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

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Women's 200 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue-
DatesAugust 31 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Chris von Saltza  US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Shirley Stobs  US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Joan Spillane  US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
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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]

Contents

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle. [9]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 31. [1]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Chris von Saltza Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:20.3Q, GR
-- Shirley Stobs Flag of the United States.svg  United States -Q
-- Joan Spillane Flag of the United States.svg  United States -Q
-- Margaret Iwasaki Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada -Q
-- Sara Barber Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada -Q
-- Maria Luísa Sousa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico -Q
7- Blanca Barrón Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico -Q
8- Susan Sangster Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada -Q
9- Maria Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:38.4
11- Lilian Moreira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:39.4
13- Glória Funaro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:44.5

Final

The final was held on September 3. [3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Chris von Saltza Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:18.5 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Shirley Stobs Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:22.9
Bronze medal icon.svg Joan Spillane Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:23.0
4 Blanca Barrón Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:29.4
5 Margaret Iwasaki Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:29.4
6 Maria Luísa Sousa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:33.2
7 Susan Sangster Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada -
8 Maria Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:38.5

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  5. ↑ Resultados
  6. ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
  7. ↑ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  8. ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  9. ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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