Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the VI Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 11 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Cathy Calhoun   United States   Cynthia Enze   United States   María Teresa Ramírez   Mexico
«1967	1975»

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 11 August.^[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Debbie Meyer of US.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.^[9]

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

Final

The final was held on August 11.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cathy Calhoun	United States	9:15.2
	Cynthia Enze	United States	9:32.2
	María Teresa Ramírez	Mexico	9:44.3
4	Roselína Angel	Colombia	9:50.0
5	Laura Vaca	Mexico	9:50.8
6	Randi Bjune	Canada	9:56.3
7	Marcela Lizarzaburu	Ecuador	10:04.4
8	Kin Cassidy	Canada	10:07.5
9	Virgínia Dany	Puerto Rico	10:27.2
10	Liana Vicens	Puerto Rico	10:34.2
11	Maria Barraga	Peru	10:35.1

References

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - August 12, 1971, Morning, General, page 24". O GLOBO. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
2. O GLOBO News Archive
3. Hickoksports
4. Resultados
5. All Pan medalists - Male
6. All Pan medalists - Female
7. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
8. Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
9. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.