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

International sporting event
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 Cynthia Woodhead  United States
Silver medal Tracy Caulkins  United States
Bronze medal Wendy Quirk  Canada
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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]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

Results

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

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

The final was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cynthia Woodhead  United States 4:10.56 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tracy Caulkins  United States 4:16.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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