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

Event:	Men's 200 metre backstroke
Games:	1983
Venue:	-
Dates:	August 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Rick Carey
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Ricardo Prado
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Mike West
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1979
Next:	1987

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.

Final

The final was held on August 19.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:59.34	GR
			2:02.85	SA
			2:03.11
4			2:03.33
5			2:06.67
6			2:07.81	NR
7			2:15.60
8			2:16.56

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 13 October 2013.
2. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
3. http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Hickosports Results
4. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
5. Web site: All Pan medalists - Female . 2013-10-13 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142026/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 . dead .
6. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
7. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
8. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf. 28 July 2011.