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 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[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 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Gagnon |  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
editThe final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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
edit- 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 10 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 2013-10-10.
- ↑ 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.