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

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 11 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Mike O'Brien   United States   Ricardo Prado   Brazil   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

Final

The final was held on August 11.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mike O'Brien	United States	2:02.29
	Ricardo Prado	Brazil	2:03.75
	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. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
2. Hickoksports
3. Hickosports Results
4. All Pan medalists - Male
5. All Pan medalists - Female
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
8. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.