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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Greg Jagenburg of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Craig Beardsley   United States   George Nagy   Canada   Bill Sawchuk   Canada
«1975 1983»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[8]

Results

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

The first round was held on July 5.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Craig Beardsley	United States	2:05.38	Q
2	George Nagy	Canada	2:05.66	Q
3	Bill Sawchuk	Canada	2:06.26	Q
4	Glynn Perry	United States	2:06.44	Q
5	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	2:06.86	Q
6	Carlos Fontoura	Brazil	2:07.56	Q
7	Filiberto Colon	Puerto Rico	2:07.99	Q
8	Rafael Vidal	Venezuela	2:08.35	Q
9	Bernardo Lesser	Mexico	2:09.31	NR
10	Victor López	Puerto Rico	2:09.86
11	David Lindquist	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:12.08	NR
12	Caio Filardi	Brazil	2:12.14
13	Claudio Lutotovich	Argentina	2:16.49
14	Enrique Leite	Uruguay	2:16.97
15	Miguel Oqueli	El Salvador	2:17.96	NR
16	Roberto Ledesma	Ecuador	2:22.33
17	Donaldo Clough	Dominican Republic	2:22.86
18	Víctor Masalles	Dominican Republic	2:28.11

Final

The final was held on July 5.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Craig Beardsley	United States	2:00.49	NR, GR
	George Nagy	Canada	2:02.15
	Bill Sawchuk	Canada	2:02.93
4	Glynn Perry	United States	2:03.84
5	Filiberto Colon	Puerto Rico	2:06.45	NR
6	Carlos Fontoura	Brazil	2:06.50
7	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	2:06.79
8	Rafael Vidal	Venezuela	2:06.86

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
3. Hickosports Results
4. All Pan medalists - Male
5. All Pan medalists - Female
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