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

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]

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the IX Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 22 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Amy White   United States   Susan Walsh   United States   Barbara McBain   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 22.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Amy White	United States	2:15.66	GR
	Susan Walsh	United States	2:15.94
	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. "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
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.