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

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Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1975
1983»

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[8]

Results

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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

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The first round was held on July 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Cynthia Woodhead  United States 57.31 Q
2 Jill Sterkel  United States 58.74 Q
3 Gail Amundrud  Canada 58.97 Q
4 Anne Jardin  Canada 59.30 Q
5 Maria Paris  Costa Rica 1:00.49 Q
6 Shelley Cramer  U.S. Virgin Islands 1:00.57 Q
7 Vilma Aguilera  Puerto Rico 1:00.68 Q
8 Sonia Acosta  Puerto Rico 1:00.74 Q
9 Helen Plachinski  Mexico 1:00.92
10 Teresa Rivera  Mexico 1:01.34
11 Rosanna Juncos  Argentina 1:01.65
12 Virginia Sachero  Argentina 1:01.85
13 Julia Vicioso  Dominican Republic 1:02.30 NR
14 Maria Guimarães  Brazil 1:02.71
15 Maria Vieira  Brazil 1:03.06

Final

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The final was held on July 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cynthia Woodhead  United States 56.22 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jill Sterkel  United States 56.24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gail Amundrud  Canada 57.79
4 Anne Jardin  Canada 58.06
5 Shelley Cramer  U.S. Virgin Islands 59.68 NR
6 Maria Paris  Costa Rica 59.82 NR
7 Vilma Aguilera  Puerto Rico 59.90 NR
8 Sonia Acosta  Puerto Rico 1:00.19

References

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  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 2013-10-08.
  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