Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle at the II Pan American Games
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Venue-
DatesMarch 25 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal Beth Whittall  Canada
Silver medal Carolyn Green  United States
Bronze medal   United States
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1959»

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 25 March.[1][2] The Pan American Games champion was Ana María Schultz of Argentina.[3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

Results[]

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

Heats[]

Final[]

The final was held on March 25.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beth Whittall  Canada 5:32.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carolyn Green  United States 5:34.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 5:34.9
4 Susan Gray  United States 5:36.5
5 Gilda Aranda  Mexico 5:44.2
6 Blanca Barrón  Mexico 5:47.8
7 - - -
8 - - -

References[]

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Female
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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