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

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

Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Linda Jezek, Tracy Caulkins, Jill Sterkel and Cynthia Woodhead   United States   Cheryl Gibson, Ann Gagnon, Nancy Garapick and Gail Amundrud   Canada   Teresa Rivera, Elke Holtz, Helen Plachinski and Inez Guerrero   Mexico
«1975 1983»

Results

All times are shown in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Final

The final was held on July 2.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Linda Jezek (1:03.56) Tracy Caulkins (1:13.47) Jill Sterkel (1:00.44) Cynthia Woodhead (55.77)	United States	4:13.24	NR, GR
	Cheryl Gibson (1:05.18) Ann Gagnon (1:13.78) Nancy Garapick (58.51) Gail Amundrud (1:02.69)	Canada	4:20.16
	Teresa Rivera (1:06.85) NR Elke Holtz (1:16.54) Helen Plachinski (1:06.46) Inez Guerrero (1:00.74)	Mexico	4:30.59	NR
4	Laura Laguna (1:11.89) Alicia Boscatto (1:16.32) Rosanna Juncos (1:05.42) Vera Sanchero (1:00.68)	Argentina	4:34.31	NR
5	Rosamaria Prado (1:09.27) Maria Matta (1:17.44) Maria Guimarães (1:06.82) Flávia Nadalutti (1:01.74)	Brazil	4:35.27
6	Penny Blakeman (1:13.19) Vilma Aguilera (1:19.12) Lisa Escalera (1:10.15) Sonia Acosta (1:01.40)	Puerto Rico	4:43.86	NR
7	- - - -	-	-
8	- - - -	-	-

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
3. Hickosports Results
4. All Pan medalists - Male
5. . Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
6. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
7. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine