Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games

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Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games
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The Swimming Tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games took place in the Piscina Olimpica del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico from July 2 to July 8, 1979. [1] [2]

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Three world records were broken at this edition of the Games, all by U.S. swimmers.

Men’s events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m freestyle
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Flag of the United States.svg  David McCagg  (USA)50.77Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Fernando Cañales  (PUR)51.25Flag of the United States.svg  John Newton  (USA)51.45
200 m freestyle
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Flag of the United States.svg  Rowdy Gaines  (USA)1:51.22Flag of the United States.svg  David Larson  (USA)1:52.24Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Djan Madruga  (BRA)1:52.34
400 m freestyle
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Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Goodell  (USA)3:53.01Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Djan Madruga  (BRA)3:57.46Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Peter Szmidt  (CAN)3:58.34
1500 m freestyle
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Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Goodell  (USA)15:24.36Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Djan Madruga  (BRA)15:41.74Flag of the United States.svg  Bobby Hackett  (USA)15:46.83
100 m backstroke
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Bob Jackson  (USA)56.66Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Rômulo Arantes  (BRA)57.20Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Pickell  (CAN)57.89
200 m backstroke
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Peter Rocca  (USA)2:00.98Flag of the United States.svg  Jesse Vassallo  (USA)2:02.07Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Djan Madruga  (BRA)2:04.74
100 m breaststroke
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Lundquist  (USA)1:03.82Flag of the United States.svg  Greg Winchell  (USA)1:04.76Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Graham Smith  (CAN)1:05.66
200 m breaststroke
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Lundquist  (USA)2:21.97Flag of the United States.svg  John Simmons  (USA)2:22.45Flag of Colombia.svg  Pablo Restrepo  (COL)2:23.13
100 m butterfly
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Flag of the United States.svg  Robert Placak  (USA)55.54Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Dan Thompson  (CAN)55.56Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Clay Evans  (CAN)56.63
200 m butterfly
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Craig Beardsley  (USA)2:00.49Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  George Nagy  (CAN)2:02.15Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Bill Sawchuk  (CAN)2:02.93
200 m individual medley
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Jesse Vassallo  (USA)2:03.29
WR
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Graham Smith  (CAN)2:05.86Flag of the United States.svg  Scott Spann  (USA)2:06.29
400 m individual medley
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Flag of the United States.svg  Jesse Vassallo  (USA)4:21.63Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Bill Sawchuk  (CAN)4:30.21Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alex Baumann  (CAN)4:32.42
4×100 m freestyle relay
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Flag of the United States.svg UNITED STATES
Rowdy Gaines
Jack Babashoff
John Newton
David McCagg
3:23.71 Flag of Canada.svg CANADA
Graham Welbourn
Alan Swanston
Bill Sawchuk
Peter Szmidt
3:29.64 Flag of Brazil.svg BRAZIL
Cyro Marques
Djan Madruga
Marcus Mattioli
Rômulo Arantes
3:30.86
4×200 m freestyle relay
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Flag of the United States.svg UNITED STATES
Brian Goodell
David Larson
Kris Kirchner
Rowdy Gaines
7:31.28 Flag of Brazil.svg BRAZIL
Cyro Marques
Djan Madruga
Jorge Fernandes
Marcus Mattioli
7:38.92 Flag of Canada.svg CANADA
Peter Szmidt
Graham Welbourn
Rob Bayliss
Bill Sawchuk
7:39.27
4×100 m medley relay
  details
Flag of the United States.svg UNITED STATES
Bob Jackson
Steve Lundquist
Bob Placak
David McCagg
3:47.20 Flag of Canada.svg CANADA
Steve Pickell
Graham Smith
Dan Thompson
Bill Sawchuk
3:50.02 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg PUERTO RICO
Carlos Berrocal
Orlando Catinchi
Arnaldo Pérez
Fernando Cañales
3:54.63

Women's events

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m freestyle
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Cynthia Woodhead  (USA)56.22Flag of the United States.svg  Jill Sterkel  (USA)56.24Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gail Amundrud  (CAN)57.79
200 m freestyle
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Cynthia Woodhead  (USA)1:58.43
WR
Flag of the United States.svg  Kim Linehan  (USA)2:01.92Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gail Amundrud  (CAN)2:03.38
400 m freestyle
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Flag of the United States.svg  Cynthia Woodhead  (USA)4:10.56Flag of the United States.svg  Tracy Caulkins  (USA)4:16.13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Wendy Quirk  (CAN)4:17.34
800 m freestyle
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Flag of the United States.svg  Kim Linehan  (USA)8:39.82Flag of the United States.svg  Jennifer Hooker  (USA)8:50.71Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Barbara Shockey  (CAN)8:54.82
100 m backstroke
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Flag of the United States.svg  Linda Jezek  (USA)1:03.33Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cheryl Gibson  (CAN)1:05.17Flag of Mexico.svg  Teresa Rivera  (MEX)1:06.87
200 m backstroke
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Linda Jezek  (USA)2:16.07Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cheryl Gibson  (CAN)2:17.58Flag of the United States.svg  Libby Kinkead  (USA)2:20.19
100 m breaststroke
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Tami Paumier  (USA)1:12.20Flag of the United States.svg  Tracy Caulkins  (USA)1:12.52Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Anne Gagnon  (CAN)1:14.38
200 m breaststroke
  details
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Anne Gagnon  (CAN)2:35.75Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Joanne Bédard  (CAN)2:40.22Flag of the United States.svg  Patricia Speeds  (USA)2:40.79
100 m butterfly
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Flag of the United States.svg  Jill Sterkel  (USA)1:00.53Flag of the United States.svg  Lisa Buese  (USA)1:00.59Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nancy Garapick  (CAN)1:02.96
200 m butterfly
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Mary T. Meagher  (USA)2:09.77
WR
Flag of the United States.svg  Karinne Miller  (USA)2:15.05Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nancy Garapick  (CAN)2:16.40
200 m individual medley
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Tracy Caulkins  (USA)2:16.11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nancy Garapick  (CAN)2:19.36Flag of the United States.svg  Anne Tweedy  (USA)2:20.33
400 m individual medley
  details
Flag of the United States.svg  Tracy Caulkins  (USA)4:46.05Flag of the United States.svg  Anne Tweedy  (USA)4:47.19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nancy Garapick  (CAN)4:53.37
4×100 m freestyle relay
  details
Flag of the United States.svg UNITED STATES
Stephanie Elkins
Tracy Caulkins
Jill Sterkel
Cynthia Woodhead
3:45.82 Flag of Canada.svg CANADA
Gail Amundrud
Carol Klimpel
Anne Jardin
Wendy Quirk
3:50.18 Flag of Mexico.svg MEXICO
Teresa Rivera
Isabel Reuss
Yvonne Guerrero
Helen Plachinski
4:02.05
4×100 m medley relay
  details
Flag of the United States.svg UNITED STATES
Linda Jezek
Tracy Caulkins
Jill Sterkel
Cynthia Woodhead
4:13.24 Flag of Canada.svg CANADA
Cheryl Gibson
Anne Gagnon
Nancy Garapick
Gail Amundrud
4:20.16 Flag of Mexico.svg MEXICO
Teresa Rivera
Elke Holtz
Helen Plachinski
Inez Guerrero
4:30.59

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2812646
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1121528
3Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 0437
4Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 0112
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0033
6Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0011
Totals (6 entries)29292987

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The Women's 100m Butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The last Pan American Games champion was Camille Wright of US.

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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.

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References

  1. "ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history" (PDF). ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-10.
  2. Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN   8576652803.