Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Mary Lou Elsenius of US.[3][4][5][6][7]
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| Dates | September 1 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[8]
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 September 1.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Anne Warner |  United States | 2:56.4 | Q, GR |
| - | - | Patty Kemper | United States | - | Q |
| - | - | Anne Brancroft | United States | - | Q |
| - | - | Mary Whitwill | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | - | Q |
| - | - | Janice Shepp | Canada | - | Q |
| - | - | Bonnie Benson | Canada | - | Q |
| - | - | Glória Betella |  Mexico | - | Q |
| - | - | Sônia Escher |  Brazil | 3:14.1 | Q |
Final
The final was held on September 1.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anne Warner | United States | 2:56.8 | |
 | Patty Kemper | United States | 3:00.1 | |
 | Anne Brancroft | United States | 3:01.3 | |
| 4 | - | - | - | |
| 5 | - | - | - | |
| 6 | - | - | - | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
References
- "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- O GLOBO News Archive
- 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.
- "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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