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

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 25 March.[1][2] It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan American Games.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the 1955 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesMarch 25 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   Mexico
Silver medal   Mexico
Bronze medal   United States
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1959»

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[9]

Results

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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

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Final

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The final was held on March 25.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Eulalio Ríos   Mexico 2:39.8
  Walter Ocampo   Mexico 2:40.3
  William Yorzyk   United States 2:42.5
4 Jack Nelson   United States 2:43.6
5 Orlando Cossani   Argentina 2:46.5
6 F.Gutierrez   Mexico 2:48.4
7 - - -
8 - - -

References

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  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine