Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the IX Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
«1979
1987»

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 21 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Linehan of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held on August 21.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Tiffany Cohen  United States 8:35.42 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Marybeth Linzmeier  United States 8:41.26
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Julie Daigneault  Canada 8:59.82
4 Sandra Honour  Canada 9:08.14
5 Irma Huerta  Mexico 9:10.86
6 Isabel Miranda  Brazil 9:13.83 NR
7 Amalia Llorca  Venezuela 9:20.20 NR
8 Maria Cuesta  Cuba 9:22.50 NR

References

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