Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the VIII Pan American Games
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Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal  Stephanie Elkins, Tracy Caulkins, Jill Sterkel and Cynthia Woodhead   United States
Silver medal  Gail Amundrud, Carol Klimpel, Anne Jardin and Wendy Quirk   Canada
Bronze medal  Teresa Rivera, Isabel Reuss, Yvonne Guerrero and Helen Plachinski   Mexico

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

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[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

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Final

The final was held on July 7.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Stephanie Elkins (57.90)
Tracy Caulkins (56.21)
Jill Sterkel (56.24)
Cynthia Woodhead (55.47)		  United States 3:45.82 NR, GR
2nd Gail Amundrud (57.89)
Carol Klimpel (57.31)
Anne Jardin (57.21)
Wendy Quirk (57.77)		  Canada 3:50.18
3rd Teresa Rivera (1:00.68)
Isabel Reuss (1:00.91)
Yvonne Guerrero (1:00.66)
Helen Plachinski (59.80)		  Mexico 4:02.05 NR
4 Sonia Acosta (1:00.67) NR
Vilma Aguilera (59.26)
Genny Hernandez (1:03.36)
Wanda Acosta (1:04.26)		  Puerto Rico 4:07.55 NR
5 Maria Fátima (1:02.71)
Maria Matta (1:03.15)
Adriana Pereira (1:00.90)
Maria Guimarães (1:02.21)		  Brazil 4:08.97
6 Alicia Boscatto (1:05.41)
Andrea Neumeyer (1:02.59)
Virginia Sanchero (1:01.33)
Rosanna Juncos (1:01.66)		  Argentina 4:10.99
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Hickoksports
  3. ↑ Hickosports Results
  4. ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
  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
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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