Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Kim Linehan  United States
Silver medal Jennifer Hooker  United States
Bronze medal Barbara Shockey  Canada
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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 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]

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all 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 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
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

The final was held on July 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Linehan  United States 8:39.82 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jennifer Hooker  United States 8:50.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 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 2013-10-08.
  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.