Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke 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 Donna Wennerstrom of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Linda Jezek   United States   Cheryl Gibson   Canada   Libby Kinkead   United States
«1975 1983»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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 6.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Linda Jezek	United States	2:20.17	Q
2	Libby Kinkead	United States	2:20.43	Q
3	Suzanne Kwasny	Canada	2:24.39	Q
4	Cheryl Gibson	Canada	2:25.14	Q
5	Teresa Rivera	Mexico	2:26.39	Q
6	Rosamaria Prado	Brazil	2:29.42	Q
7	Hilda Huerta	Mexico	2:29.74	Q
8	Laura Laguna	Argentina	2:34.37	Q
9	Penny Blakeman	Puerto Rico	2:37.49
10	Sandra Revette	Venezuela	2:37.68
11	Alba Izcoa	Puerto Rico	2:43.52
12	Silvana Barbato	Uruguay	2:44.93

Final

The final was held on July 6.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Linda Jezek	United States	2:16.07	NR, GR
	Cheryl Gibson	Canada	2:17.58
	Libby Kinkead	United States	2:20.19
4	Suzanne Kwasny	Canada	2:23.79
5	Teresa Rivera	Mexico	2:24.42	NR
6	Rosamaria Prado	Brazil	2:28.03
7	Hilda Huerta	Mexico	2:30.10
8	Laura Laguna	Argentina	2:33.64

References

1. "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
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.