Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 8 August.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was José Fiolo of Brazil.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the VI Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Rick Colella   United States   Felipe Muñoz   Mexico   Brian Job   United States
«1967 1975»

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 August 8.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rick Colella	United States	2:27.1	GR
	Felipe Muñoz	Mexico	2:27.2
	Brian Job	United States	2:28.1
4	Bill Mahony	Canada	2:29.6
5	José Sylvio Fiolo	Brazil	2:31.9
6	Gustavo Salacedo	Mexico	2:33.2
7	Mike Whitaker	Canada	2:34.2
8	José de Oliveira	Brazil	2:35.1

References

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - August 9, 1971, Evening, General, page 42". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 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. Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
9. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.