| Women's 400 metre freestyle 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 400 metre freestyle 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 Kathy Heddy of US.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.
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 | Cynthia Woodhead |  United States |
4:22.44 | Q |
| 2 | Tracy Caulkins | United States |
4:23.18 | Q |
| 3 | Anne Jardin |  Canada |
4:23.93 | Q |
| 4 | Wendy Quirk | Canada |
4:23.94 | Q |
| 5 | Andrea Neumayer |  Argentina |
4:35.47 | Q |
| 6 | Maria Perez |  Venezuela |
4:35.50 | Q |
| 7 | Monica Ramirez |  Mexico |
4:36.26 | Q |
| 8 | Georgina Osorio |  Panama |
4:38.14 | Q |
| 9 | Ana Anchieta |  Brazil |
4:38.20 | |
| 10 | Genevieve Hernandez |  Puerto Rico |
4:38.52 | |
| 11 | Veronica Espinosa | Mexico |
4:38.84 | |
| 12 | Sonia Acosta | Puerto Rico |
4:39.53 | |
| 13 | Maria Vieira | Brazil |
4:40.17 | |
| 14 | Julia Vicioso |  Dominican Republic |
5:01.75 |
Final
The final was held on July 6.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cynthia Woodhead | United States |
4:10.56 | NR, GR |
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Tracy Caulkins | United States |
4:16.13 | |
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Wendy Quirk | Canada |
4:17.34 | |
| 4 | Anne Jardin | Canada |
4:25.45 | |
| 5 | Andrea Neumayer | Argentina |
4:28.39 | NR |
| 6 | Maria Perez | Venezuela |
4:36.86 | |
| 7 | Monica Ramirez | Mexico |
4:37.18 | |
| 8 | Georgina Osorio | Panama |
4:38.74 |
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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine