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Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre breaststroke

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Men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1971 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Mexico
Bronze medal   United States
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The men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 8 August.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was José Fiolo of Brazil.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

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

Results

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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

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Final

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The final was held on August 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rick Colella  United States 2:27.1 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Felipe Muñoz  Mexico 2:27.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brian Job  United States 2:28.1
4 Bill Mahony  Canada 2:29.6
5 José Sylvio Fiolo  Brazil 2:31.9
6 Gustavo Salacedo  Mexico 2:33.2
7 Mike Whitaker  Canada 2:34.2
8 José de Oliveira  Brazil 2:35.1

References

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  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - August 9, 1971, Evening, General, page 42". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
  9. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.