Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
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| Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «1975 | 1983» | |||||||||
The men's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Rick Colella of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[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 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Simmons |  United States | 2:23.53 | Q |
| 2 | Steve Lundquist | United States | 2:24.56 | Q |
| 3 | Pablo Restrepo |  Colombia | 2:24.71 | Q |
| 4 | Graham Smith |  Canada | 2:25.22 | Q |
| 5 | Greg Wurzbach | Canada | 2:26.38 | Q |
| 6 | Helmut Levy | Colombia | 2:27.47 | Q |
| 7 | Orlando Catinchi |  Puerto Rico | 2:27.78 | Q, NR |
| 8 | Luiz Carvalho |  Brazil | 2:27.78 | Q |
| 9 | Andrey Aguilar |  Costa Rica | 2:27.91 | NR |
| 10 | Glen Sochasky |  Venezuela | 2:28.57 | NR |
| 11 | Oscar González |  Mexico | 2:31.28 | |
| 12 | Celso Ogata | Brazil | 2:31.80 | |
| 13 | Jordy Masalles |  Dominican Republic | 2:44.86 | NR |
| 14 | Jud Woolard |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 2:47.41 | |
| 15 | Frank Torres | Puerto Rico | DQ |
Final
The final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Steve Lundquist | United States | 2:21.97 | NR, GR |
 | John Simmons | United States | 2:22.45 | |
 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia | 2:23.13 | SA |
| 4 | Graham Smith | Canada | 2:23:26 | |
| 5 | Greg Wurzbach | Canada | 2:25.07 | |
| 6 | Helmut Levy | Colombia | 2:27.02 | |
| 7 | Orlando Catinchi | Puerto Rico | 2:28.08 | |
| 8 | Luiz Carvalho | Brazil | 2:28.94 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ↑ Hickoksports
- ↑ Hickosports Results
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
- ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
- ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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