Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Jorge Delgado of Ecuador.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Brazil
«1975
1983»

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

Results

All times shown 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 2.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Rowdy Gaines United States1:53.25Q
2David Larson United States1:53.34Q
3Peter Szmidt Canada1:53.55Q
4Djan Madruga Brazil1:53.91Q
5Fernando Cañales Puerto Rico1:53.92Q
6Bill Sawchuk Canada1:54.53Q
7Marcus Mattioli Brazil1:55.95Q
8Ernesto Domenack Peru1:56.11Q
9Filiberto Colon Puerto Rico1:57.35
10Scott Newkirk U.S. Virgin Islands1:57.64
11Diego Quiroga Ecuador1:57.69
12Jean François Venezuela1:58.05
13Richard Sasser Mexico1:58.61
14Alberto Mestre Venezuela1:59.08
15Oscar González Mexico1:59.16
16Daniel Garimaldi Argentina2:03.21
17Donaldo Clough Dominican Republic2:03.65NR
18Oscar Moreno El Salvador2:03.84
19Alfredo Mackliff Ecuador2:03.86
20Ruben Martinez El Salvador2:05.47
21Jorge Sanchez Panama2:05.99
22Emilio Abreu Panama2:06.11
23Juan Tavarez Dominican Republic2:11.59

Final

The final was held on July 2.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Rowdy Gaines United States1:51.22
David Larson United States1:52.24
Djan Madruga Brazil1:52.34SA
4Peter Szmidt Canada1:53.15
5Fernando Cañales Puerto Rico1:53.57
6Bill Sawchuk Canada1:53.86
7Marcus Mattioli Brazil1:54.89
8Ernesto Domenack Peru1:55.54NR

References

  1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
  3. Hickosports Results
  4. All Pan medalists - Male
  5. All Pan medalists - Female
  6. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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