Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre backstroke
| Men's 200 metre backstroke at the 1983 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | - | |||||||||
| Dates | August 19 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | women | |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 19 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Peter Rocca 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 19.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Rick Carey |  United States |
1:59.34 | GR |
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Ricardo Prado |  Brazil |
2:02.85 | SA |
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2:03.11 | |
| 4 | Cameron Henning | Canada |
2:03.33 | |
| 5 | Richey Hughey | United States |
2:06.67 | |
| 6 | Giovanni Frigo |  Venezuela |
2:07.81 | NR |
| 7 | Jorge Macario | Venezuela |
2:15.60 | |
| 8 | Allan Marsh |  Jamaica |
2:16.56 |
References
- ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.