Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 200 metre freestyle
Games:1959
Venue:-
Dates:August 31 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals)
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Chris von Saltza
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Shirley Stobs
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Joan Spillane
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1955
Next:1963

The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires)[1] [2] and 3 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Wanda Werner of US.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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

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 2:20.3 Q, GR
- - - Q
- - - Q
- - - Q
- - - Q
- - - Q
7 - - Q
8 - - Q
9 - 2:38.4
11 - 2:39.4
13 - 2:44.5

Final

The final was held on September 3.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
2:18.5 GR
2:22.9
2:23.0
4 2:29.4
5 2:29.4
6 2:33.2
7 -
8 2:38.5

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14. https://archive.today/20130908000813/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1959/09/04/01-primeira_secao/ge040959014PRM1-1234_g.jpg. dead. 8 September 2013. O GLOBO. 7 September 2013.
  4. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
  5. http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Resultados
  6. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
  7. 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 .
  8. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
  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.