Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Goodell ( 1:50.62 ) NR , GR David Larson ( 1:53.10 ) Kris Kirchner ( 1:53.97 ) Rowdy Gaines ( 1:53.59 ) United States 7:31.28 NR , GR
2 Marcus Mattioli ( 1:54.71 ) Cyro Delgado ( 2:01.84 ) Jorge Fernandes ( 1:50.10 ) Djan Madruga ( 1:52.27 ) Brazil 7:38.92 SA
3 Peter Szmidt ( 1:54.35 ) Graham Welbourn ( 1:57.66 ) Rob Bayliss ( 1:54.37 ) Bill Sawchuk ( 1:52.89 ) Canada 7:39.27
4 Fernando Cañales ( 1:53.64 ) José de Jesus ( 1:58.52 ) Jorge Martinez ( 1:58.13 ) Filiberto Colon ( 2:01.13 ) Puerto Rico 7:51.42 NR
5 Oscar González ( 1:58.82 ) Alfredo Romo ( 1:59.81 ) César Sánchez ( 1:59.15 ) Richard Sasser ( 1:57.85 ) Mexico 7:55.63 NR
6 - - - - Venezuela 8:07.25 NR
7 - - - - Ecuador 8:13.71
8 - - - - Argentina 8:23.41
Results -- Final
The final was held on July 6 . [ 1 ]
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 6 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was the United States. This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.