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


The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 20 March. The last Pan American Games champion was Héctor Domínguez of Argentina.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Final

The final was held on March 20.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Héctor Domínguez2:46.9
Manuel Sanguily2:47.3
Walter Ocampo2:50.7
4Nélson Ferreira2:55.3
5José Hernández2:55.6
6Ronald Johnson3:00.8
7Carlos Bacellar3:03.6
8Richard Fadgen3:13.5