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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
Dates17 August 1983
(preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Venezuela
Bronze medal   United States
«1979
1987»

The men's 200-metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 17 August 1983.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Rowdy Gaines of the US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all performed in freestyle.[8]

Results

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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

Heats

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Final

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The final was held on August 17.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bruce Hayes  United States 1:49.89 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 1:50.36 SA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rowdy Gaines  United States 1:51.27
4 Peter Szmidt  Canada 1:53.16
5 Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 1:53.95
6 Jean François  Venezuela 1:53.95
7 Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay 1:54.01 NR
8 Cyro Delgado  Brazil 1:54.14

References

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  1. ^ a b "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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  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.