Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 11 August.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Debbie Meyer of US.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1971 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 11 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Mexico
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This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[9]

Results

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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

Heats

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Final

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The final was held on August 11.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Cathy Calhoun   United States 9:15.2
  Cynthia Enze   United States 9:32.2
  María Teresa Ramírez   Mexico 9:44.3
4 Roselína Angel   Colombia 9:50.0
5 Laura Vaca   Mexico 9:50.8
6 Randi Bjune   Canada 9:56.3
7 Marcela Lizarzaburu   Ecuador 10:04.4
8 Kin Cassidy   Canada 10:07.5
9 Virgínia Dany   Puerto Rico 10:27.2
10 Liana Vicens   Puerto Rico 10:34.2
11 Maria Barraga   Peru 10:35.1

References

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  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - August 12, 1971, Morning, General, page 24". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
  9. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.