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

Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the II Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates March 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
 Héctor Domínguez  Argentina
 Manuel Sanguily  Cuba
 Walter Ocampo  Mexico
«1951
1959»

The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 20 March.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Héctor Domínguez of Argentina.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.[9]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held on March 20.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Héctor Domínguez  Argentina 2:46.9
2nd, silver medalist(s) Manuel Sanguily  Cuba 2:47.3
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Walter Ocampo  Mexico 2:50.7
4 Nélson Ferreira  Brazil 2:55.3
5 José Hernández  Mexico 2:55.6
6 Ronald Johnson  United States 3:00.8
7 Carlos Bacellar  Brazil 3:03.6
8 Richard Fadgen  United States 3:13.5

References

  1. 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - March 21, 1955, Morning, Sports, page 2". O GLOBO. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ↑ Hickoksports
  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. ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
  9. ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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