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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal Bill Mulliken  United States
Silver medal Kenneth Nakasone  United States
Bronze medal Manuel Sanguily  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: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal 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 place, gold medalist(s) Bill Mulliken  United States 2:43.1 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenneth Nakasone  United States 2:43.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manuel Sanguily  Cuba 2:44.3
4 Fred Munsch  United States 2:47.7
5 Steve Rabinovitch  Canada -
6 Roberto Marmolejo  Mexico -
7 Farid Zablith Filho  Brazil 2:52.6
8 Ruben Vergos  Mexico -

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ 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.
  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.