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 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | - | |||||||||
| Dates | March 25 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
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«- 1959» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[9]
Results
editAll 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
editThe final was held on March 25.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Eulalio Ríos |  Mexico |
2:39.8 | |
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Walter Ocampo | Mexico |
2:40.3 | |
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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
edit- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
