Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
Swimming at the
1979 Pan American Games
Freestyle
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The Women's 200m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are shown in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cynthia Woodhead  United States 2:04.14 Q
2 Kim Linehan  United States 2:04.60 Q
3 Anne Jardin  Canada 2:05.66 Q
4 Gail Amundrud  Canada 2:06.42 Q
5 Shelley Cramer  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:08.52 Q
6 Maria Guimarães  Brazil 2:11.27 Q
7 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 2:11.79 Q
8 Maria Perez  Colombia 2:13.91 Q
9 Sonia Acosta  Puerto Rico 2:13.93
10 Monica Ramirez  Mexico 2:14.85
11 Maria Vieira  Brazil 2:14.85
12 Genevieve Hernandez  Puerto Rico 2:15.39
13 Georgina Osorio  Panama 2:15.91
14 Julia Vicioso  Dominican Republic 2:18.38 NR

Final

The final was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Cynthia Woodhead  United States 1:58.43 WR
2nd Kim Linehan  United States 2:01.92
3rd Gail Amundrud  Canada 2:03.38
4 Anne Jardin  Canada 2:04.37
5 Shelley Cramer  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:07.38 NR
6 Maria Guimarães  Brazil 2:10.49
7 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 2:10.61 NR
8 Maria Perez  Colombia 2:13.80

References

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