Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
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[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 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[edit]
The final was held on July 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Steve Lundquist | United States |
2:21.97 | NR, GR |
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John Simmons | United States |
2:22.45 | |
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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[edit]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.