title: Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
text: # Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
  
  The women's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September. The last Pan American Games champion was Mary Lou Elsenius of US.
  
  This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in breaststroke.
  
  ## Results
  
  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
  
  The first round was held on September 1.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Anne Warner | United States | 2:56.4 | Q, GR |
  | - | - | Patty Kemper | United States | - | Q |
  | - | - | Anne Brancroft | United States | - | Q |
  | - | - | Mary Whitwill | Canada | - | Q |
  | - | - | Janice Shepp | Canada | - | Q |
  | - | - | Bonnie Benson | Canada | - | Q |
  | - | - | Glória Betella | Mexico | - | Q |
  | - | - | Sônia Escher | Brazil | 3:14.1 | Q |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on September 1.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Anne Warner | United States | 2:56.8 |
  | | Patty Kemper | United States | 3:00.1 |
  | | Anne Brancroft | United States | 3:01.3 |
  | 4 | - | - | - |
  | 5 | - | - | - |
  | 6 | - | - | - |
  | 7 | - | - | - |
  | 8 | - | - | - |
  