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]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the III Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals)
Medalists
Bill Mulliken   United States   Kenneth Nakasone   United States   Manuel Sanguily   Cuba
«1955 1963»

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	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
	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

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