Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
Women's 200 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
	«1975 1983»

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.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of the United States.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

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

Results

All times are shown in minutes and seconds.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	GR	Games record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

The first round was held on July 3.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cynthia Woodhead	United States	2:04.14	Q
2	Kim Linehan	United States	2:04.60	Q
3	Anne Jardin	Canada	2:05.66	Q
4	Gail Amundrud	Canada	2:06.42	Q
5	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:08.52	Q
6	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	2:11.27	Q
7	Andrea Neumayer	Argentina	2:11.79	Q
8	Maria Perez	Venezuela	2:13.91	Q
9	Sonia Acosta	Puerto Rico	2:13.93
10	Monica Ramirez	Mexico	2:14.85
11	Maria Vieira	Brazil	2:14.85
12	Genevieve Hernandez	Puerto Rico	2:15.39
13	Georgina Osorio	Panama	2:15.91
14	Julia Vicioso	Dominican Republic	2:18.38	NR

The final was held on July 3.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cynthia Woodhead	United States	1:58.43	WR
	Kim Linehan	United States	2:01.92
	Gail Amundrud	Canada	2:03.38
4	Anne Jardin	Canada	2:04.37
5	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:07.38	NR
6	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	2:10.49
7	Andrea Neumayer	Argentina	2:10.61	NR
8	Maria Perez	Venezuela	2:13.80