Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» |
Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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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 200 metre breaststroke 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 Lauri Siering of US. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke. [8]
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 |
The first round was held on July 5. [1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Anne Gagnon | ![]() | 2:40.82 | Q |
2 | Joanne Bédard | ![]() | 2:42.00 | Q |
3 | Alicia Boscatto | ![]() | 2:43.57 | Q |
4 | Patty Spees | ![]() | 2:43.91 | Q |
5 | Elke Holtz | ![]() | 2:44.01 | Q, NR |
6 | Renee Laravie | ![]() | 2:44.12 | Q |
7 | Yolanda Mendiola | ![]() | 2:45.67 | Q |
8 | Maria Matta | ![]() | 2:46.83 | Q |
9 | Vilma Aguilera | ![]() | 2:49.04 | |
10 | Agnes Nilsson | ![]() | 2:50.66 |
The final was held on July 5. [1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Anne Gagnon | ![]() | 2:35.75 | NR , GR |
![]() | Joanne Bédard | ![]() | 2:40.22 | |
![]() | Patty Spees | ![]() | 2:40.79 | |
4 | Renee Laravie | ![]() | 2:41.84 | |
5 | Alicia Boscatto | ![]() | 2:42.32 | NR |
6 | Elke Holtz | ![]() | 2:44.50 | |
7 | Yolanda Mendiola | ![]() | 2:45.88 | |
8 | Maria Matta | ![]() | 2:46.94 |