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

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]

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

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]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Dave Gillanders United States2:20.2Q, GR
21Michael Troy United States2:20.5Q
33Tony Tashnick United States2:22.0Q
41Eulalio Ríos Mexico2:22.5Q
52Fernando Fanjul Argentina2:26.4Q
61Peter Fowler Canada2:38.8Q
72Heriberto Alvarado Chile2:41.3Q
82Ernesto Muñoz Mexico2:41.6Q
-3Moacir dos Santos Brazil2:49.8

Final

The final was held on September 4.[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Dave Gillanders United States2:18.0GR
Michael Troy United States2:18.3
Eulalio Ríos Mexico2:22.5
4Tony Tashnick United States2:22.8
5Fernando Fanjul Argentina2:29.3
6Ernesto Muñoz Mexico2:39.5
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References

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