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

Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	September 1 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Anne Warner    United States   Patty Kemper    United States   Anne Brancroft    United States
«1955 1963»

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September. ^{[1] [2]} The last Pan American Games champion was Mary Lou Elsenius of US. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke. ^[8]

Results

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

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Anne Warner	United States	2:56.4	Q, GR
-	-	Patty Kemper	United States	-	Q
-	-	Anne Brancroft	United States	-	Q
-	-	Mary Whitwill	Canada	-	Q
-	-	Janice Shepp	Canada	-	Q
-	-	Bonnie Benson	Canada	-	Q
-	-	Glória Betella	Mexico	-	Q
-	-	Sônia Escher	Brazil	3:14.1	Q

Final

The final was held on September 1. ^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anne Warner	United States	2:56.8
	Patty Kemper	United States	3:00.1
	Anne Brancroft	United States	3:01.3
4	-	-	-
5	-	-	-
6	-	-	-
7	-	-	-
8	-	-	-

References

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