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

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]

Men's 200 metre backstroke at the IX Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Rick Carey   United States   Ricardo Prado   Brazil   Mike West   Canada
«1979 1987»

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

Final

The final was held on August 19.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rick Carey	United States	1:59.34	GR
	Ricardo Prado	Brazil	2:02.85	SA
	Mike West	Canada	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

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
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 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.