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

The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kathy Heddy of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 200 metre individual medley at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Tracy Caulkins   United States   Nancy Garapick   Canada   Anne Tweedy   United States
«1975 1983»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[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 2.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tracy Caulkins	United States	2:21.29	Q
2	Nancy Garapick	Canada	2:21.89	Q
3	Anne Tweedy	United States	2:22.43	Q
4	Joann Baker	Canada	2:23.73	Q
5	Elke Holtz	Mexico	2:25.74	Q, NR
6	Rosanna Juncos	Argentina	2:28.01	Q
7	Maria Paris	Costa Rica	2:28.48	Q
8	Yolanda Mendiola	Mexico	2:29.97	Q
9	Vilma Aguilera	Puerto Rico	2:30.33	NR
10	Lisa Escalera	Puerto Rico	2:32.11
11	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:32.96	NR
12	Agnes Nilsson	Brazil	2:34.10
13	Georgina Osorio	Panama	2:35.50	NR
14	Rita Neves	Brazil	2:37.63
15	Georgetti Ednes	Bermuda	2:42.99	NR

Final

The final was held on July 2.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tracy Caulkins	United States	2:16.11	NR, GR
	Nancy Garapick	Canada	2:19.36
	Anne Tweedy	United States	2:20.33
4	Joann Baker	Canada	2:20.83
5	Elke Holtz	Mexico	2:26.13
6	Maria Paris	Costa Rica	2:26.54	NR
7	Rosanna Juncos	Argentina	2:27.71	NR
8	Yolanda Mendiola	Mexico	2:30.80

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 11 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.