Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games
| Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | women | |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | women | |
| 200 m | men | |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | ||
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | |
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 4x100m medley relay, with a time of 4:44.6.
Results[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m freestyle |
Jeffrey Farrell  USA |
56.3 | USA |
57.2 | William Woolsey USA |
57.6 |
| 400m freestyle |
George Breen USA |
4:31.4 | George Harrison USA |
4:31.8 | Eugene Lenz USA |
4:34.9 |
| 1500m freestyle |
Alan Somers USA |
17:53.2 | George Breen USA |
17:55.0 | USA |
18:30.6 |
| 100m backstroke |
Frank McKinney USA |
1:03.6 | Charles Bittick USA |
1:04.2 | USA |
1:05.3 |
| 200m breaststroke |
Bill Mulliken USA |
2:43.1 | USA |
2:43.2 | Manuel Sanguily  Cuba |
2:44.3 |
| 200m butterfly |
Dave Gillanders USA |
2:18.0 | Michael Troy USA |
2:18.3 | Eulalio Ríos  Mexico |
2:22.5 |
| 4×200m Free Relay |
 United States Dick Blick |
8:22.7 |  Mexico Raúl Guzmán Alfredo Guzmán Jorge Escalante Mauricio Ocampo |
8:56.4 |  Canada |
9:00.4 |
| 4×100m Medley Relay |
United States Frank McKinney Mike Troy Jeff Farrell |
4:14.9 | Canada Bob Wheaton Steve Rabinovitch |
4:23.3 | Mexico Eulalio Ríos Alejandro Gaxiola Jorge Escalante |
4:25.0 |
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA |
1:03.8 | Molly Botkin USA |
1:05.7 | Joan Spillane USA |
1:05.8 |
| 200m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA |
2:18.5 | Shirley Stobs USA |
2:22.9 | Joan Spillane USA |
2:23.0 |
| 400m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA |
4:55.9 | Sylvia Ruuska USA |
5:03.4 | USA |
5:03.5 |
| 100m backstroke |
Carin Cone USA |
1:12.2 | Sara Barber  Canada |
1:12.3 | USA |
1:12.4 |
| 200m breaststroke |
Anne Warner USA |
2:56.8 | USA |
3:00.1 | USA |
3:01.3 |
| 100m butterfly |
Becky Collins USA |
1:09.5 | Nancy Ramey USA |
1:10.4 | Molly Botkin USA |
1:12.3 |
| 4×100m Free Relay |
United States Molly Botkin Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Chris von Saltza |
4:17.5 | Canada Margaret Iwasaki Sara Barber |
4:31.9 | Mexico Blanca Barrón María Luisa Souza |
4:37.0 |
| 4×100m Medley Relay |
United States Carin Cone Becky Collins Chris von Saltza |
4:44.6 WR |
Canada Margaret Iwasaki Sara Barber |
4:58.7 | Mexico Blanca Barrón Eulalia Martínez |
5:18.7 |
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Canada | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 nations) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
References[]
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ All Pan medalists - Female
- ^ 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. . ISBN 8576652803.
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