| Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 3 (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 200m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
Results
All times are shown 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 3.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cynthia Woodhead |  United States |
2:04.14 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Linehan | United States |
2:04.60 | Q |
| 3 | Anne Jardin |  Canada |
2:05.66 | Q |
| 4 | Gail Amundrud | Canada |
2:06.42 | Q |
| 5 | Shelley Cramer |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
2:08.52 | Q |
| 6 | Maria Guimarães |  Brazil |
2:11.27 | Q |
| 7 | Andrea Neumayer |  Argentina |
2:11.79 | Q |
| 8 | Maria Perez |  Venezuela |
2:13.91 | Q |
| 9 | Sonia Acosta |  Puerto Rico |
2:13.93 | |
| 10 | Monica Ramirez |  Mexico |
2:14.85 | |
| 11 | Maria Vieira | Brazil |
2:14.85 | |
| 12 | Genevieve Hernandez | Puerto Rico |
2:15.39 | |
| 13 | Georgina Osorio |  Panama |
2:15.91 | |
| 14 | Julia Vicioso |  Dominican Republic |
2:18.38 | NR |
Final
The final was held on July 3.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Cynthia Woodhead | United States |
1:58.43 | WR |
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Kim Linehan | United States |
2:01.92 | |
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Gail Amundrud | Canada |
2:03.38 | |
| 4 | Anne Jardin | Canada |
2:04.37 | |
| 5 | Shelley Cramer | U.S. Virgin Islands |
2:07.38 | NR |
| 6 | Maria Guimarães | Brazil |
2:10.49 | |
| 7 | Andrea Neumayer | Argentina |
2:10.61 | NR |
| 8 | Maria Perez | Venezuela |
2:13.80 |
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 2013-10-08.
- 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.