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Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre individual medley

The men's 400 metre individual medley 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 Steve Furniss of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 400 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Jesse Vassallo  United States
Silver medal Bill Sawchuk  Canada
Bronze medal Alex Baumann  Canada
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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

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All times shown 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

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The first round was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bill Sawchuk   Canada 4:33.97 Q
2 Jesse Vassallo   United States 4:34.14 Q
3 Alex Baumann   Canada 4:35.42 Q
4 Guillermo Zavala   Mexico 4:35.93 Q, NR
5 Glynn Perry   United States 4:38.32 Q
6 Andrey Aguilar   Costa Rica 4:41.43 Q
7 Jorge Varela   Mexico 4:41.52 Q
8 Ricardo Prado   Brazil 4:41.89 Q
9 Antonio Cerezo   Puerto Rico 4:44.31
10 Pablo Restrepo   Colombia 4:45.64
11 Scott Newkirk   U.S. Virgin Islands 4:46.38 NR
12 Roger Madruga   Brazil 4:49.88
13 Jean François   Venezuela 4:50.11
14 Emilio Abreu   Paraguay 4:52.85
15 Andrew Philipps   Jamaica 4:55.55
16 Enrique Leite   Uruguay 4:59.59
17 Jorge Sanchez   Panama 5:03.28 NR
18 Oscar Moreno   El Salvador 5:11.75
19 Victor Masalles   Dominican Republic 5:25.56

Final

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The final was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jesse Vassallo   United States 4:21.63 NR, GR
  Bill Sawchuk   Canada 4:30.21
  Alex Baumann   Canada 4:32.42
4 Glynn Perry   United States 4:32.53
5 Jorge Varela   Mexico 4:39.11
6 Andrey Aguilar   Costa Rica 4:39.44 NR
7 Ricardo Prado   Brazil 4:41.16
8 Guilermo Zavala   Mexico DQ

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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