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

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Katie Welch   United States   Silvia Poll   Costa Rica   Holly Green   United States
«1983	1991»

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 15 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Amy White 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 15.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Katie Welch	United States	2:13.65	GR
	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	2:14.18	NR
	Holly Green	United States	2:14.75
4	Manon Simard	Canada	2:18.80
5	Anne-Marie Andersen	Canada	2:22.70
6	Rita Garay	Puerto Rico	2:23.07
7	Cristiane Santos	Brazil	2:26.43
8	Teresa Rivera	Mexico	2:27.84

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.