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
Chris von Saltza   United States   Shirley Stobs   United States   Joan Spillane   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) and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Wanda Werner of US.

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

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 August 31.

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.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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	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