Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games
International sporting event
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«1955 1963» |
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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
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100m freestyle details | Jeffrey Farrell ![]() | 56.3 | Elton Follett ![]() | 57.2 | William Woolsey ![]() | 57.6 |
400m freestyle details | George Breen ![]() | 4:31.4 | George Harrison ![]() | 4:31.8 | Eugene Lenz ![]() | 4:34.9 |
1500m freestyle details | Alan Somers ![]() | 17:53.2 | George Breen ![]() | 17:55.0 | Gary Heinrich ![]() | 18:30.6 |
100m backstroke details | Frank McKinney ![]() | 1:03.6 | Charles Bittick ![]() | 1:04.2 | Louis Schaeffer ![]() | 1:05.3 |
200m breaststroke details | Bill Mulliken ![]() | 2:43.1 | Kenneth Nakasone ![]() | 2:43.2 | Manuel Sanguily ![]() | 2:44.3 |
200m butterfly details | Dave Gillanders ![]() | 2:18.0 | Michael Troy ![]() | 2:18.3 | Eulalio Ríos ![]() | 2:22.5 |
4 × 200 m Free Relay details | ![]() Dick Blick Peter Sintz John Rounsavelle Frank Winters | 8:22.7 | ![]() Raúl Guzmán Alfredo Guzmán Jorge Escalante Mauricio Ocampo | 8:56.4 | ![]() Cameron Grout Edward Cazalet William Campbell Thomas Verth | 9:00.4 |
4 × 100 m Medley Relay details | ![]() Frank McKinney Kenneth Nakasone Mike Troy Jeff Farrell | 4:14.9 | ![]() Cameron Grout Bob Wheaton Steve Rabinovitch Peter Fowler | 4:23.3 | ![]() Eulalio Ríos Alejandro Gaxiola Jorge Escalante Roberto Marmolejo | 4:25.0 |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100m freestyle details | Chris von Saltza ![]() | 1:03.8 | Molly Botkin ![]() | 1:05.7 | Joan Spillane ![]() | 1:05.8 |
200m freestyle details | Chris von Saltza ![]() | 2:18.5 | Shirley Stobs ![]() | 2:22.9 | Joan Spillane ![]() | 2:23.0 |
400m freestyle details | Chris von Saltza ![]() | 4:55.9 | Sylvia Ruuska ![]() | 5:03.4 | Donna Graham ![]() | 5:03.5 |
100m backstroke details | Carin Cone ![]() | 1:12.2 | Sara Barber ![]() | 1:12.3 | Christine Kluter ![]() | 1:12.4 |
200m breaststroke details | Anne Warner ![]() | 2:56.8 | Patty Kemper ![]() | 3:00.1 | Anne Brancroft ![]() | 3:01.3 |
100m butterfly details | Becky Collins ![]() | 1:09.5 | Nancy Ramey ![]() | 1:10.4 | Molly Botkin ![]() | 1:12.3 |
4 × 100 m Free Relay details | ![]() Molly Botkin Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Chris von Saltza | 4:17.5 | ![]() Margaret Iwasaki Helen Hunt Sara Barber Sandra Scott | 4:31.9 | ![]() Blanca Barrón María Luisa Souza Gloria Botella Rebeca García | 4:37.0 |
4 × 100 m Medley Relay details | ![]() Carin Cone Anne Brancroft Becky Collins Chris von Saltza | 4:44.6 WR | ![]() Margaret Iwasaki Janice Shepp Sara Barber Sandra Scott | 4:58.7 | ![]() Blanca Barrón Eulalia Martínez Gloria Botella Rebeca García | 5:18.7 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
References
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.