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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Anne Gagnon  Canada
Silver medal Joanne Bédard  Canada
Bronze medal Patty Spees  United States
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Swimming at the
1979 Pan American Games
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Lauri Siering of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[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 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anne Gagnon  Canada 2:40.82 Q
2 Joanne Bédard  Canada 2:42.00 Q
3 Alicia Boscatto  Argentina 2:43.57 Q
4 Patty Spees  United States 2:43.91 Q
5 Elke Holtz  Mexico 2:44.01 Q, NR
6 Renee Laravie  United States 2:44.12 Q
7 Yolanda Mendiola  Mexico 2:45.67 Q
8 Maria Matta  Brazil 2:46.83 Q
9 Vilma Aguilera  Puerto Rico 2:49.04
10 Agnes Nilsson  Brazil 2:50.66

Final

The final was held on July 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anne Gagnon  Canada 2:35.75 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joanne Bédard  Canada 2:40.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Patty Spees  United States 2:40.79
4 Renee Laravie  United States 2:41.84
5 Alicia Boscatto  Argentina 2:42.32 NR
6 Elke Holtz  Mexico 2:44.50
7 Yolanda Mendiola  Mexico 2:45.88
8 Maria Matta  Brazil 2:46.94

References

  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 10 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 2013-10-10.
  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.