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

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

Women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[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 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cynthia Woodhead   United States 4:22.44 Q
2 Tracy Caulkins   United States 4:23.18 Q
3 Anne Jardin   Canada 4:23.93 Q
4 Wendy Quirk   Canada 4:23.94 Q
5 Andrea Neumayer   Argentina 4:35.47 Q
6 Maria Perez   Venezuela 4:35.50 Q
7 Monica Ramirez   Mexico 4:36.26 Q
8 Georgina Osorio   Panama 4:38.14 Q
9 Ana Anchieta   Brazil 4:38.20
10 Genevieve Hernandez   Puerto Rico 4:38.52
11 Veronica Espinosa   Mexico 4:38.84
12 Sonia Acosta   Puerto Rico 4:39.53
13 Maria Vieira   Brazil 4:40.17
14 Julia Vicioso   Dominican Republic 5:01.75

Final

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The final was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Cynthia Woodhead   United States 4:10.56 NR, GR
  Tracy Caulkins   United States 4:16.13
  Wendy Quirk   Canada 4:17.34
4 Anne Jardin   Canada 4:25.45
5 Andrea Neumayer   Argentina 4:28.39 NR
6 Maria Perez   Venezuela 4:36.86
7 Monica Ramirez   Mexico 4:37.18
8 Georgina Osorio   Panama 4:38.74

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 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 2013-10-08.
  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