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Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

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Women's 200 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 31 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   United States
«1955
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The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires)[1][2] and 3 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Wanda Werner of US.[4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[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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The first round was held on August 31.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Chris von Saltza  United States 2:20.3 Q, GR
- - Shirley Stobs  United States - Q
- - Joan Spillane  United States - Q
- - Margaret Iwasaki  Canada - Q
- - Sara Barber  Canada - Q
- - Maria Luísa Sousa  Mexico - Q
7 - Blanca Barrón  Mexico - Q
8 - Susan Sangster  Canada - Q
9 - Maria Teixeira  Brazil 2:38.4
11 - Lilian Moreira  Brazil 2:39.4
13 - Glória Funaro  Brazil 2:44.5

Final

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The final was held on September 3.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris von Saltza  United States 2:18.5 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shirley Stobs  United States 2:22.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joan Spillane  United States 2:23.0
4 Blanca Barrón  Mexico 2:29.4
5 Margaret Iwasaki  Canada 2:29.4
6 Maria Luísa Sousa  Mexico 2:33.2
7 Susan Sangster  Canada -
8 Maria Teixeira  Brazil 2:38.5

References

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  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 1, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  5. ^ Resultados
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  7. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  8. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  9. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.