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

Men's 200 metre freestyle at the IX Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Venezuela
   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.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Rowdy Gaines of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held on August 17.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Bruce Hayes  United States 1:49.89 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 1:50.36 SA
3rd, 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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