Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

Men's 200 metre breaststroke
at the VI Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Mexico
   United States
«19671975»

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 8 August.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was José Fiolo of Brazil.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[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 August 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Rick Colella  United States 2:27.1 GR
2nd Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 2:27.2
3rd Brian Job  United States 2:28.1
4 Bill Mahony  Canada 2:29.6
5 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 2:31.9
6 Gustavo Salacedo  Mexico 2:33.2
7 Mike Whitaker  Canada 2:34.2
8 José de Oliveira  Brazil 2:35.1

References

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