Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
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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 800 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 Wendy Weinberg of US. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all 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 Kim Linehan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:48.83Q
2 Jennifer Hooker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9:03.75Q
3 Barbara Shockey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:07.59Q
4 Leslie Brafield Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:07.94Q
5 Maria Perez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 9:25.36Q
6 Genevieve Hernandez Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 9:25.97Q
7 Andrea Neumayer Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 9:32.95Q
8 Ana Anchieta Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9:33.67Q
9 Virginia Andreatta Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9:33.95
10 Veronica Espinosa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9:39.60
11 Georgina Osorio Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 9:40.15NR
12 Monica Ramirez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9:44.96
13 Ana Hill Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 10:01.52

Final

The final was held on July 8. [1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Kim Linehan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:39.82 NR , GR
Silver medal icon.svg Jennifer Hooker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:50.71
Bronze medal icon.svg Barbara Shockey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:54.82
4 Leslie Brafield Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:10.14
5 Maria Perez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 9:13.59 NR
6 Andrea Neumayer Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 9:13.93
7 Ana Anchieta Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9:29.84
8 Genevieve Hernandez Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 9:34.34 NR

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References

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