Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:	1955
Venue:	-
Dates:	March 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Héctor Domínguez
Goldnoc:	ARG
Silver:	Manuel Sanguily
Silvernoc:	CUB
Bronze:	Walter Ocampo
Bronzenoc:	MEX
Prev:	1951
Next:	1959

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 20 March.^{[1] [2]} The last Pan American Games champion was Héctor Domínguez of Argentina.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.^[9]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final

The final was held on March 20.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:46.9
			2:47.3
			2:50.7
4			2:55.3
5			2:55.6
6			3:00.8
7			3:03.6
8			3:13.5

Notes and References

1. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - March 21, 1955, Morning, Sports, page 2. O GLOBO. 12 September 2013.
2. http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive
3. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
4. http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Resultados
5. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
6. Web site: All Pan medalists - Female . 2013-09-15 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142026/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 . dead .
7. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
8. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
9. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf. 28 July 2011.