Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals) | |||||||||
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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[edit]
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[edit]
The first round was held on August 31.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Manuel Sanguily |  Cuba |
2:44.9 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | Kenneth Nakasone |  United States |
2:45.3 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Bill Mulliken | United States |
2:46.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Fred Munsch | United States |
2:48.5 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Roberto Marmolejo |  Mexico |
2:51.6 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ruben Vergos | Mexico |
2:52.2 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Farid Zablith Filho |  Brazil |
2:52.2 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Stephen Rabinovitch |  Canada |
2:52.5 | Q |
| - | 2 | Newton de Thuin | Brazil |
2:58.5 |
Final[edit]
The final was held on September 2.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Bill Mulliken | United States |
2:43.1 | GR |
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Kenneth Nakasone | United States |
2:43.2 | |
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Manuel Sanguily | Cuba |
2:44.3 | |
| 4 | Fred Munsch | United States |
2:47.7 | |
| 5 | Steve Rabinovitch | Canada |
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| 6 | Roberto Marmolejo | Mexico |
- | |
| 7 | Farid Zablith Filho | Brazil |
2:52.6 | |
| 8 | Ruben Vergos | Mexico |
- |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 1, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 3, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
