Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games

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Swimming at the I959 Pan American Games
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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]

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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.

Results

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
100m freestyle
  details
Jeffrey Farrell
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
56.3 Elton Follett
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
57.2 William Woolsey
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
57.6
400m freestyle
  details
George Breen
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
4:31.4 George Harrison
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
4:31.8 Eugene Lenz
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
4:34.9
1500m freestyle
  details
Alan Somers
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
17:53.2 George Breen
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
17:55.0 Gary Heinrich
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
18:30.6
100m backstroke
  details
Frank McKinney
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:03.6 Charles Bittick
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:04.2 Louis Schaeffer
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:05.3
200m breaststroke
  details
Bill Mulliken
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:43.1 Kenneth Nakasone
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:43.2 Manuel Sanguily
  Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
2:44.3
200m butterfly
  details
Dave Gillanders
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:18.0 Michael Troy
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:18.3 Eulalio Ríos
  Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
2:22.5
4 × 200 m
 Free Relay
  details
US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
  Dick Blick
  Peter Sintz
  John Rounsavelle
  Frank Winters
8:22.7Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
  Raúl Guzmán
  Alfredo Guzmán
  Jorge Escalante
  Mauricio Ocampo
8:56.4Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada
  Cameron Grout
  Edward Cazalet
  William Campbell
  Thomas Verth
9:00.4
4 × 100 m
 Medley Relay
  details
US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
  Frank McKinney
  Kenneth Nakasone
  Mike Troy
  Jeff Farrell
4:14.9Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada
  Cameron Grout
  Bob Wheaton
  Steve Rabinovitch
  Peter Fowler
4:23.3Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
  Eulalio Ríos
  Alejandro Gaxiola
  Jorge Escalante
  Roberto Marmolejo
4:25.0

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
100m freestyle
  details
Chris von Saltza
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:03.8 Molly Botkin
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:05.7 Joan Spillane
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:05.8
200m freestyle
  details
Chris von Saltza
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:18.5 Shirley Stobs
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:22.9 Joan Spillane
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:23.0
400m freestyle
  details
Chris von Saltza
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
4:55.9 Sylvia Ruuska
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
5:03.4 Donna Graham
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
5:03.5
100m backstroke
  details
Carin Cone
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:12.2 Sara Barber
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
1:12.3 Christine Kluter
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:12.4
200m breaststroke
  details
Anne Warner
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
2:56.8 Patty Kemper
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
3:00.1 Anne Brancroft
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
3:01.3
100m butterfly
  details
Becky Collins
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:09.5 Nancy Ramey
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:10.4 Molly Botkin
  Flag of the United States.svg USA
1:12.3
4 × 100 m
 Free Relay
  details
US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
  Molly Botkin
  Joan Spillane
  Shirley Stobs
  Chris von Saltza
4:17.5Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada
  Margaret Iwasaki
  Helen Hunt
  Sara Barber
  Sandra Scott
4:31.9Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
  Blanca Barrón
  María Luisa Souza
  Gloria Botella
  Rebeca García
4:37.0
4 × 100 m
 Medley Relay
  details
US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
  Carin Cone
  Anne Brancroft
  Becky Collins
  Chris von Saltza
4:44.6
WR
Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada
  Margaret Iwasaki
  Janice Shepp
  Sara Barber
  Sandra Scott
4:58.7Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
  Blanca Barrón
  Eulalia Martínez
  Gloria Botella
  Rebeca García
5:18.7

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1US flag 49 stars.svg  United States 16111037
2Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 0415
3Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 0145
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0011
Totals (4 entries)16161648

References

  1. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  2. Resultados
  3. All Pan medalists - Male
  4. "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  5. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  6. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN   8576652803.