The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 8 August.O GLOBO News Archive The last Pan American Games champion was Mark Spitz of US.Hickoksports ResultadosAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all lengths being in butterfly stroke.Swimming technical manual
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-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats
Final The final was held on August 8. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jorge Delgado 2:06.4 = GR, SA Robb Orr 2:08.4 Augusto González 2:09.9 4 Robert Clarke 2:10.1 5 Tomás Becerra 2:11.2 6 Ricardo Marmolejo 2:12.0 7 Ron Jacks 2:13.0 8 Francisco Ramos 2:14.2
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