Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 21 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Linehan of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the IX Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Tiffany Cohen   United States   Marybeth Linzmeier   United States   Julie Daigneault   Canada
«1979 1987»

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in 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 21.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tiffany Cohen	United States	8:35.42	GR
	Marybeth Linzmeier	United States	8:41.26
	Julie Daigneault	Canada	8:59.82
4	Sandra Honour	Canada	9:08.14
5	Irma Huerta	Mexico	9:10.86
6	Isabel Miranda	Brazil	9:13.83	NR
7	Amalia Llorca	Venezuela	9:20.20	NR
8	Maria Cuesta	Cuba	9:22.50	NR

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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.