Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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Women's 400 metre freestyle at the III Pan American Games
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Venue-
DatesSeptember 2 (preliminaries), September 6 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   United States
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The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September (preliminaries) [1][2] and 6 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada.[4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[9]

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[]

The first round was held on September 2.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Chris von Saltza  United States 4:58.1 Q, GR
2 2 Sylvia Ruuska  United States 5:00.1 Q
3 1  United States 5:11.5 Q
4 1  Mexico 5:22.0 Q
5 2 Blanca Barrón  Mexico 5:22.4 Q
6 1  Canada 5:25.1 Q
7 1 Susan Sangster  Canada 5:25.7 Q
8 1  Brazil 5:37.2 Q
- 2  Brazil 5:40.1
- 2  Brazil 5:46.4

Final[]

The final was held on September 6.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris von Saltza  United States 4:55.9 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sylvia Ruuska  United States 5:03.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 5:03.5
4  Canada 5:19.8
5 Blanca Barrón  Mexico 5:20.0
6  Mexico 5:21.5
7 - - -
8  Brazil 5:44.0

References[]

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 3, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ a b "O GLOBO News archive - September 7, 1959, Morning, Sports, page 6". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  5. ^ Resultados
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  7. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  8. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  9. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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