Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueIndiana University Natatorium
DatesAugust 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Tami Bruce  United States
Silver medal Deborah Babashoff  United States
Bronze medal Megan Holliday  Canada
«1983
1991»

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 14 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Tiffany Cohen of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[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 14.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tami Bruce  United States 8:34.72 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deborah Babashoff  United States 8:42.77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Megan Holliday  Canada 8:52.60
4 Jolene Cowan  Canada 8:55.40
5 Patrícia Amorim  Brazil 9:03.95
6 Brendali Sierra  Puerto Rico 9:18.56
7 Miriam Artur  Brazil 9:25.80
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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.