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

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Men's 200 metre individual medley at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   United States
«1975
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The men's 200 metre individual medley 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 Steve Furniss of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, one each in backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle swimming.[8]

Results[edit]

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[edit]

The first round was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jesse Vassallo  United States 2:07.90 Q
2 Graham Smith  Canada 2:08.99 Q
3 Bill Sawchuk  Canada 2:09.67 Q
4 Scott Spann  United States 2:10.16 Q
5 Helmut Levy  Colombia 2:10.39 Q
6 Jorge Varela  Mexico 2:10.60 Q
7 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 2:10.78 Q, NR
8 Ricardo Prado  Brazil 2:13.93 Q
9 Pablo Restrepo  Colombia 2:14.15
10 José de Jesus  Puerto Rico 2:14.47
11 David Lindquist  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:14.73 NR
12 Emilio Abreu  Paraguay 2:15.16 NR
13 Glen Sochasky  Venezuela 2:16.02 NR
14 Antonio Cerezo  Puerto Rico 2:16.51
15 Andrew Philipps  Jamaica 2:16.68
16 Roberto Ledesma  Ecuador 2:21.50
17 Enrique Leite  Uruguay 2:21.67
18 Donaldo Clough  Dominican Republic 2:34.30

Final[edit]

The final was held on July 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jesse Vassallo  United States 2:03.29 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Graham Smith  Canada 2:05.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Scott Spann  United States 2:06.29
4 Bill Sawchuk  Canada 2:07.51
5 Helmut Levy  Colombia 2:08.76 NR
6 Jorge Varela  Mexico 2:09.63 NR
7 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 2:11.51 NR
8 Ricardo Prado  Brazil 2:14.89

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 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 2013-10-02.
  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.