| Women's 200 metre freestyle at the III Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals) | |||||||||
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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]
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 |
The first round was held on August 31. [1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 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 |
The final was held on September 3. [3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Chris von Saltza | United States | 2:18.5 | GR |
 | Shirley Stobs | United States | 2:22.9 | |
 | 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 |
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 11 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Don Havens of US.
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 11 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Erika Bricker of US.
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 11 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Debbie Meyer of US.
The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 6 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Don Schollander of US.
The women's 200 metre individual medley competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 6 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Claudia Kolb of US.
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires) and 2 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Clarke Scholes of US.
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires) and 2 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Héctor Domínguez of Argentina.
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaries) and 4 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US.
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires) and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Frank McKinney of US.
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires) and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US.
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaries) and 4 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Helen Stewart of Canada.
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaries) and 6 September (finals). The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September (preliminaries) and 6 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada.
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September (preliminaries) and 4 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada.
The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 3 September (preliminaries) and 4 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Eulalio Ríos of Mexico.
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 5 September (preliminaries) and 6 September (final). The last Pan American Games champion was Leonore Fisher of Canada.
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 23 March. The last Pan American Games champion was Tetsuo Okamoto of Brazil.
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 23 March. The last Pan American Games champion was Sharon Geary of US.
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1951 Pan American Games took place on 2 March.
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1951 Pan American Games took place on 6 March.
