Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained
| Event: | Men's 200 metre breaststroke |
| Games: | 1959 |
| Venue: | - |
| Dates: | August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals) |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Bill Mulliken |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Kenneth Nakasone |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Manuel Sanguily |
| Bronzenoc: | CUB |
| Prev: | 1955 |
| Next: | 1963 |
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires)[1] [2] and 2 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Héctor Domínguez of Argentina.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[10]
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.
Heats
The first round was held on August 31.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | | | 2:44.9 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | | | 2:45.3 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | | | 2:46.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | | | 2:48.5 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | | | 2:51.6 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | | | 2:52.2 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | | | 2:52.2 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | | | 2:52.5 | Q |
| - | 2 | | | 2:58.5 | | |
Final
The final was held on September 2.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| | | 2:43.1 | GR |
| | | 2:43.2 | |
| | | 2:44.3 | |
| 4 | | | 2:47.7 | |
| 5 | | | - | |
| 6 | | | - | |
| 7 | | | 2:52.6 | |
| 8 | | | - | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - September 1, 1959, Morning, General, page 16. https://archive.today/20130907111946/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1959/09/01/01-primeira_secao/ge010959016PRM1-1234_g.jpg. dead. 7 September 2013. O GLOBO. 7 September 2013.
- http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive
- Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - September 3, 1959, Morning, General, page 16. https://archive.today/20130907214344/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1959/09/03/01-primeira_secao/ge030959016PRM1-1234_g.jpg. dead. 7 September 2013. O GLOBO. 7 September 2013.
- http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
- http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Resultados
- http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
- 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 .
- http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
- http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
- 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.
