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

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]}

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1987 Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Andrew Gill   United States   David Berkoff   United States   Alejandro Alvizuri   Peru
«1983 1991»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[8]

Results

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

Final

The final was held on August 14.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Andrew Gill	United States	56.56
	David Berkoff	United States	57.35
	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