Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the II Pan American Games
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Venue-
DatesMarch 24 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Argentina
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1959»

The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 24 March.[1][2] The Pan American Games champion was Dorotea Turnbull of Argentina.[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[]

Final[]

The final was held on March 24.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 3:08.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mary Jane Sears  United States 3:09.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina 3:09.4
4  United States 3:19.9
5  Mexico 3:21.5
6  Brazil 3:21.6
7  Mexico 3:23.0
8 Helen Stewart  Canada 3:24.8

References[]

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 25, 1955, Morning, General, page 10". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 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.
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