| Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals) | |||||||||
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The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires) and 2 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Héctor Domínguez of Argentina.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.
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.
| 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.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Bill Mulliken | United States |
2:43.1 | GR |
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Kenneth Nakasone | United States |
2:43.2 | |
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Manuel Sanguily | Cuba |
2:44.3 | |
| 4 | Fred Munsch | United States |
2:47.7 | |
| 5 | Steve Rabinovitch | Canada |
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| 6 | Roberto Marmolejo | Mexico |
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| 7 | Farid Zablith Filho | Brazil |
2:52.6 | |
| 8 | Ruben Vergos | Mexico |
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References
- ^ "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.
- O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ "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.
- Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- Resultados
- All Pan medalists - Male
- "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
