Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Lauri Siering of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   Canada
   Canada
   United States
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[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 5.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Anne Gagnon Canada2:40.82Q
2Joanne Bédard Canada2:42.00Q
3Alicia Boscatto Argentina2:43.57Q
4Patty Spees United States2:43.91Q
5Elke Holtz Mexico2:44.01Q, NR
6Renee Laravie United States2:44.12Q
7Yolanda Mendiola Mexico2:45.67Q
8Maria Matta Brazil2:46.83Q
9Vilma Aguilera Puerto Rico2:49.04
10Agnes Nilsson Brazil2:50.66

Final

The final was held on July 5.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Anne Gagnon Canada2:35.75NR, GR
Joanne Bédard Canada2:40.22
Patty Spees United States2:40.79
4Renee Laravie United States2:41.84
5Alicia Boscatto Argentina2:42.32NR
6Elke Holtz Mexico2:44.50
7Yolanda Mendiola Mexico2:45.88
8Maria Matta Brazil2:46.94

References

  1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 10 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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