Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 17 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Tracy Caulkins of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the IX Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
«1979
1987»

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Final

The final was held on August 17.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Tracy Caulkins United States4:51.82
Polly Winde United States4:54.11
Michelle MacPherson Canada4:54.86
4Donna McGinnis Canada5:04.13
5Jodie Lawaetz U.S. Virgin Islands5:13.16
6Karen Brandes Peru5:14.40
7Irma Huerta Mexico5:14.82
8Magdalena Frigo Venezuela5:17.37

References

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