Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the III Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals)
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Cuba
«19551963»

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]

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

The final was held on September 2.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Bill Mulliken  United States 2:43.1 GR
2nd Kenneth Nakasone  United States 2:43.2
3rd Manuel Sanguily  Cuba 2:44.3
4 Fred Munsch  United States 2:47.7
5 Stephen Rabinovicth  Canada -
6 Roberto Marmolejo  Mexico -
7 Farid Zablith Filho  Brazil 2:52.6
8 Ruben Vergos  Mexico -

References

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