecuador	16:03.73	Q
4	Alex Baumann	Canada	16:10.92	Q
5	Brian Goodell	United States	16:11.34	Q
6	Bobby Hackett	United States	16:11.50	Q
7	Alejandro Lecot	Argentina	16:13.26	Q
8	Scott Newkirk	U.S. Virgin Islands	16:21.45	Q
9	Tizoc Guemez	Mexico	16:24.01
10	Filiberto Colon	Puerto Rico	16:24.22	NR
11	César Sánchez	Mexico	16:26.68
12	Rafael Vidal	Venezuela	16:34.85
13	Carlos Scanavino	Uruguay	16:53.42	NR
14	Jorge Martinez	Puerto Rico	16:58.49
15	Oscar Moreno	El Salvador	17:00.75	NR
16	Roger Madruga	Brazil	17:23.53
17	Jorge Sanchez	Panama	17:40.76	NR
18	Victor Masalles	Dominican Republic	18:32.65	NR

Final

The final was held on July 7.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brian Goodell	United States	15:24.36	NR, GR
	Djan Madruga	Brazil	15:41.74
	Bobby Hackett	United States	15:46.83
4	Peter Szmidt	Canada	15:56.91
5	Diego Quiroga	Ecuador	16:02.34	NR
6	Alejandro Lecot	Argentina	16:04.63	NR
7	Scott Newkirk	U.S. Virgin Islands	16:08.36	NR
8	Alex Baumann	Canada	16:08.85

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 September 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 2013-09-29.
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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine