Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Cuba
«1955
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.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 31.[1]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Manuel Sanguily Cuba2:44.9Q, GR
22Kenneth Nakasone United States2:45.3Q
31Bill Mulliken United States2:46.5Q
41Fred Munsch United States2:48.5Q
52Roberto Marmolejo Mexico2:51.6Q
62Ruben Vergos Mexico2:52.2Q
72Farid Zablith Filho Brazil2:52.2Q
82Stephen Rabinovitch Canada2:52.5Q
-2Newton de Thuin Brazil2:58.5

Final

The final was held on September 2.[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Bill Mulliken United States2:43.1GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Kenneth Nakasone United States2:43.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Manuel Sanguily Cuba2:44.3
4Fred Munsch United States2:47.7
5Steve Rabinovitch Canada-
6Roberto Marmolejo Mexico-
7Farid Zablith Filho Brazil2:52.6
8Ruben Vergos Mexico-

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. O GLOBO News Archive
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  5. Resultados
  6. All Pan medalists - Male
  7. "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  8. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  9. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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