Women's 800 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
Dates | July 8 (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 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]
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle. [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 8. [1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kim Linehan | United States | 8:48.83 | Q |
2 | Jennifer Hooker | United States | 9:03.75 | Q |
3 | Barbara Shockey | Canada | 9:07.59 | Q |
4 | Leslie Brafield | Canada | 9:07.94 | Q |
5 | Maria Perez | Venezuela | 9:25.36 | Q |
6 | Genevieve Hernandez | Puerto Rico | 9:25.97 | Q |
7 | Andrea Neumayer | Argentina | 9:32.95 | Q |
8 | Ana Anchieta | Brazil | 9:33.67 | Q |
9 | Virginia Andreatta | Brazil | 9:33.95 | |
10 | Veronica Espinosa | Mexico | 9:39.60 | |
11 | Georgina Osorio | Panama | 9:40.15 | NR |
12 | Monica Ramirez | Mexico | 9:44.96 | |
13 | Ana Hill | Puerto Rico | 10:01.52 |
The final was held on July 8. [1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Kim Linehan | United States | 8:39.82 | NR , GR | |
Jennifer Hooker | United States | 8:50.71 | ||
Barbara Shockey | Canada | 8:54.82 | ||
4 | Leslie Brafield | Canada | 9:10.14 | |
5 | Maria Perez | Venezuela | 9:13.59 | NR |
6 | Andrea Neumayer | Argentina | 9:13.93 | |
7 | Ana Anchieta | Brazil | 9:29.84 | |
8 | Genevieve Hernandez | Puerto Rico | 9:34.34 | NR |
The men'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. The last Pan American Games champion was Richard Abbott of US.
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Jorge Delgado of Ecuador.
The men's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Furniss of US.
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.
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. The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of US.
The Women's 200m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.
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. The last Pan American Games champion was Kathy Heddy of US.
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Kathy Heddy of the United States.
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.
The men's 200-metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 17 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Rowdy Gaines of the US.
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 18 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Cynthia Woodhead of US.
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 21 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Linehan of the United States.
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 10 August at the Indiana University Natatorium. The last Pan American Games champion was Cynthia Woodhead of US.
The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 18 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Jenny Thompson of US.
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 13 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Silvia Poll of Costa Rica.
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 17 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Tami Bruce of US.
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 6 August at the Pan Am Pool. The last Pan American Games champion was Fernando Scherer of Brazil.
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 2 August at the Pan Am Pool. The last Pan American Games champion was Gustavo Borges of Brazil.
The women's 200 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 3 August 1999 at the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The last Pan American Games champion was Cristina Teuscher of US.