Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 20 March.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Héctor Domínguez of Argentina.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the II Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	March 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Héctor Domínguez   Argentina   Manuel Sanguily   Cuba   Walter Ocampo   Mexico
«1951 1959»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[9]

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

Final

The final was held on March 20.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Héctor Domínguez	Argentina	2:46.9
	Manuel Sanguily	Cuba	2:47.3
	Walter Ocampo	Mexico	2:50.7
4	Nélson Ferreira	Brazil	2:55.3
5	José Hernández	Mexico	2:55.6
6	Ronald Johnson	United States	3:00.8
7	Carlos Bacellar	Brazil	3:03.6
8	Richard Fadgen	United States	3:13.5

References

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - March 21, 1955, Morning, Sports, page 2". O GLOBO. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
2. O GLOBO News Archive
3. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
4. Resultados
5. All Pan medalists - Male
6. All Pan medalists - Female
7. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
8. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.