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

The women's 200 metre breaststroke 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 Lauri Siering of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Anne Gagnon   Canada   Joanne Bédard   Canada   Patty Spees   United States
«1975 1983»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[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	Anne Gagnon	Canada	2:40.82	Q
2	Joanne Bédard	Canada	2:42.00	Q
3	Alicia Boscatto	Argentina	2:43.57	Q
4	Patty Spees	United States	2:43.91	Q
5	Elke Holtz	Mexico	2:44.01	Q, NR
6	Renee Laravie	United States	2:44.12	Q
7	Yolanda Mendiola	Mexico	2:45.67	Q
8	Maria Matta	Brazil	2:46.83	Q
9	Vilma Aguilera	Puerto Rico	2:49.04
10	Agnes Nilsson	Brazil	2:50.66

Final

The final was held on July 5.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anne Gagnon	Canada	2:35.75	NR, GR
	Joanne Bédard	Canada	2:40.22
	Patty Spees	United States	2:40.79
4	Renee Laravie	United States	2:41.84
5	Alicia Boscatto	Argentina	2:42.32	NR
6	Elke Holtz	Mexico	2:44.50
7	Yolanda Mendiola	Mexico	2:45.88
8	Maria Matta	Brazil	2:46.94

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 10 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.