| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 8 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «1975 1983» | ||||||||||
| 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 women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Wendy Weinberg of US.
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
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 8.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Linehan |  United States |
8:48.83 | Q |
| 2 | Jennifer Hooker | United States |
9:03.75 | Q |
| 3 | Barbara Shockey |  Canada |
9:07.59 | Q |
| 4 | Leslie Brafield | Canada |
9:07.94 | Q |
| 5 | Maria Perez |  Venezuela |
9:25.36 | Q |
| 6 | Genevieve Hernandez |  Puerto Rico |
9:25.97 | Q |
| 7 | Andrea Neumayer |  Argentina |
9:32.95 | Q |
| 8 | Ana Anchieta |  Brazil |
9:33.67 | Q |
| 9 | Virginia Andreatta | Brazil |
9:33.95 | |
| 10 | Veronica Espinosa |  Mexico |
9:39.60 | |
| 11 | Georgina Osorio |  Panama |
9:40.15 | NR |
| 12 | Monica Ramirez | Mexico |
9:44.96 | |
| 13 | Ana Hill | Puerto Rico |
10:01.52 |
Final
The final was held on July 8.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kim Linehan | United States |
8:39.82 | NR, GR |
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Jennifer Hooker | United States |
8:50.71 | |
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Barbara Shockey | Canada |
8:54.82 | |
| 4 | Leslie Brafield | Canada |
9:10.14 | |
| 5 | Maria Perez | Venezuela |
9:13.59 | NR |
| 6 | Andrea Neumayer | Argentina |
9:13.93 | |
| 7 | Ana Anchieta | Brazil |
9:29.84 | |
| 8 | Genevieve Hernandez | Puerto Rico |
9:34.34 | NR |
References
- ^ "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 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 2013-10-08.
- 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.