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]
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
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| 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 |
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[8]
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 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Anne Gagnon | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 2:40.82 | Q |
| 2 | Joanne Bédard | Canada | 2:42.00 | Q |
| 3 | Alicia Boscatto |  Argentina | 2:43.57 | Q |
| 4 | Patty Spees |  United States | 2:43.91 | Q |
| 5 | Elke Holtz |  Mexico | 2:44.01 | Q, NR |
| 6 | Renee Laravie | United States | 2:44.12 | Q |
| 7 | Yolanda Mendiola | Mexico | 2:45.67 | Q |
| 8 | Maria Matta |  Brazil | 2:46.83 | Q |
| 9 | Vilma Aguilera |  Puerto Rico | 2:49.04 | |
| 10 | Agnes Nilsson | Brazil | 2:50.66 |
Final
The final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Anne Gagnon | Canada | 2:35.75 | NR, GR |
 | Joanne Bédard | Canada | 2:40.22 | |
 | Patty Spees | United States | 2:40.79 | |
| 4 | Renee Laravie | United States | 2:41.84 | |
| 5 | Alicia Boscatto | Argentina | 2:42.32 | NR |
| 6 | Elke Holtz | Mexico | 2:44.50 | |
| 7 | Yolanda Mendiola | Mexico | 2:45.88 | |
| 8 | Maria Matta | Brazil | 2:46.94 |
References
- "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
- Hickosports Results
- All Pan medalists - Male
- All Pan medalists - Female
- 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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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