Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

International sporting event
Women's 200 metre backstroke at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 22 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Amy White  United States
Silver medal Susan Walsh  United States
Bronze medal Barbara McBain  Canada
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The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 22 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Linda Jezek 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

Heats

Final

The final was held on August 22.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Amy White  United States 2:15.66 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Susan Walsh  United States 2:15.94
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Barbara McBain  Canada 2:18.93
4 Michelle MacPherson  Canada 2:19.41
5 Teresa Rivera  Mexico 2:25.82
6 Karen Brands  Peru 2:26.01 NR
7 Sandra Barbato  Uruguay 2:33.29
8 Jean Franseschi  Puerto Rico 2:34.86

References

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 15 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 2013-10-16.
  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 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.