Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle 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 Tiffany Cohen of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Tami Bruce   United States   Deborah Babashoff   United States   Megan Holliday   Canada
«1983 1991»

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all 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

Final

The final was held on August 14.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tami Bruce	United States	8:34.72	GR
	Deborah Babashoff	United States	8:42.77
	Megan Holliday	Canada	8:52.60
4	Jolene Cowan	Canada	8:55.40
5	Patrícia Amorim	Brazil	9:03.95
6	Brendali Sierra	Puerto Rico	9:18.56
7	Miriam Artur	Brazil	9:25.80
8	-	-	-

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.