Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre individual medley

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.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Steve Furniss of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   United States
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[8]

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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The first round was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jesse Vassallo   United States 2:07.90 Q
2 Graham Smith   Canada 2:08.99 Q
3 Bill Sawchuk   Canada 2:09.67 Q
4 Scott Spann   United States 2:10.16 Q
5 Helmut Levy   Colombia 2:10.39 Q
6 Jorge Varela   Mexico 2:10.60 Q
7 Andrey Aguilar   Costa Rica 2:10.78 Q, NR
8 Ricardo Prado   Brazil 2:13.93 Q
9 Pablo Restrepo   Colombia 2:14.15
10 José de Jesus   Puerto Rico 2:14.47
11 David Lindquist   U.S. Virgin Islands 2:14.73 NR
12 Emilio Abreu   Paraguay 2:15.16 NR
13 Glen Sochasky   Venezuela 2:16.02 NR
14 Antonio Cerezo   Puerto Rico 2:16.51
15 Andrew Philipps   Jamaica 2:16.68
16 Roberto Ledesma   Ecuador 2:21.50
17 Enrique Leite   Uruguay 2:21.67
18 Donaldo Clough   Dominican Republic 2:34.30

Final

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The final was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jesse Vassallo   United States 2:03.29 WR
  Graham Smith   Canada 2:05.86
  Scott Spann   United States 2:06.29
4 Bill Sawchuk   Canada 2:07.51
5 Helmut Levy   Colombia 2:08.76 NR
6 Jorge Varela   Mexico 2:09.63 NR
7 Andrey Aguilar   Costa Rica 2:11.51 NR
8 Ricardo Prado   Brazil 2:14.89

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.