Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle
Appearance
Women's 200 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals) | |||||||||
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«1955 1963» |
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
[edit]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
[edit]The first round was held on August 31.[1]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Chris von Saltza | ![]() |
2:20.3 | Q, GR |
- | - | Shirley Stobs | ![]() |
- | Q |
- | - | Joan Spillane | ![]() |
- | Q |
- | - | Margaret Iwasaki | ![]() |
- | Q |
- | - | Sara Barber | ![]() |
- | Q |
- | - | Maria Luísa Sousa | ![]() |
- | Q |
7 | - | Blanca Barrón | ![]() |
- | Q |
8 | - | Susan Sangster | ![]() |
- | Q |
9 | - | Maria Teixeira | ![]() |
2:38.4 | |
11 | - | Lilian Moreira | ![]() |
2:39.4 | |
13 | - | Glória Funaro | ![]() |
2:44.5 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on September 3.[3]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Chris von Saltza | ![]() |
2:18.5 | GR |
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Shirley Stobs | ![]() |
2:22.9 | |
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Joan Spillane | ![]() |
2:23.0 | |
4 | Blanca Barrón | ![]() |
2:29.4 | |
5 | Margaret Iwasaki | ![]() |
2:29.4 | |
6 | Maria Luísa Sousa | ![]() |
2:33.2 | |
7 | Susan Sangster | ![]() |
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8 | Maria Teixeira | ![]() |
2:38.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.