Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[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 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cynthia Woodhead   United States 57.31 Q
2 Jill Sterkel   United States 58.74 Q
3 Gail Amundrud   Canada 58.97 Q
4 Anne Jardin   Canada 59.30 Q
5 Maria Paris   Costa Rica 1:00.49 Q
6 Shelley Cramer   U.S. Virgin Islands 1:00.57 Q
7 Vilma Aguilera   Puerto Rico 1:00.68 Q
8 Sonia Acosta   Puerto Rico 1:00.74 Q
9 Helen Plachinski   Mexico 1:00.92
10 Teresa Rivera   Mexico 1:01.34
11 Rosanna Juncos   Argentina 1:01.65
12 Virginia Sachero   Argentina 1:01.85
13 Julia Vicioso   Dominican Republic 1:02.30 NR
14 Maria Guimarães   Brazil 1:02.71
15 Maria Vieira   Brazil 1:03.06

Final

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The final was held on July 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Cynthia Woodhead   United States 56.22 NR, GR
  Jill Sterkel   United States 56.24
  Gail Amundrud   Canada 57.79
4 Anne Jardin   Canada 58.06
5 Shelley Cramer   U.S. Virgin Islands 59.68 NR
6 Maria Paris   Costa Rica 59.82 NR
7 Vilma Aguilera   Puerto Rico 59.90 NR
8 Sonia Acosta   Puerto Rico 1:00.19

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 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 2013-10-08.
  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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine