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

International sporting event
Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Steve Lundquist  United States
Silver medal John Simmons  United States
Bronze medal Pablo Restrepo  Colombia
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Rick Colella of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[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 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John Simmons  United States 2:23.53 Q
2 Steve Lundquist  United States 2:24.56 Q
3 Pablo Restrepo  Colombia 2:24.71 Q
4 Graham Smith  Canada 2:25.22 Q
5 Greg Wurzbach  Canada 2:26.38 Q
6 Helmut Levy  Colombia 2:27.47 Q
7 Orlando Catinchi  Puerto Rico 2:27.78 Q, NR
8 Luiz Carvalho  Brazil 2:27.78 Q
9 Andrey Aguilar  Costa Rica 2:27.91 NR
10 Glen Sochasky  Venezuela 2:28.57 NR
11 Oscar González  Mexico 2:31.28
12 Celso Ogata  Brazil 2:31.80
13 Jordy Masalles  Dominican Republic 2:44.86 NR
14 Jud Woolard  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:47.41
15 Frank Torres  Puerto Rico DQ

Final

The final was held on July 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Steve Lundquist  United States 2:21.97 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Simmons  United States 2:22.45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pablo Restrepo  Colombia 2:23.13 SA
4 Graham Smith  Canada 2:23:26
5 Greg Wurzbach  Canada 2:25.07
6 Helmut Levy  Colombia 2:27.02
7 Orlando Catinchi  Puerto Rico 2:28.08
8 Luiz Carvalho  Brazil 2:28.94

References

  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 2013-09-30.
  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.