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

Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Stephanie Elkins, Tracy Caulkins, Jill Sterkel and Cynthia Woodhead   United States   Gail Amundrud, Carol Klimpel, Anne Jardin and Wendy Quirk   Canada   Teresa Rivera, Isabel Reuss, Yvonne Guerrero and Helen Plachinski   Mexico
«1975 1983»

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

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.^[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final

The final was held on July 7.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Stephanie Elkins (57.90) Tracy Caulkins (56.21) Jill Sterkel (56.24) Cynthia Woodhead (55.47)	United States	3:45.82	NR, GR
02 !	Gail Amundrud (57.89) Carol Klimpel (57.31) Anne Jardin (57.21) Wendy Quirk (57.77)	Canada	3:50.18
03 !	Teresa Rivera (1:00.68) Isabel Reuss (1:00.91) Yvonne Guerrero (1:00.66) Helen Plachinski (59.80)	Mexico	4:02.05	NR
4	Sonia Acosta (1:00.67) NR Vilma Aguilera (59.26) Genny Hernandez (1:03.36) Wanda Acosta (1:04.26)	Puerto Rico	4:07.55	NR
5	Maria Fátima (1:02.71) Maria Matta (1:03.15) Adriana Pereira (1:00.90) Maria Guimarães (1:02.21)	Brazil	4:08.97
6	Alicia Boscatto (1:05.41) Andrea Neumeyer (1:02.59) Virginia Sanchero (1:01.33) Rosanna Juncos (1:01.66)	Argentina	4:10.99
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