Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the VI Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Charles Campbell   United States   Tim McKee   United States   John Hawes   Canada
«1967	1975»

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 8 August.^[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Ralph Hutton of Canada.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[9]

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

Final

The final was held on August 8.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Charles Campbell	United States	2:07.1	GR
	Tim McKee	United States	2:07.9
	John Hawes	Canada	2:14.7
4	Brad Storey	Canada	2:16.8
5	César Lourenço	Brazil	2:16.8
6	Jose Urueta	Mexico	2:17.5
7	Rafael Rocha	Mexico	2:18.5
8	Carlos Santiago	Puerto Rico	2:21.1

References

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - August 9, 1971, Evening, General, page 42". O GLOBO. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
2. O GLOBO News Archive
3. Hickoksports
4. Resultados
5. All Pan medalists - Male
6. All Pan medalists - Female
7. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
8. Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
9. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.