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

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Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Venezuela
Bronze medal   United States
«1979
1987»

The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 17 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Rowdy Gaines of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all performed 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 17.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bruce Hayes  United States 1:49.89 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 1:50.36 SA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rowdy Gaines  United States 1:51.27
4 Peter Szmidt  Canada 1:53.16
5 Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 1:53.95
6 Jean François  Venezuela 1:53.95
7 Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay 1:54.01 NR
8 Cyro Delgado  Brazil 1:54.14

References

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 13 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.