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

Men's 200 metre butterfly at the VI Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   Ecuador
   United States
   Peru
«1967
1975»

The men's 200 metre butterfly 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 Mark Spitz of US.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.[9]

At this race, two swimmers won the first medals of their countries in swimming at Pan American Games at all times: Jorge Delgado got the gold for Ecuador, and Augusto González, the bronze for Peru.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held on August 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Jorge Delgado  Ecuador 2:06.4 = GR, SA
2nd, silver medalist(s) Robb Orr  United States 2:08.4
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Augusto González  Peru 2:09.9
4 Robert Clarke  United States 2:10.1
5 Tomás Becerra  Colombia 2:11.2
6 Ricardo Marmolejo  Mexico 2:12.0
7 Ron Jacks  Canada 2:13.0
8 Francisco Ramos  Brazil 2:14.2

References

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