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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueIndiana University Natatorium
DatesAugust 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal John Witchel  United States
Silver medal Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay
Bronze medal Brian Jones  United States
«1983
1991»

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 9 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bruce Hayes of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[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

Heats

Final

The final was held on August 9.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Witchel  United States 1:50.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay 1:51.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brian Jones  United States 1:52.11
4 Júlio César Rebolal  Brazil 1:52.15
5 Gary Vandermeulen  Canada 1:52.44
6 Cristiano Michelena  Brazil 1:52.89
7 Darren Ward  Canada 1:53.38
8 Luis Moreli  Puerto Rico 1:53.57

References

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  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 Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.