Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Brazil
   United States
«1975
1983»
Swimming at the
1979 Pan American Games
Freestyle
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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
1st, gold medalist(s) Brian Goodell  United States 15:24.36 NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Djan Madruga  Brazil 15:41.74
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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

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