Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
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VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 6 (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 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. [1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kathy Heddy of US. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke. [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 6. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Cynthia Woodhead Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:22.44Q
2 Tracy Caulkins Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:23.18Q
3 Anne Jardin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:23.93Q
4 Wendy Quirk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:23.94Q
5 Andrea Neumayer Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:35.47Q
6 Maria Perez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:35.50Q
7 Monica Ramirez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:36.26Q
8 Georgina Osorio Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 4:38.14Q
9 Ana Anchieta Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:38.20
10 Genevieve Hernandez Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4:38.52
11 Veronica Espinosa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:38.84
12 Sonia Acosta Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4:39.53
13 Maria Vieira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4:40.17
14 Julia Vicioso Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 5:01.75

Final

The final was held on July 6. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Cynthia Woodhead Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:10.56 NR , GR
Silver medal icon.svg Tracy Caulkins Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:16.13
Bronze medal icon.svg Wendy Quirk Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:17.34
4 Anne Jardin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:25.45
5 Andrea Neumayer Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 4:28.39 NR
6 Maria Perez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 4:36.86
7 Monica Ramirez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4:37.18
8 Georgina Osorio Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 4:38.74

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References

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