Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games

Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games
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Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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The Swimming Tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games took place in the Piscina Olimpica del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico from July 2 to July 8, 1979.^[1][2]

Three world records were broken at this edition of the Games, all by U.S. swimmers.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle   details	USA )	50.77	PUR )	51.25	USA )	51.45
200 m freestyle   details	USA )	1:51.22	USA )	1:52.24	Djan Madruga (BRA)	1:52.34
400 m freestyle   details	USA )	3:53.01	Djan Madruga (BRA)	3:57.46	CAN )	3:58.34
1500 m freestyle   details	USA )	15:24.36	Djan Madruga (BRA)	15:41.74	USA )	15:46.83
100 m backstroke   details	USA )	56.66	Rômulo Arantes (BRA)	57.20	CAN )	57.89
200 m backstroke   details	USA )	2:00.98	USA )	2:02.07	Djan Madruga (BRA)	2:04.74
100 m breaststroke   details	USA )	1:03.82	USA )	1:04.76	CAN )	1:05.66
200 m breaststroke   details	USA )	2:21.97	USA )	2:22.45	COL )	2:23.13
100 m butterfly   details	USA )	55.54	CAN )	55.56	CAN )	56.63
200 m butterfly   details	USA )	2:00.49	CAN )	2:02.15	CAN )	2:02.93
200 m individual medley   details	USA )	2:03.29 WR	CAN )	2:05.86	USA )	2:06.29
400 m individual medley   details	USA )	4:21.63	CAN )	4:30.21	CAN )	4:32.42
4×100 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Rowdy Gaines Jack Babashoff John Newton David McCagg	3:23.71	CANADA Graham Welbourn Alan Swanston Bill Sawchuk Peter Szmidt	3:29.64	Cyro Marques Djan Madruga Marcus Mattioli Rômulo Arantes	3:30.86
4×200 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Brian Goodell David Larson Kris Kirchner Rowdy Gaines	7:31.28	Cyro Marques Djan Madruga Jorge Fernandes Marcus Mattioli	7:38.92	CANADA Peter Szmidt Graham Welbourn Rob Bayliss Bill Sawchuk	7:39.27
4×100 m medley relay   details	UNITED STATES Bob Jackson Steve Lundquist Bob Placak David McCagg	3:47.20	CANADA Steve Pickell Graham Smith Dan Thompson Bill Sawchuk	3:50.02	Fernando Cañales	3:54.63

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle   details	USA )	56.22	USA )	56.24	CAN )	57.79
200 m freestyle   details	USA )	1:58.43 WR	USA )	2:01.92	CAN )	2:03.38
400 m freestyle   details	USA )	4:10.56	USA )	4:16.13	CAN )	4:17.34
800 m freestyle   details	USA )	8:39.82	USA )	8:50.71	CAN )	8:54.82
100 m backstroke   details	USA )	1:03.33	CAN )	1:05.17	MEX )	1:06.87
200 m backstroke   details	USA )	2:16.07	CAN )	2:17.58	USA )	2:20.19
100 m breaststroke   details	USA )	1:12.20	USA )	1:12.52	CAN )	1:14.38
200 m breaststroke   details	CAN )	2:35.75	CAN )	2:40.22	USA )	2:40.79
100 m butterfly   details	USA )	1:00.53	USA )	1:00.59	CAN )	1:02.96
200 m butterfly   details	USA )	2:09.77 WR	USA )	2:15.05	CAN )	2:16.40
200 m individual medley   details	USA )	2:16.11	CAN )	2:19.36	USA )	2:20.33
400 m individual medley   details	USA )	4:46.05	USA )	4:47.19	CAN )	4:53.37
4×100 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Stephanie Elkins Tracy Caulkins Jill Sterkel Cynthia Woodhead	3:45.82	CANADA Gail Amundrud Carol Klimpel Anne Jardin Wendy Quirk	3:50.18	Helen Plachinski	4:02.05
4×100 m medley relay   details	UNITED STATES Linda Jezek Tracy Caulkins Jill Sterkel Cynthia Woodhead	4:13.24	CANADA Cheryl Gibson Anne Gagnon Nancy Garapick Gail Amundrud	4:20.16	Helen Plachinski Inez Guerrero	4:30.59

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		29	29	29	87

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