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]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the III Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	September 1 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Anne Warner   United States   Patty Kemper   United States   Anne Brancroft   United States
«1955 1963»

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	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

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 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. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.