| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the III Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals) | |||||||||
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaries) [1] [2] and 4 September (finals). [3] The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle. [9]
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 |
The first round was held on August 31. [1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Alan Somers |  United States | 18:15.9 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | George Breen | United States | 18:30.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gary Heinrich | United States | 18:38.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Alfredo Guzmán |  Mexico | 18:50.4 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Mauricio Ocampo | Mexico | 18:52.7 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Raúl Guzmán | Mexico | 19:21.9 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Alberto Udquiaga |  Peru | 19:57.5 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Carlos Fiorito |  Argentina | 20:11.8 | Q |
| - | 3 | Aldo Perseke |  Brazil | 20:20.0 |
The final was held on September 4. [3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Alan Somers | United States | 17:53.2 | GR |
 | George Breen | United States | 17:55.0 | |
 | Gary Heinrich | United States | 18:30.6 | |
| 4 | Alfredo Guzmán | Mexico | 18:38.4 | |
| 5 | Mauricio Ocampo | Mexico | 18:58.7 | |
| 6 | Raúl Guzmán | Mexico | 18:59.0 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
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The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1975 Pan American Games took place on 24 October. The last Pan American Games champion was Sandy Neilson of US.
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1975 Pan American Games took place on 23 October. The last Pan American Games champion was Pat Miles of the United States.
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The men's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1967 Pan American Games took place on 29 July at the Pan Am Pool. It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan American Games.
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1967 Pan American Games took place on 29 July at the Pan Am Pool. The last Pan American Games champion was Roy Saari of US.
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires) and 2 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Clarke Scholes of US.
The men's 200 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires) and 2 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Héctor Domínguez of Argentina.
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires) and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Wanda Werner of US.
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires) and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Frank McKinney of US.
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires) and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US.
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaries) and 4 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Helen Stewart of Canada.
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaries) and 6 September (finals). The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.
The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September (preliminaries) and 6 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada.
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September (preliminaries) and 4 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada.
The men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 3 September (preliminaries) and 4 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Eulalio Ríos of Mexico.
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The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 23 March. The last Pan American Games champion was Sharon Geary of US.
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1951 Pan American Games took place on 2 March.
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1951 Pan American Games took place on 6 March.
