Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games

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Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games
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The Swimming competition at the 2nd Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico during the Games' run in 1955. It consisted of 16 long course (50m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Results

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 Freestyle
  details
Clarke Scholes
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
57.7 George Park
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
58.7 Carl Woolley
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
59.3
400 Freestyle
  details
Jimmy McLane
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
4:51.3 Wayne Moore
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
4:53.4 Oscar Kramer
  Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
4:56.1
1500 Freestyle
  details
Jimmy McLane
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
20:04.0 Oscar Kramer
  Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
20:09.9 Gilberto Arango
  Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
20:37.2
100 Backstroke
  details
Frank McKinney
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:07.1 Pedro Galvao
  Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
1:07.8 Leonide "Buddy" Baarcke
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:07.9
200 Breaststroke
  details
Héctor Domínguez
  Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
2:46.9 Manuel Sanguily
  Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
2:47.3 Walter Ocampo
  Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
2:50.7
200 Butterfly
  details
Eulalio Ríos
  Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
2:39.8 Walter Ocampo
  Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
2:40.3 William Yorzyk
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:42.5
4×200
 Free Relay
  details
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  Martin Smith
  William Yorzyk
  Wayne Moore
  Jimmy McLane
9:00.0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
  Pedro Galvão
  Federico Zwanck
  José Izaguirre
  Jorge Vogt
9:09.0Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
  George Park
  Allen Gilchrist
  Gerry McNamee
  Ted Simpson
9:12.2
4×100
 Medley Relay
  details
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  Frank McKinney
  Fred Maguire
  Leonide Baarcke
  Clark Scholes
4:29.1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
  Pedro Galvão
  Héctor Domínguez
  Orlando Cossani
  Federico Zwanck
4:33.4Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
  Clemente Mejía
  Walter Ocampo
  Eulalio Ríos
  Otilio Holguin
4:35.5

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 Freestyle
  details
Helen Stewart
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
1:07.7 Wanda Werner
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:07.7 Virginia Grant
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
1:08.3
200 Freestyle
  details
Wanda Werner
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:32.5 Liliana Gonzalias
  Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
2:32.9 Gilda Aranda
  Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
2:33.6
400 Freestyle
  details
Beth Whittall
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
5:32.4 Carolyn Green
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
5:34.7 Carol Tait
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
5:34.9
100 Backstroke
  details
Leonore Fisher
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
1:16.7 Coralie O'Connor
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:17.8 Cynthia Gill
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:17.9
200 Breaststroke
  details
Mary Lou Elsenius
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
3:08.4 Mary Jane Sears
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
3:09.0 Beatriz Rohde
  Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
3:09.4
100 Butterfly
  details
Beth Whittall
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
1:16.2 Betty Brey
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:16.5 Shelley Mann
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:17.7
4×100
 Free Relay
  details
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  Wanda Werner
  Carolyn Green
  Gretchen Kluter
  Judith Roberts
4:31.8Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
  Helen Stewart
  Gladys Priestley
  Virginia Grant
  Beth Whittall
4:38.1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
  Liliana Gonzalias
  Ana María Schultz
  Eileen Holt
  Cristina Kujath
4:43.7
4×100
 Medley Relay
  details
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  Coralie O'Connor
  Mary Jane Sears
  Betty Brey
  Wanda Werner
5:11.6Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada
  Helen Stewart
  Lenora Fisher
  Virginia Grant
  Beth Whittall
5:12.2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
  Liliana Gonzalias
  Vanna Rocco
  Eileen Holt
  Beatríz Rohde
5:30.5

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 106622
2Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 4329
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 15410
4Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 1135
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0101
6Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0011
Totals (6 entries)16161648

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