Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The women's 400 metre freestyle 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 Kathy Heddy of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 6 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle 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 6.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Cynthia Woodhead |  United States | 4:22.44 | Q |
| 2 | Tracy Caulkins | United States | 4:23.18 | Q |
| 3 | Anne Jardin | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 4:23.93 | Q |
| 4 | Wendy Quirk | Canada | 4:23.94 | Q |
| 5 | Andrea Neumayer |  Argentina | 4:35.47 | Q |
| 6 | Maria Perez |  Venezuela | 4:35.50 | Q |
| 7 | Monica Ramirez |  Mexico | 4:36.26 | Q |
| 8 | Georgina Osorio |  Panama | 4:38.14 | Q |
| 9 | Ana Anchieta |  Brazil | 4:38.20 | |
| 10 | Genevieve Hernandez |  Puerto Rico | 4:38.52 | |
| 11 | Veronica Espinosa | Mexico | 4:38.84 | |
| 12 | Sonia Acosta | Puerto Rico | 4:39.53 | |
| 13 | Maria Vieira | Brazil | 4:40.17 | |
| 14 | Julia Vicioso |  Dominican Republic | 5:01.75 |
Final
The final was held on July 6.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cynthia Woodhead | United States | 4:10.56 | NR, GR |
 | Tracy Caulkins | United States | 4:16.13 | |
 | Wendy Quirk | Canada | 4:17.34 | |
| 4 | Anne Jardin | Canada | 4:25.45 | |
| 5 | Andrea Neumayer | Argentina | 4:28.39 | NR |
| 6 | Maria Perez | Venezuela | 4:36.86 | |
| 7 | Monica Ramirez | Mexico | 4:37.18 | |
| 8 | Georgina Osorio | Panama | 4:38.74 |
References
- "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
- Hickosports Results
- All Pan medalists - Male
- All Pan medalists - Female
- Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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