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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Bill Stapleton   United States   Jayme Taylor   United States   Anthony Nesty   Suriname
«1983	1991»

The Men's 200 metre butterfly 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 Craig Beardsley of US.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.^[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 14.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bill Stapleton	United States	2:00.70
	Jayme Taylor	United States	2:00.73
	Anthony Nesty	Suriname	2:01.09
4	Peter Ward	Canada	2:02.52
5	Mike Meldrum	Canada	2:02.98
6	Ricardo Jimenez	Venezuela	2:03.42
7	Hans Palacios	Ecuador	2:06.67
8	Luis Correa	Nicaragua	2:08.52

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