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Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 9 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Tracy Caulkins of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueIndiana University Natatorium
DatesAugust 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Tami Bruce  United States
Silver medal Katie Welch  United States
Bronze medal Karin Helmstaedt  Canada
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This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.[8]

Results edit

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 edit

Final edit

The final was held on August 9.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Tami Bruce   United States 4:49.34
  Katie Welch   United States 4:51.32
  Karin Helmstaedt   Canada 4:57.04
4 Valentina Aracil   Argentina 5:03.55
5 Marlene Bruten   Mexico 5:08.30
6 Rachel Brinn   Jamaica 5:13.78
7 Cláudia Sprengel   Brazil 5:15.35
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References edit

  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 2013-10-21.
  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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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