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

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Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   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

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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

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Final

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The final was held on August 21.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tiffany Cohen  United States 8:35.42 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marybeth Linzmeier  United States 8:41.26
3rd place, 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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  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.