Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

International sporting event
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Kim Linehan  United States
Silver medal Jennifer Hooker  United States
Bronze medal Barbara Shockey  Canada
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Wendy Weinberg of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[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 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kim Linehan  United States 8:48.83 Q
2 Jennifer Hooker  United States 9:03.75 Q
3 Barbara Shockey  Canada 9:07.59 Q
4 Leslie Brafield  Canada 9:07.94 Q
5 Maria Perez  Venezuela 9:25.36 Q
6 Genevieve Hernandez  Puerto Rico 9:25.97 Q
7 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 9:32.95 Q
8 Ana Anchieta  Brazil 9:33.67 Q
9 Virginia Andreatta  Brazil 9:33.95
10 Veronica Espinosa  Mexico 9:39.60
11 Georgina Osorio  Panama 9:40.15 NR
12 Monica Ramirez  Mexico 9:44.96
13 Ana Hill  Puerto Rico 10:01.52

Final

The final was held on July 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kim Linehan  United States 8:39.82 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jennifer Hooker  United States 8:50.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Barbara Shockey  Canada 8:54.82
4 Leslie Brafield  Canada 9:10.14
5 Maria Perez  Venezuela 9:13.59 NR
6 Andrea Neumayer  Argentina 9:13.93
7 Ana Anchieta  Brazil 9:29.84
8 Genevieve Hernandez  Puerto Rico 9:34.34 NR

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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.