Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 14 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Craig Beardsley of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Bill Stapleton   United States   Jayme Taylor   United States   Anthony Nesty   Suriname
«1983 1991»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[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 14.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bill Stapleton	United States	2:00.70
	Jayme Taylor	United States	2:00.73
	Anthony Nesty	Suriname	2:01.09
4	Peter Ward	Canada	2:02.52
5	Mike Meldrum	Canada	2:02.98
6	Ricardo Jimenez	Venezuela	2:03.42
7	Hans Palacios	Ecuador	2:06.67
8	Luis Correa	Nicaragua	2:08.52

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 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 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
8. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine