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 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 3 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
Results
editAll 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
editThe first round was held on July 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linda Jezek |  United States | 1:04.53 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Carlisle | United States | 1:05.06 | Q |
| 3 | Cheryl Gibson |  Canada | 1:06.23 | Q |
| 4 | Teresa Rivera |  Mexico | 1:08.22 | Q |
| 5 | Melinda Copp | Canada | 1:08.88 | Q |
| 6 | Maria Paris |  Costa Rica | 1:09.64 | Q |
| 7 | Rosamaria Prado |  Brazil | 1:09.73 | Q |
| 8 | Hilda Huerta | Mexico | 1:10.43 | Q |
| 9 | Laura Laguna |  Argentina | 1:12.00 | |
| 10 | Penny Blakeman |  Puerto Rico | 1:13.20 | |
| 11 | Sandra Revette |  Venezuela | 1:13.40 | NR |
| 12 | Rita Neves | Brazil | 1:13.42 | |
| 13 | Silvana Barbato |  Uruguay | 1:15.97 | |
| 14 | Alba Izcoa | Puerto Rico | 1:16.00 |
Final
editThe final was held on July 3.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Linda Jezek | United States | 1:03.33 | NR, GR |
 | Cheryl Gibson | Canada | 1:05.17 | |
 | Teresa Rivera | Mexico | 1:06.86 | NR |
| 4 | Melinda Copp | Canada | 1:07.81 | |
| 5 | Linda Huerta | Mexico | 1:09.45 | |
| 6 | Rosamaria Prado | Brazil | 1:09.57 | |
| 7 | Maria Paris | Costa Rica | 1:09.99 | |
| 8 | Kim Carlisle | United States | DQ |
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ↑ Hickoksports Deprecated link archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ↑ Hickosports Results
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
- ↑ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ↑ 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.