Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Peter Rocca  United States
Silver medal Jesse Vassallo  United States
Bronze medal Djan Madruga  Brazil
«1975
1983»
Swimming at the
1979 Pan American Games
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 5 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Dan Harrigan of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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

Results

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

The first round was held on July 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jesse Vassallo  United States 2:05.93 Q
2 Peter Rocca  United States 2:06.52 Q
3 Conrado Porta  Argentina 2:06.85 Q
4 Rob Wallenius  Canada 2:08.39 Q
5 Wade Flemons  Canada 2:08.97 Q
6 Djan Madruga  Brazil 2:09.48 Q
7 Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 2:10.15 Q
8 José Urueta  Mexico 2:10.83 Q
9 Jorge Varela  Mexico 2:10.84
10 Victor Vasallo  Puerto Rico 2:11.98
11 Carlos Berrocal  Puerto Rico 2:13.19
12 Jose Luis Yepes  Ecuador 2:13.25 NR
13 Alvaro Roda  Uruguay 2:13.50
14 Erik Rosskopf  U.S. Virgin Islands 2:21.69
15 Donaldo Clough  Dominican Republic 2:24.56 NR

Final

The final was held on July 5.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Rocca  United States 2:00.98 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jesse Vassallo  United States 2:02.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Djan Madruga  Brazil 2:04.74 NR
4 Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 2:04.99
5 Conrado Porta  Argentina 2:05.33
6 Wade Flemons  Canada 2:07.90
7 Rob Wallenius  Canada 2:08.40
8 José Urueta  Mexico 2:10.25

References

  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 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 2013-09-30.
  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.