The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires)O GLOBO News Archive and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Wanda Werner of US.Hickoksports ResultadosAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.
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.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Chris von Saltza 2:20.3 Q, GR - - Shirley Stobs - Q - - Joan Spillane - Q - - Margaret Iwasaki - Q - - Sara Barber - Q - - Maria Luísa Sousa - Q 7 - Blanca Barrón - Q 8 - Susan Sangster - Q 9 - Maria Teixeira 2:38.4 11 - Lilian Moreira 2:39.4 13 - Glória Funaro 2:44.5
Final The final was held on September 3. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Chris von Saltza 2:18.5 GR Shirley Stobs 2:22.9 Joan Spillane 2:23.0 4 Blanca Barrón 2:29.4 5 Margaret Iwasaki 2:29.4 6 Maria Luísa Sousa 2:33.2 7 Susan Sangster - 8 Maria Teixeira 2:38.5
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