The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Furniss of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 6 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[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 6.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Vassallo |  United States |
2:07.90 | Q |
| 2 | Graham Smith |  Canada |
2:08.99 | Q |
| 3 | Bill Sawchuk | Canada |
2:09.67 | Q |
| 4 | Scott Spann | United States |
2:10.16 | Q |
| 5 | Helmut Levy |  Colombia |
2:10.39 | Q |
| 6 | Jorge Varela |  Mexico |
2:10.60 | Q |
| 7 | Andrey Aguilar |  Costa Rica |
2:10.78 | Q, NR |
| 8 | Ricardo Prado |  Brazil |
2:13.93 | Q |
| 9 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia |
2:14.15 | |
| 10 | José de Jesus |  Puerto Rico |
2:14.47 | |
| 11 | David Lindquist |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
2:14.73 | NR |
| 12 | Emilio Abreu |  Paraguay |
2:15.16 | NR |
| 13 | Glen Sochasky |  Venezuela |
2:16.02 | NR |
| 14 | Antonio Cerezo | Puerto Rico |
2:16.51 | |
| 15 | Andrew Philipps |  Jamaica |
2:16.68 | |
| 16 | Roberto Ledesma |  Ecuador |
2:21.50 | |
| 17 | Enrique Leite |  Uruguay |
2:21.67 | |
| 18 | Donaldo Clough |  Dominican Republic |
2:34.30 |
Final
editThe final was held on July 6.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jesse Vassallo | United States |
2:03.29 | WR |
 |
Graham Smith | Canada |
2:05.86 | |
 |
Scott Spann | United States |
2:06.29 | |
| 4 | Bill Sawchuk | Canada |
2:07.51 | |
| 5 | Helmut Levy | Colombia |
2:08.76 | NR |
| 6 | Jorge Varela | Mexico |
2:09.63 | NR |
| 7 | Andrey Aguilar | Costa Rica |
2:11.51 | NR |
| 8 | Ricardo Prado | Brazil |
2:14.89 |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports 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 2013-10-02.
- ^ 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.