Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Lynn Chénard of Canada.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Canada
   Mexico
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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 3.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Linda Jezek United States1:04.53Q
2Kim Carlisle United States1:05.06Q
3Cheryl Gibson Canada1:06.23Q
4Teresa Rivera Mexico1:08.22Q
5Melinda Copp Canada1:08.88Q
6Maria Paris Costa Rica1:09.64Q
7Rosamaria Prado Brazil1:09.73Q
8Hilda Huerta Mexico1:10.43Q
9Laura Laguna Argentina1:12.00
10Penny Blakeman Puerto Rico1:13.20
11Sandra Revette Venezuela1:13.40NR
12Rita Neves Brazil1:13.42
13Silvana Barbato Uruguay1:15.97
14Alba Izcoa Puerto Rico1:16.00

Final

The final was held on July 3.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Linda Jezek United States1:03.33NR, GR
Cheryl Gibson Canada1:05.17
Teresa Rivera Mexico1:06.86NR
4Melinda Copp Canada1:07.81
5Linda Huerta Mexico1:09.45
6Rosamaria Prado Brazil1:09.57
7Maria Paris Costa Rica1:09.99
8Kim Carlisle United StatesDQ

References

  1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 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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