Swimming at the 1975 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the VII Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	October 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Dan Harrigan   United States   Mike Scarth   Canada   Bob Jackson   United States
«1971	1979»

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1975 Pan American Games took place on 21 October.^[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Charlie Campbell of the United States.^{[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 October 21.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dan Harrigan	United States	2:06.69
	Mike Scarth	Canada	2:09.20
	Bob Jackson	United States	2:10.18
4	Rômulo Arantes	Brazil	2:11.78
5	-	-	-
6	-	-	-
7	-	-	-
8	-	-	-

References

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - 22 October 1975, Morning, Sports, page 26". O GLOBO. Retrieved 31 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 1975 Pan
9. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.