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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
 Steve Lundquist  United States
 John Simmons  United States
 Pablo Restrepo  Colombia
«1975
1983»

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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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, gold medalist(s) Steve Lundquist  United States 2:21.97 NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) John Simmons  United States 2:22.45
3rd, 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. 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  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. ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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