Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games

The Swimming competition at the 6th Pan American Games was held in Cali, Colombia during the Games' run in 1971. It consisted of 29 long course (50 m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

A world record was beaten in this edition of the Games, by the U.S. 4 x 200 m freestyle men's relay.

The victory of Canada in the women's 4x100m medley marked the first time that the U.S. lost the gold in a relay event, at the Pan American Games.

In the 200 m butterfly, two swimmers won the first medals of their countries in swimming at Pan American Games at all times: Jorge Delgado got the gold for Ecuador, and , the bronze for Peru.

Results[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m freestyle details	Frank Heckl USA	52.80	José Aranha Brazil	53.74	Robert Kasting Canada	53.76
200m freestyle details	Frank Heckl USA	1:56.36	James McConica USA	1:58.18	Ralph Hutton Canada	1:59.89
400m freestyle details	James McConica USA	4:08.97 GR	Steve Genter USA	4:13.05	Ralph Hutton Canada	4:15.75
1500m freestyle details	Pat Miles USA	16:32.03 GR	Tom McBreen USA	16:32.99	Guillermo García Mexico	16:45.56

100m backstroke details	Mel Nash USA	59.84	John Murphy USA	1:00.84	Bill Kennedy Canada	1:01.35
200m backstroke details	USA	2:07.09 GR	Tim McKee USA	2:07.87	John Hawes Canada	2:14.72

100 m breaststroke details	Mark Chatfield USA	1:06.75 GR	Brian Job USA	1:07.93	José Fiolo Brazil	1:07.94
200m breaststroke details	Rick Colella USA	2:27.12 GR	Felipe Muñoz MEX	2:27.22	Brian Job USA	2:28.11

100m butterfly details	Frank Heckl USA	56.92	Jerry Heidenreich USA	57.30	Byron MacDonald Canada	58.40
200m butterfly details	Jorge Delgado Ecuador	2:06.41 = GR, SA	C. Rob Orr USA	2:08.39	Peru	2:09.90

200m I.M. details	Steve Furniss USA	2:10.82	Frank Heckl USA	2:12.11	Felipe Muñoz Mexico	2:16.28
400m I.M. details	Steve Furniss USA	4:42.69 GR	Ricardo Marmolejo Mexico	4:49.04 NR	Rick Colella USA	4:49.30

4×100m Free Relay details	USA David Edgar Steve Genter Jerry Heidenreich Frank Heckl	3:32.15 GR	Canada Timothy Bach Ian MacKenzie Brian Phillips Robert Kasting	3:38.15	Brazil Ruy de Oliveira Paulo Zanetti José Aranha	3:42.48 SA
4×200m Free Relay details	USA Jerry Heidenreich Jim McConica Steve Genter Frank Heckl	7:45.82 WR	Canada Robert Kasting Ron Jacks Brian Phillips Ralph Hutton	8:04.76	Brazil Alfredo Machado Ruy de Oliveira José Aranha	8:08.42 SA
4×100m Medley Relay details	USA John Murphy Brian Job Jerry Heidenreich Frank Heckl	3:56.08 GR	Canada John Hawes/Bill Kennedy(?) William Mahony Byron MacDonald Robert Kasting/Timothy Bach(?)	4:00.53	Brazil José Fiolo José Aranha	4:02.94 SA

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m freestyle details	Sandy Neilson USA	1:00.60	Angela Coughlan Canada	1:01.15	Karen James Canada	1:01.88
200m freestyle details	Kim Peyton USA	2:09.62 GR	Angela Coughlan Canada	2:10.56 NR	Olga de Ángulo Colombia	2:14.34 SA
400m freestyle details	Ann Simmons USA	4:26.19	USA	4:36.15	Angela Coughlan Canada	4:38.86
800m freestyle details	USA	9:15.19	USA	9:32.15	María Teresa Ramírez Mexico	9:44.32

100m backstroke details	Donna Gurr Canada	1:07.18 GR	Susie Atwood USA	1:07.51	USA	1:08.49
200m backstroke details	Donna Gurr Canada	2:24.73	Susie Atwood USA	2:26.48	USA	2:30.73

100m breaststroke details	Sylvia Dockerill Canada	1:18.63	USA	1:19.30	Lynn Colella USA	1:19.72
200m breaststroke details	Lynn Colella USA	2:50.03	Jane Wright Canada	2:50.96 NR	Leonor Urueta Mexico	2:52.72

100m butterfly details	Deena Deardurff USA	1:06.22	Leslie Cliff Canada	1:07.77	Lucy Burle Brazil	1:08.79 SA
200 m butterfly details	Lynn Colella USA	2:23.11	Alice Jones USA	2:28.10	Susan Smith Canada	2:32.60

200m I.M. details	Leslie Cliff Canada	2:30.03	Susie Atwood USA	2:30.29	USA	2:33.23
400m I.M. details	Leslie Cliff Canada	5:13.31	USA	5:13.64	Susie Atwood USA	5:13.75

4×100m Freestyle Relay details	USA Sandy Neilson Lynn Skrifvars	4:04.20 GR	Canada Leslie Cliff Donna Gurr Angela Coughlan	4:10.52	Brazil Rosemary Ribeiro Lucy Burle	4:15.24
4×100m Medley Relay details	Canada Donna Gurr Jane Wright Leslie Cliff Angela Coughlan	4:35.50	USA Susan Atwood Lynn Colella Deena Deardurff Sandra Neilson	4:36.73	Mexico María Teresa Ramírez Leonor Urueta Norma Amezcua Marcia Arriaga	4:45.18

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	22	18	7	47
2	Canada	6	8	9	23
3	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
4	Mexico	0	2	5	7
5	Brazil	0	1	6	7
6	Colombia	0	0	1	1
6	Peru	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		29	29	29	87

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.
^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. . ISBN 8576652803.

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Medalists – List of international swimming medalists compiled by International Swimming Hall of Fame

[1] Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today

[2] Resultados

[3] All Pan medalists - Male

[4] All Pan medalists - Female

[5] Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.

[6] Brazil medals at 1971 Pan

[7] Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. . ISBN 8576652803.

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Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games

Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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