Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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The women's 100 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 Kim Peyton of US. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle. [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 8. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Cynthia Woodhead Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.31Q
2 Jill Sterkel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.74Q
3 Gail Amundrud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.97Q
4 Anne Jardin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 59.30Q
5 Maria Paris Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 1:00.49Q
6 Shelley Cramer Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 1:00.57Q
7 Vilma Aguilera Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.68Q
8 Sonia Acosta Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.74Q
9 Helen Plachinski Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:00.92
10 Teresa Rivera Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:01.34
11 Rosanna Juncos Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:01.65
12 Virginia Sachero Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:01.85
13 Julia Vicioso Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1:02.30 NR
14 Maria Guimarães Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:02.71
15 Maria Vieira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:03.06

Final

The final was held on July 8. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Cynthia Woodhead Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.22 NR , GR
Silver medal icon.svg Jill Sterkel Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.24
Bronze medal icon.svg Gail Amundrud Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.79
4 Anne Jardin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58.06
5 Shelley Cramer Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 59.68NR
6 Maria Paris Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 59.82 NR
7 Vilma Aguilera Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 59.90 NR
8 Sonia Acosta Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:00.19

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine