Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 9 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan American Games.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 1987 Pan American Games
VenueIndiana University Natatorium
DatesAugust 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Costa Rica
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This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Final

The final was held on August 9.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Susan Habermas (2:03.34)
Sara Linke (2:04.54)
Pam Hayden (2:02.44)
Whitney Hedgepeth (2:03.02)
 United States8:13.34
Silvia Poll (1:58.36)
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 Costa Rica8:24.25
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 Canada8:25.69
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 Brazil8:37.38
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 Mexico8:55.18
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 Puerto Rico8:57.51
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