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Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
	«1975 1983»

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

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

Results

All times shown are 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 2.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rowdy Gaines	United States	1:53.25	Q
2	David Larson	United States	1:53.34	Q
3	Peter Szmidt	Canada	1:53.55	Q
4	Djan Madruga	Brazil	1:53.91	Q
5	Fernando Cañales	Puerto Rico	1:53.92	Q
6	Bill Sawchuk	Canada	1:54.53	Q
7	Marcus Mattioli	Brazil	1:55.95	Q
8	Ernesto Domenack	Peru	1:56.11	Q
9	Filiberto Colon	Puerto Rico	1:57.35
10	Scott Newkirk	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:57.64
11	Diego Quiroga	Ecuador	1:57.69
12	Jean François	Venezuela	1:58.05
13	Richard Sasser	Mexico	1:58.61
14	Alberto Mestre	Venezuela	1:59.08
15	Oscar González	Mexico	1:59.16
16	Daniel Garimaldi	Argentina	2:03.21
17	Donaldo Clough	Dominican Republic	2:03.65	NR
18	Oscar Moreno	El Salvador	2:03.84
19	Alfredo Mackliff	Ecuador	2:03.86
20	Ruben Martinez	El Salvador	2:05.47
21	Jorge Sanchez	Panama	2:05.99
22	Emilio Abreu	Panama	2:06.11
23	Juan Tavarez	Dominican Republic	2:11.59

The final was held on July 2.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rowdy Gaines	United States	1:51.22
	David Larson	United States	1:52.24
	Djan Madruga	Brazil	1:52.34	SA
4	Peter Szmidt	Canada	1:53.15
5	Fernando Cañales	Puerto Rico	1:53.57
6	Bill Sawchuk	Canada	1:53.86
7	Marcus Mattioli	Brazil	1:54.89
8	Ernesto Domenack	Peru	1:55.54	NR

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