Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Bob Jackson, Steve Lundquist, Bob Placak and David McCagg   United States   Steve Pickell, Graham Smith, Dan Thompson and Bill Sawchuk   Canada   Carlos Berrocal, Orlando Catinchi, Arnaldo Pérez and Fernando Cañales   Puerto Rico
«1975 1983»

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 8.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	- - - -	Canada	3:58.03	Q
2	- - - -	United States	3:59.80	Q
3	- - - -	Puerto Rico	4:00.64	Q
4	- - - -	Mexico	4:01.26	Q
5	- - - -	Brazil	4:03.82	Q
6	- - - -	Argentina	4:15.02	Q
7	- - - -	U.S. Virgin Islands	4:15.41	Q
8	- - - -	Ecuador	4:19.05	Q
9	- - - -	Venezuela	4:23.77
10	- - - -	Dominican Republic	DQ

Final

The final was held on July 8.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Bob Jackson (57.21) Steve Lundquist (1:03.76) Bob Placak (54.47) David McCagg (51.76)	United States	3:47.20	NR, GR
02 !	Steve Pickell (57.48) Graham Smith (1:05.23) Dan Thompson (55.48) Bill Sawchuk (51.83)	Canada	3:50.02
03 !	Carlos Berrocal (57.82) Orlando Catinchi (1:07.36) Arnaldo Pérez (57.90) Fernando Cañales (51.45)	Puerto Rico	3:54.53	NR
4	Rômulo Arantes (57.87) Luiz Carvalho (1:07.28) Caio Filardi (57.39) Cyro Delgado (52.37)	Brazil	3:54.91	SA
5	José Urueta (1:00.78) Miguel Santiesteban (1:06.66) Leonardo Gamez (57.66) Richard Sasser (54.07)	Mexico	3:59.17	NR
6	Conrado Porta (1:00.51) Daniel Garimaldi (1:11.42) Claudio Lutotovich (1:00.86) Alejandro Blanco (55.02)	Argentina	4:07.81
7	- - - -	U.S. Virgin Islands	4:15.04	NR
8	- - - -	Ecuador	4:17.29

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