Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueIndiana University Natatorium
DatesAugust 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Peru
«1983
1991»

The men's 100 metre backstroke 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 Rick Carey of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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 14.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrew Gill  United States 56.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Berkoff  United States 57.35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alejandro Alvizuri  Peru 58.65
4 Ray Brown  Canada 58.66
5 Gary Vandermeulen  Canada 58.91
6 Manuel Guzmán  Puerto Rico 59.24
7 Ernesto Vela  Mexico 59.83
8 Rene Saez  Cuba 1:00.68

References

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  1. ^ a b "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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  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.