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

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the III Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 31 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals)
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   United States
«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

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 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
- - Margareth 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

The final was held on September 3.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Chris von Saltza  United States 2:18.5 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Shirley Stobs  United States 2:22.9
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Joan Spillane  United States 2:23.0
4 Blanca Barrón  Mexico 2:29.4
5 Margareth 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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