Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre backstroke 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 Dan Harrigan of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Vassallo |  United States |
2:05.93 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Rocca | United States |
2:06.52 | Q |
| 3 | Conrado Porta |  Argentina |
2:06.85 | Q |
| 4 | Rob Wallenius |  Canada |
2:08.39 | Q |
| 5 | Wade Flemons | Canada |
2:08.97 | Q |
| 6 | Djan Madruga |  Brazil |
2:09.48 | Q |
| 7 | Rômulo Arantes | Brazil |
2:10.15 | Q |
| 8 | José Urueta |  Mexico |
2:10.83 | Q |
| 9 | Jorge Varela | Mexico |
2:10.84 | |
| 10 | Victor Vasallo |  Puerto Rico |
2:11.98 | |
| 11 | Carlos Berrocal | Puerto Rico |
2:13.19 | |
| 12 | Jose Luis Yepes |  Ecuador |
2:13.25 | NR |
| 13 | Alvaro Roda |  Uruguay |
2:13.50 | |
| 14 | Erik Rosskopf |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
2:21.69 | |
| 15 | Donaldo Clough |  Dominican Republic |
2:24.56 | NR |
Final[edit]
The final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Peter Rocca | United States |
2:00.98 | NR, GR |
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Jesse Vassallo | United States |
2:02.07 | |
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Djan Madruga | Brazil |
2:04.74 | NR |
| 4 | Rômulo Arantes | Brazil |
2:04.99 | |
| 5 | Conrado Porta | Argentina |
2:05.33 | |
| 6 | Wade Flemons | Canada |
2:07.90 | |
| 7 | Rob Wallenius | Canada |
2:08.40 | |
| 8 | José Urueta | Mexico |
2:10.25 |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 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 2013-09-30.
- ^ 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.