| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 7 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «1975 1983» | ||||||||||
| 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 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. The last Pan American Games champion was Bobby Hackett of US.
This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.
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.
| 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.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Brian Goodell | United States |
15:24.36 | NR, GR |
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Djan Madruga | Brazil |
15:41.74 | |
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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
- ^ "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 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 2013-09-29.
- 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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine