Jump to content

Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1975
1983»

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 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]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[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 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cynthia Woodhead  United States 4:22.44 Q
2 Tracy Caulkins  United States 4:23.18 Q
3 Anne Jardin  Canada 4:23.93 Q
4 Wendy Quirk  Canada 4:23.94 Q
5 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 4:35.47 Q
6 Maria Perez  Venezuela 4:35.50 Q
7 Monica Ramirez  Mexico 4:36.26 Q
8 Georgina Osorio  Panama 4:38.14 Q
9 Ana Anchieta  Brazil 4:38.20
10 Genevieve Hernandez  Puerto Rico 4:38.52
11 Veronica Espinosa  Mexico 4:38.84
12 Sonia Acosta  Puerto Rico 4:39.53
13 Maria Vieira  Brazil 4:40.17
14 Julia Vicioso  Dominican Republic 5:01.75

Final

[edit]

The final was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cynthia Woodhead  United States 4:10.56 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tracy Caulkins  United States 4:16.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wendy Quirk  Canada 4:17.34
4 Anne Jardin  Canada 4:25.45
5 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 4:28.39 NR
6 Maria Perez  Venezuela 4:36.86
7 Monica Ramirez  Mexico 4:37.18
8 Georgina Osorio  Panama 4:38.74

References

[edit]
  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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine