Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the IX Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
«1979
1987»

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 17 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Tracy Caulkins of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held on August 17.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Tracy Caulkins  United States 4:51.82
2nd, silver medalist(s) Polly Winde  United States 4:54.11
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Michelle MacPherson  Canada 4:54.86
4 Donna McGinnis  Canada 5:04.13
5 Jodie Lawaetz  U.S. Virgin Islands 5:13.16
6 Karen Brandes  Peru 5:14.40
7 Irma Huerta  Mexico 5:14.82
8 Magdalena Frigo  Venezuela 5:17.37

References

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