The Women's 200m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
Results All times are shown in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on July 3.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Cynthia Woodhead 2:04.14 Q 2 Kim Linehan 2:04.60 Q 3 Anne Jardin 2:05.66 Q 4 Gail Amundrud 2:06.42 Q 5 Shelley Cramer 2:08.52 Q 6 Maria Guimarães 2:11.27 Q 7 Andrea Neumayer 2:11.79 Q 8 Maria Perez 2:13.91 Q 9 Sonia Acosta 2:13.93 10 Monica Ramirez 2:14.85 11 Maria Vieira 2:14.85 12 Genevieve Hernandez 2:15.39 13 Georgina Osorio 2:15.91 14 Julia Vicioso 2:18.38 NR
Final The final was held on July 3. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Cynthia Woodhead 1:58.43 WR Kim Linehan 2:01.92 Gail Amundrud 2:03.38 4 Anne Jardin 2:04.37 5 Shelley Cramer 2:07.38 NR 6 Maria Guimarães 2:10.49 7 Andrea Neumayer 2:10.61 NR 8 Maria Perez 2:13.80
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