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

Men's 200 metre butterfly
at the II Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesMarch 25 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
   Mexico
   Mexico
   United States
«-1959»

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 25 March.[1][2] It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan American Games.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[9]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Final

The final was held on March 25.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Eulalio Ríos  Mexico 2:39.8
2nd Walter Ocampo  Mexico 2:40.3
3rd William Yorzyk  United States 2:42.5
4 Jack Nelson  United States 2:43.6
5 Orlando Cossani  Argentina 2:46.5
6 F.Gutierrez  Mexico 2:48.4
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References

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