| Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 6 (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 women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Donna Wennerstrom 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 6.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda Jezek |  United States |
2:20.17 | Q |
| 2 | Libby Kinkead | United States |
2:20.43 | Q |
| 3 | Suzanne Kwasny |  Canada |
2:24.39 | Q |
| 4 | Cheryl Gibson | Canada |
2:25.14 | Q |
| 5 | Teresa Rivera |  Mexico |
2:26.39 | Q |
| 6 | Rosamaria Prado |  Brazil |
2:29.42 | Q |
| 7 | Hilda Huerta | Mexico |
2:29.74 | Q |
| 8 | Laura Laguna |  Argentina |
2:34.37 | Q |
| 9 | Penny Blakeman |  Puerto Rico |
2:37.49 | |
| 10 | Sandra Revette |  Venezuela |
2:37.68 | |
| 11 | Alba Izcoa | Puerto Rico |
2:43.52 | |
| 12 | Silvana Barbato |  Uruguay |
2:44.93 |
Final
The final was held on July 6.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Linda Jezek | United States |
2:16.07 | NR, GR |
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Cheryl Gibson | Canada |
2:17.58 | |
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Libby Kinkead | United States |
2:20.19 | |
| 4 | Suzanne Kwasny | Canada |
2:23.79 | |
| 5 | Teresa Rivera | Mexico |
2:24.42 | NR |
| 6 | Rosamaria Prado | Brazil |
2:28.03 | |
| 7 | Hilda Huerta | Mexico |
2:30.10 | |
| 8 | Laura Laguna | Argentina |
2:33.64 |
References
- ^ "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 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 2013-10-09.
- 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.