| 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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| «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 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. The last Pan American Games champion was Dan Harrigan of US.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
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.
| 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
The final was held on July 5.
| 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
- ^ "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.