Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games
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Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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The swimming competition at the 1987 Pan American Games took place from August to August 15 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.^[1][2][3]

The highlights were the great performances from Anthony Nesty (a gold and bronze) and Silvia Poll (three golds, three silvers and two bronzes), originating in countries with little tradition in swimming (Suriname and Costa Rica, respectively), who obtained great results in this edition of the Games. Also featured for Hilton Woods, from the small Netherlands Antilles, who won the first medal in the history of his country in swimming at Pan American Games, a bronze in the men's 50m free. Mark Andrews, from Trinidad and Tobago, did the same for his country.

Results

Men’s events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle   details	Tom Williams (USA)	22.55	Michael Neuhofel (USA)	22.84	Claude Lamy (CAN)  Hilton Woods (AHO)	23.39
100 m freestyle   details	Todd Dudley (USA)	50.24	Scott McCadam (USA)	50.81	Mark Andrews (TRI)	51.24
200 m freestyle   details	John Witchel (USA)	1:50.90	Carlos Scanavino (URU)	1:51.21	Brian Jones (USA)	1:52.11
400 m freestyle   details	Paul Robinson (USA)	3:54.44	Cristiano Michelena (BRA)	3:55.37	Scott Brackett (USA)	3:55.64
1500 m freestyle   details	Alex Kostich (USA)	15:20.90	Lars Jorgensen (USA)	15:24.09	Chris Chalmers (CAN)	15:30.51
100 m backstroke   details	Andrew Gill (USA)	56.56	David Berkoff (USA)	57.35	Alejandro Alvizuri (PER)	58.65
200 m backstroke   details	Mike O'Brien (USA)	2:02.29	Ricardo Prado (BRA)	2:03.75	Ray Brown (CAN)	2:04.28
100 m breaststroke   details	Richard Korhammer (USA)	1:03.85	Dave Lundberg (USA)	1:04.11	Darcy Wallingford (CAN)	1:04.55
200 m breaststroke   details	Jeff Kubiak (USA)	2:17.62	Mike Barrowman (USA)	2:19.29	Darcy Wallingford (CAN)	2:22.01
100 m butterfly   details	Anthony Nesty (SUR)	53.89	Wade King (USA)	54.33	Michael Dillon (USA)	54.45
200 m butterfly   details	Bill Stapleton (USA)	2:00.70	Jayme Taylor (USA)	2:00.73	Anthony Nesty (SUR)	2:01.09
200 m individual medley   details	Bill Stapleton (USA)	2:03.58	Paul Wallace (USA)	2:04.92	Ricardo Prado (BRA)	2:04.94
400 m individual medley   details	Jerry Frentsos (USA)	4:23.92	Jeff Prior (USA)	4:26.31	Mike Meldrum (CAN)	4:29.63
4×100 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Jim Born Scott McCadam Paul Robinson Todd Dudley	3:19.97	CANADA Darren Ward Claude Lamy Brad Creelman Gary Vandermeulen	3:26.09	BRAZIL Jorge Fernandes Cristiano Michelena Cyro Delgado Júlio César Rebolal	3:27.11
4×200 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Paul Robinson Brian Jones Mike O'Brien John Witchel	7:23.29	CANADA Darren Ward Chris Chalmers Gary Vandermeulen Mike Meldrum	7:29.84	BRAZIL Jorge Fernandes Cristiano Michelena Cyro Delgado Júlio César Rebolal	7:29.92
4×100 m medley relay   details	UNITED STATES Andrew Gill Richard Korhammer Wade King Todd Dudley	3:43.65	CANADA Ray Brown Darcy Wallingford Darren Ward Claude Lamy	3:49.77	BRAZIL Jorge Fernandes Otavio Silva Cícero Tortelli Ricardo Prado	3:50.29

Women’s events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle   details	Jenny Thompson (USA)	26.09	Silvia Poll (CRC)	26.32	Jeanne Doolan (USA)	26.34
100 m freestyle   details	Silvia Poll (CRC)	56.39	Sara Linke (USA)	57.30	Jenny Thompson (USA)	57.46
200 m freestyle   details	Silvia Poll (CRC)	2:00.02	Whitney Hedgepeth (USA)	2:02.06	Sara Linke (USA)	2:04.00
400 m freestyle   details	Julie Martin (USA)	4:11.87	Barbara Metz (USA)	4:13.25	Megan Holliday (CAN)	4:20.78
800 m freestyle   details	Tami Bruce (USA)	8:34.72	Deborah Babashoff (USA)	8:42.77	Megan Holliday (CAN)	8:52.60
100 m backstroke   details	Silvia Poll (CRC)	1:02.18	Holly Green (USA)	1:03.15	Michelle Donahue (USA)	1:03.30
200 m backstroke   details	Katie Welch (USA)	2:13.65	Silvia Poll (CRC)	2:14.18	Holly Green (USA)	2:14.75
100 m breaststroke   details	Keltie Duggan (CAN)	1:12.46	Lori Heisick (USA)	1:12.52	Terri Baxter (USA)	1:12.99
200 m breaststroke   details	Dorsey Tierney (USA)	2:36.87	Alicia María Boscatto (ARG)	2:37.09	Kathy Smith (USA)	2:37.57
100 m butterfly   details	Janel Jorgensen (USA)	1:01.28	Kristen Elias (USA)	1:01.54	Robin Ruggiero (CAN)	1:03.67
200 m butterfly   details	Kara McGrath (USA)	2:12.54	Michelle Griglione (USA)	2:15.03	Shay McNicol (CAN)	2:17.78
200 m individual medley   details	Susan Habermas (USA)	2:18.22	Catherine Ritch (USA)	2:20.06	Karin Helmstaedt (CAN)	2:21.59
400 m individual medley   details	Tami Bruce (USA)	4:49.34	Katie Welch (USA)	4:51.32	Karin Helmstaedt (CAN)	4:57.04
4×100 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Kathy Coffin Jenny Thompson Sara Linke Carrie Steinseifer	3:48.68	CANADA Cheryl McArton Robin Ruggiero Manon Simard Denise Gereghty	3:52.25	COSTA RICA Natasha Aguilar Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri Silvia Poll	3:55.43
4×200 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Susan Habermas Sara Linke Pam Hayden Whitney Hedgepeth	8:13.34	COSTA RICA Natasha Aguilar Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri Silvia Poll	8:24.25	CANADA Denise Gereghty Cheryl McArton Sally Gilbert Anne-Marie Anderson	8:25.69
4×100 m medley relay   details	UNITED STATES Holly Green Lori Heisick Janel Jorgensen Sara Linke	4:12.92	CANADA Manon Simard Keltie Duggan Robin Ruggiero Cheryl McArton	4:17.78	COSTA RICA Silvia Poll Montserrat Hidalgo Marcela Cuesta Carolina Mauri	4:23.11

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	27	20	10	57
2	Costa Rica	3	3	2	8
3	Canada	1	5	13	19
4	Suriname	1	0	1	2
5	Brazil	0	2	4	6
6	Argentina	0	1	0	1
	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
8	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		32	32	33	97