Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 7 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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| 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 |
The Men's 1500m Freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bobby Hackett of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[8]
Results
[edit]All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
[edit]The first round was held on July 7.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Szmidt |  Canada |
15:56.05 | Q |
| 2 | Djan Madruga |  Brazil |
15:56.06 | Q |
| 3 | Diego Quiroga |  Ecuador |
16:03.73 | Q |
| 4 | Alex Baumann | Canada |
16:10.92 | Q |
| 5 | Brian Goodell |  United States |
16:11.34 | Q |
| 6 | Bobby Hackett | United States |
16:11.50 | Q |
| 7 | Alejandro Lecot |  Argentina |
16:13.26 | Q |
| 8 | Scott Newkirk |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
16:21.45 | Q |
| 9 | Tizoc Guemez |  Mexico |
16:24.01 | |
| 10 | Filiberto Colon |  Puerto Rico |
16:24.22 | NR |
| 11 | César Sánchez | Mexico |
16:26.68 | |
| 12 | Rafael Vidal |  Venezuela |
16:34.85 | |
| 13 | Carlos Scanavino |  Uruguay |
16:53.42 | NR |
| 14 | Jorge Martinez | Puerto Rico |
16:58.49 | |
| 15 | Oscar Moreno |  El Salvador |
17:00.75 | NR |
| 16 | Roger Madruga | Brazil |
17:23.53 | |
| 17 | Jorge Sanchez |  Panama |
17:40.76 | NR |
| 18 | Victor Masalles |  Dominican Republic |
18:32.65 | NR |
Final
[edit]The final was held on July 7.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brian Goodell | United States |
15:24.36 | NR, GR |
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Djan Madruga | Brazil |
15:41.74 | |
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Bobby Hackett | United States |
15:46.83 | |
| 4 | Peter Szmidt | Canada |
15:56.91 | |
| 5 | Diego Quiroga | Ecuador |
16:02.34 | NR |
| 6 | Alejandro Lecot | Argentina |
16:04.63 | NR |
| 7 | Scott Newkirk | U.S. Virgin Islands |
16:08.36 | NR |
| 8 | Alex Baumann | Canada |
16:08.85 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine