The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 3 September (preliminaries)[1][2] and 4 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Eulalio Ríos of Mexico.[4][5][6][7][8]
| Men's 200 metre butterfly at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 3 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals) | |||||||||
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«1955 1963» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[9]
Results edit
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 edit
The first round was held on September 3.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Dave Gillanders |  United States |
2:20.2 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Michael Troy | United States |
2:20.5 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Tony Tashnick | United States |
2:22.0 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Eulalio Ríos |  Mexico |
2:22.5 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Fernando Fanjul |  Argentina |
2:26.4 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Peter Fowler |  Canada |
2:38.8 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Heriberto Alvarado |  Chile |
2:41.3 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Ernesto Muñoz | Mexico |
2:41.6 | Q |
| - | 3 | Moacir dos Santos |  Brazil |
2:49.8 |
Final edit
The final was held on September 4.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dave Gillanders | United States |
2:18.0 | GR |
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Michael Troy | United States |
2:18.3 | |
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Eulalio Ríos | Mexico |
2:22.5 | |
| 4 | Tony Tashnick | United States |
2:22.8 | |
| 5 | Fernando Fanjul | Argentina |
2:29.3 | |
| 6 | Ernesto Muñoz | Mexico |
2:39.5 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
References edit
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 5, 1959, Morning, General, page 1". O GLOBO. 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.
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
