Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 17 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Tracy Caulkins of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the IX Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Tracy Caulkins   United States   Polly Winde   United States   Michelle MacPherson   Canada
«1979 1987»

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[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

Final

The final was held on August 17.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tracy Caulkins	United States	4:51.82
	Polly Winde	United States	4:54.11
	Michelle MacPherson	Canada	4:54.86
4	Donna McGinnis	Canada	5:04.13
5	Jodie Lawaetz	U.S. Virgin Islands	5:13.16
6	Karen Brandes	Peru	5:14.40
7	Irma Huerta	Mexico	5:14.82
8	Magdalena Frigo	Venezuela	5:17.37

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 15 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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine