Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 21 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Linehan of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1979
1987»

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all 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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Final

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The final was held on August 21.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Tiffany Cohen   United States 8:35.42 GR
  Marybeth Linzmeier   United States 8:41.26
  Julie Daigneault   Canada 8:59.82
4 Sandra Honour   Canada 9:08.14
5 Irma Huerta   Mexico 9:10.86
6 Isabel Miranda   Brazil 9:13.83 NR
7 Amalia Llorca   Venezuela 9:20.20 NR
8 Maria Cuesta   Cuba 9:22.50 NR

References

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  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 15 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 2013-10-15.
  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.