Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

International sporting event
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Linda Jezek  United States
Silver medal Cheryl Gibson  Canada
Bronze medal Teresa Rivera  Mexico
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Lynn Chénard of Canada.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Linda Jezek  United States 1:04.53 Q
2 Kim Carlisle  United States 1:05.06 Q
3 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 1:06.23 Q
4 Teresa Rivera  Mexico 1:08.22 Q
5 Melinda Copp  Canada 1:08.88 Q
6 Maria Paris  Costa Rica 1:09.64 Q
7 Rosamaria Prado  Brazil 1:09.73 Q
8 Hilda Huerta  Mexico 1:10.43 Q
9 Laura Laguna  Argentina 1:12.00
10 Penny Blakeman  Puerto Rico 1:13.20
11 Sandra Revette  Venezuela 1:13.40 NR
12 Rita Neves  Brazil 1:13.42
13 Silvana Barbato  Uruguay 1:15.97
14 Alba Izcoa  Puerto Rico 1:16.00

Final

The final was held on July 3.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Linda Jezek  United States 1:03.33 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cheryl Gibson  Canada 1:05.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Teresa Rivera  Mexico 1:06.86 NR
4 Melinda Copp  Canada 1:07.81
5 Linda Huerta  Mexico 1:09.45
6 Rosamaria Prado  Brazil 1:09.57
7 Maria Paris  Costa Rica 1:09.99
8 Kim Carlisle  United States DQ

References

  1. ^ a b c "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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
  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.