Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 3 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Tami Paumier   United States   Tracy Caulkins   United States   Anne Gagnon   Canada
«1975 1983»

The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 3 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Lauri Siering of US.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.^[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 3.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tami Paumier	United States	1:14.47	Q
2	Tracy Caulkins	United States	1:14.93	Q
3	Anne Gagnon	Canada	1:15.34	Q
4	Robin Corsiglia	Canada	1:16.24	Q
5	Elke Holtz	Mexico	1:16.47	Q
6	Maria Matta	Brazil	1:17.52	Q
7	Alicia Boscatto	Argentina	1:17.74	Q, NR
8	Vilma Aguilera	Puerto Rico	1:18.42	Q
9	Yolanda Mendiola	Mexico	1:18.48
10	Agnes Nilsson	Brazil	1:20.26
11	Georgette Ednes	Bermuda	1:23.82	NR

Final

The final was held on July 3.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Tami Paumier	United States	1:12.20	NR, GR
02 !	Tracy Caulkins	United States	1:12.52
03 !	Anne Gagnon	Canada	1:14.38
4	Robin Corsiglia	Canada	1:15.45
5	Elke Holtz	Mexico	1:15.45	NR
6	Maria Matta	Brazil	1:17.76
7	Alicia Boscatto	Argentina	1:17.85
8	Vilma Aguilera	Puerto Rico	1:18.12	NR

References