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

The women's 400 metre individual medley 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 Kathy Heddy of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Tracy Caulkins  United States
Silver medal Anne Tweedy  United States
Bronze medal Nancy Garapick  Canada
«1975
1983»

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 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 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anne Tweedy   United States 4:58.53 Q
2 Tracy Caulkins   United States 4:59.73 Q
3 Nancy Garapick   Canada 5:00.92 Q
4 Cheryl Gibson   Canada 5:05.36 Q
5 Elke Holtz   Mexico 5:12.46 Q
6 Rosamaria Prado   Brazil 5:12.79 Q
7 Yolanda Mendiola   Mexico 5:14.94 Q
8 Virginia Andreatta   Brazil 5:19.65 Q
9 Maria Perez   Venezuela 5:19.72 NR
10 Georgina Osorio   Panama 5:21.28 NR
11 Lisa Escalera   Puerto Rico 5:28.11
12 Linda Miranda   Puerto Rico 5:48.51

Final

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The final was held on July 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Tracy Caulkins   United States 4:46.05 NR, GR
  Anne Tweedy   United States 4:47.19
  Nancy Garapick   Canada 4:53.37
4 Cheryl Gibson   Canada 4:59.54
5 Elke Holtz   Mexico 5:08.78 NR
6 Rosamaria Prado   Brazil 5:10.81
7 Virginia Andreatta   Brazil 5:16.01
8 Yolanda Mendiola   Mexico 5:18.16

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 11 October 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 2013-10-12.
  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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