Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
International sporting event
| 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 | |||||||||
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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
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 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
The final was held on July 7.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brian Goodell | United States | 15:24.36 | NR, GR |
 | Djan Madruga | Brazil | 15:41.74 | |
 | 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
- ^ 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
