Swimming at the I959 Pan American Games | |
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«1955 1963» |
Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | women | |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | women | |
200 m | men | |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | women | |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The Swimming competition at the 3rd Pan American Games was held in Chicago, United States during the Games' run in 1959. It consisted of 16 long course (50 m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
In these Games, the U.S. swept all gold medals in swimming.
A world record was broken by the U.S. in the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay, with a time of 4:44.6.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100m freestyle |
Jeffrey Farrell USA |
56.3 | Elton Follett USA |
57.2 | William Woolsey USA |
57.6 |
400m freestyle |
George Breen USA |
4:31.4 | George Harrison USA |
4:31.8 | Eugene Lenz USA |
4:34.9 |
1500m freestyle |
Alan Somers USA |
17:53.2 | George Breen USA |
17:55.0 | Gary Heinrich USA |
18:30.6 |
100m backstroke |
Frank McKinney USA |
1:03.6 | Charles Bittick USA |
1:04.2 | Louis Schaeffer USA |
1:05.3 |
200m breaststroke |
Bill Mulliken USA |
2:43.1 | Kenneth Nakasone USA |
2:43.2 | Manuel Sanguily Cuba |
2:44.3 |
200m butterfly |
Dave Gillanders USA |
2:18.0 | Michael Troy USA |
2:18.3 | Eulalio Ríos Mexico |
2:22.5 |
4 × 200 m Free Relay |
United States Dick Blick Peter Sintz John Rounsavelle Frank Winters |
8:22.7 | Mexico Raúl Guzmán Alfredo Guzmán Jorge Escalante Mauricio Ocampo |
8:56.4 | Canada Cameron Grout Edward Cazalet William Campbell Thomas Verth |
9:00.4 |
4 × 100 m Medley Relay |
United States Frank McKinney Kenneth Nakasone Mike Troy Jeff Farrell |
4:14.9 | Canada Cameron Grout Bob Wheaton Steve Rabinovitch Peter Fowler |
4:23.3 | Mexico Eulalio Ríos Alejandro Gaxiola Jorge Escalante Roberto Marmolejo |
4:25.0 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA |
1:03.8 | Molly Botkin USA |
1:05.7 | Joan Spillane USA |
1:05.8 |
200m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA |
2:18.5 | Shirley Stobs USA |
2:22.9 | Joan Spillane USA |
2:23.0 |
400m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA |
4:55.9 | Sylvia Ruuska USA |
5:03.4 | Donna Graham USA |
5:03.5 |
100m backstroke |
Carin Cone USA |
1:12.2 | Sara Barber Canada |
1:12.3 | Christine Kluter USA |
1:12.4 |
200m breaststroke |
Anne Warner USA |
2:56.8 | Patty Kemper USA |
3:00.1 | Anne Brancroft USA |
3:01.3 |
100m butterfly |
Becky Collins USA |
1:09.5 | Nancy Ramey USA |
1:10.4 | Molly Botkin USA |
1:12.3 |
4 × 100 m Free Relay |
United States Molly Botkin Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Chris von Saltza |
4:17.5 | Canada Margaret Iwasaki Helen Hunt Sara Barber Sandra Scott |
4:31.9 | Mexico Blanca Barrón María Luisa Souza Gloria Botella Rebeca García |
4:37.0 |
4 × 100 m Medley Relay |
United States Carin Cone Anne Brancroft Becky Collins Chris von Saltza |
4:44.6 WR |
Canada Margaret Iwasaki Janice Shepp Sara Barber Sandra Scott |
4:58.7 | Mexico Blanca Barrón Eulalia Martínez Gloria Botella Rebeca García |
5:18.7 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
2 | Canada | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
4 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |