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

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
 Peter Rocca  United States
 Jesse Vassallo  United States
 Djan Madruga  Brazil
«1975
1983»

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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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, gold medalist(s) Peter Rocca  United States 2:00.98 NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jesse Vassallo  United States 2:02.07
3rd, 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. 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Hickoksports
  3. ↑ Hickosports Results
  4. ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
  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
  8. ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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