Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Peter Rocca  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Jesse Vassallo  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Djan Madruga  Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
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The men's 200 metre backstroke 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 Dan Harrigan of US. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

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

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 5. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jesse Vassallo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:05.93Q
2 Peter Rocca Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06.52Q
3 Conrado Porta Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:06.85Q
4 Rob Wallenius Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08.39Q
5 Wade Flemons Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08.97Q
6 Djan Madruga Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:09.48Q
7 Rômulo Arantes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:10.15Q
8José UruetaFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:10.83Q
9 Jorge Varela Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:10.84
10 Victor Vasallo Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:11.98
11 Carlos Berrocal Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2:13.19
12 Jose Luis Yepes Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:13.25 NR
13 Alvaro Roda Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:13.50
14 Erik Rosskopf Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:21.69
15 Donaldo Clough Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 2:24.56NR

Final

The final was held on July 5. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Peter Rocca Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.98 NR , GR
Silver medal icon.svg Jesse Vassallo Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:02.07
Bronze medal icon.svg Djan Madruga Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:04.74 NR
4 Rômulo Arantes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:04.99
5 Conrado Porta Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:05.33
6 Wade Flemons Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:07.90
7 Rob Wallenius Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08.40
8José UruetaFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:10.25

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 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 2013-09-30.
  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.
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