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

The Women's 200m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Cynthia Woodhead   United States   Kim Linehan   United States   Gail Amundrud   Canada
«1975 1983»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are shown 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 3.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cynthia Woodhead	United States	2:04.14	Q
2	Kim Linehan	United States	2:04.60	Q
3	Anne Jardin	Canada	2:05.66	Q
4	Gail Amundrud	Canada	2:06.42	Q
5	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:08.52	Q
6	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	2:11.27	Q
7	Andrea Neumayer	Argentina	2:11.79	Q
8	Maria Perez	Venezuela	2:13.91	Q
9	Sonia Acosta	Puerto Rico	2:13.93
10	Monica Ramirez	Mexico	2:14.85
11	Maria Vieira	Brazil	2:14.85
12	Genevieve Hernandez	Puerto Rico	2:15.39
13	Georgina Osorio	Panama	2:15.91
14	Julia Vicioso	Dominican Republic	2:18.38	NR

Final

The final was held on July 3.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cynthia Woodhead	United States	1:58.43	WR
	Kim Linehan	United States	2:01.92
	Gail Amundrud	Canada	2:03.38
4	Anne Jardin	Canada	2:04.37
5	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:07.38	NR
6	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	2:10.49
7	Andrea Neumayer	Argentina	2:10.61	NR
8	Maria Perez	Venezuela	2:13.80

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.