Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the III Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates September 3 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals)
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Mexico
«1955
1963»

The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 3 September (preliminaries)[1][2] and 4 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Eulalio Ríos of Mexico.[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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on September 3.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Dave Gillanders  United States 2:20.2 Q, GR
2 1 Michael Troy  United States 2:20.5 Q
3 3 Tony Tashnick  United States 2:22.0 Q
4 1 Eulalio Ríos  Mexico 2:22.5 Q
5 2 Fernando Fanjul  Argentina 2:26.4 Q
6 1 Peter Fowler  Canada 2:38.8 Q
7 2 Heriberto Alvarado  Chile 2:41.3 Q
8 2 Ernesto Muñoz  Mexico 2:41.6 Q
- 3 Moacir dos Santos  Brazil 2:49.8

Final

The final was held on September 4.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Dave Gillanders  United States 2:18.0 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Michael Troy  United States 2:18.3
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Eulalio Ríos  Mexico 2:22.5
4 Tony Tashnick  United States 2:22.8
5 Fernando Fanjul  Argentina 2:29.3
6 Ernesto Muñoz  Mexico 2:39.5
7 - - -
8 - - -

References

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