Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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]
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals) | |||||||||
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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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
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 | Bill Mulliken | United States | 2:43.1 | GR |
 | Kenneth Nakasone | United States | 2:43.2 | |
 | 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
- "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
- 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.
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