Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 15 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Amy White of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Katie Welch   United States   Silvia Poll   Costa Rica   Holly Green   United States
«1983 1991»

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 15.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Katie Welch	United States	2:13.65	GR
	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	2:14.18	NR
	Holly Green	United States	2:14.75
4	Manon Simard	Canada	2:18.80
5	Anne-Marie Andersen	Canada	2:22.70
6	Rita Garay	Puerto Rico	2:23.07
7	Cristiane Santos	Brazil	2:26.43
8	Teresa Rivera	Mexico	2:27.84

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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.