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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]

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

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m freestyle
  details
Jeffrey Farrell
  United States USA
56.3 Elton Follett
  United States USA
57.2 William Woolsey
  United States USA
57.6
400m freestyle
  details
George Breen
  United States USA
4:31.4 George Harrison
  United States USA
4:31.8 Eugene Lenz
  United States USA
4:34.9
1500m freestyle
  details
Alan Somers
  United States USA
17:53.2 George Breen
  United States USA
17:55.0 Gary Heinrich
  United States USA
18:30.6
100m backstroke
  details
Frank McKinney
  United States USA
1:03.6 Charles Bittick
  United States USA
1:04.2 Louis Schaeffer
  United States USA
1:05.3
200m breaststroke
  details
Bill Mulliken
  United States USA
2:43.1 Kenneth Nakasone
  United States USA
2:43.2 Manuel Sanguily
  Cuba Cuba
2:44.3
200m butterfly
  details
Dave Gillanders
  United States USA
2:18.0 Michael Troy
  United States USA
2:18.3 Eulalio Ríos
  Mexico Mexico
2:22.5
4 × 200 m
 Free Relay
  details
 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
  details
 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

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m freestyle
  details
Chris von Saltza
  United States USA
1:03.8 Molly Botkin
  United States USA
1:05.7 Joan Spillane
  United States USA
1:05.8
200m freestyle
  details
Chris von Saltza
  United States USA
2:18.5 Shirley Stobs
  United States USA
2:22.9 Joan Spillane
  United States USA
2:23.0
400m freestyle
  details
Chris von Saltza
  United States USA
4:55.9 Sylvia Ruuska
  United States USA
5:03.4 Donna Graham
  United States USA
5:03.5
100m backstroke
  details
Carin Cone
  United States USA
1:12.2 Sara Barber
  Canada Canada
1:12.3 Christine Kluter
  United States USA
1:12.4
200m breaststroke
  details
Anne Warner
  United States USA
2:56.8 Patty Kemper
  United States USA
3:00.1 Anne Brancroft
  United States USA
3:01.3
100m butterfly
  details
Becky Collins
  United States USA
1:09.5 Nancy Ramey
  United States USA
1:10.4 Molly Botkin
  United States USA
1:12.3
4 × 100 m
 Free Relay
  details
 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
  details
 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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States16111037
2 Canada0415
3 Mexico0145
4 Cuba0011
Totals (4 entries)16161648

References

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  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.