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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the II Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	March 25 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Eulalio Ríos   Mexico   Walter Ocampo   Mexico   William Yorzyk   United States
«- 1959»

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]}

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

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 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