Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bobby Hackett of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Brazil
   United States
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 7.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Peter Szmidt Canada15:56.05Q
2Djan Madruga Brazil15:56.06Q
3Diego Quiroga Ecuador16:03.73Q
4Alex Baumann Canada16:10.92Q
5Brian Goodell United States16:11.34Q
6Bobby Hackett United States16:11.50Q
7Alejandro Lecot Argentina16:13.26Q
8Scott Newkirk U.S. Virgin Islands16:21.45Q
9Tizoc Guemez Mexico16:24.01
10Filiberto Colon Puerto Rico16:24.22NR
11César Sánchez Mexico16:26.68
12Rafael Vidal Venezuela16:34.85
13Carlos Scanavino Uruguay16:53.42NR
14Jorge Martinez Puerto Rico16:58.49
15Oscar Moreno El Salvador17:00.75NR
16Roger Madruga Brazil17:23.53
17Jorge Sanchez Panama17:40.76NR
18Victor Masalles Dominican Republic18:32.65NR

Final

The final was held on July 7.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Brian Goodell United States15:24.36NR, GR
Djan Madruga Brazil15:41.74
Bobby Hackett United States15:46.83
4Peter Szmidt Canada15:56.91
5Diego Quiroga Ecuador16:02.34NR
6Alejandro Lecot Argentina16:04.63NR
7Scott Newkirk U.S. Virgin Islands16:08.36NR
8Alex Baumann Canada16:08.85

References

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