Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueIndiana University Natatorium
DatesAugust 11 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Mike O'Brien  United States
Silver medal Ricardo Prado  Brazil
Bronze medal Ray Brown  Canada
«1983
1991»

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 11 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Rick Carey of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]

Results

All times are 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 August 11.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike O'Brien  United States 2:02.29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ricardo Prado  Brazil 2:03.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ray Brown  Canada 2:04.28
4 Gary Vandermeulen  Canada 2:05.29
5 Jerry Frentsos  United States 2:05.42
6 Alejandro Alvizuri  Peru 2:05.63
7 Ernesto Vela  Mexico 2:06.45
8 Rene Saez  Cuba 2:09.66

References

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  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 Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.