Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games
| Swimming at the 1963 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 | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The Swimming competition at the 4th Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil during the Games' run in 1963. It consisted of 16 long course (50m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
In these Games, the U.S. earned all gold medals that were in dispute in swimming.
Venezuela won for the first time a medal, a bronze in the women's 4x100m medley relay.
Results[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m freestyle |
Steve Clark  USA |
54.7 | USA |
54.8 | Daniel Sherry  Canada |
56.1 |
| 400m freestyle |
Roy Saari USA |
4:19.3 | Don Schollander USA |
4:23.3 | Sandy Gilchrist Canada |
4:29.1 |
| 1500m freestyle |
Roy Saari USA |
17:26.2 | Sandy Gilchrist Canada |
17:58.9 | Ralph Hutton Canada |
18:08.6 |
| 100m backstroke |
USA |
1:01.5 | Charles Bittick USA |
1:02.1 | Athos de Oliveira  Brazil |
1:03.2 |
| 200m breaststroke |
Chet Jastremski USA |
2:35.4 | Ken Merten USA |
2:38.4 | Canada |
2:41.4 |
| 200m butterfly |
Carl Robie USA |
2:11.3 | Fred Schmidt USA |
2:13.3 | Luis Nicolao  Argentina |
2:16.1 |
| 4×200m free Relay |
 United States Gary Ilman David Lyons Ed Townsend |
8:16.9 |  Canada Ralph Hutton Sandy Gilchrist |
8:33.0 |  Brazil Athos de Oliveira |
8:41.4 |
| 4×100m medley Relay |
United States Richard McGeagh Bill Craig Walter Richardson |
4:05.6 |  Argentina Carlos Van der Maath Luis Nicolao |
4:17.3 | Canada Daniel Sherry Sandy Gilchrist |
4:17.5 |
Women[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m freestyle |
Terri Stickles USA |
1:02.8 | Mary Stewart Canada |
1:03.3 | Kathleen Ellis USA |
1:03.5 |
| 200m freestyle |
USA |
2:17.5 | Terri Stickles USA |
2:18.4 | Canada |
2:28.4 |
| 400m freestyle |
Sharon Finneran USA |
4:52.7 | USA |
4:56.1 | Canada |
5:20.4 |
| 100m backstroke |
Nina Harmer USA |
1:11.5 | Cathy Ferguson USA |
1:13.1 | Eileen Weir Canada |
1:14.5 |
| 200m breaststroke |
USA |
2:56.2 | USA |
2:57.7 | Canada |
3:00.0 |
| 100m butterfly |
Kathleen Ellis USA |
1:07.6 | Mary Stewart Canada |
1:08.9 | USA |
1:11.6 |
| 4×100m free Relay |
United States Sharon Stouder Donna de Varona |
4:15.7 | Canada Eileen Weir Mary Stewart |
4:31.7 | Brazil |
4:34.3 |
| 4×100m medley Relay |
United States Ginny Duenkel Cynthia Goyette Sharon Stouder Donna de Varona |
4:49.1 | Canada Mary Stewart |
4:52.5 |  Venezuela |
5:11.8 |
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 16 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 2 | Canada | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 nations) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
References[]
- ^ USA Swimming Database
- ^ Results of the 1963 Pan at USA Swimming
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ Folha Online
- ^ 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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