Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games
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]
| 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 | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
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 | Elton Follett 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 | Gary Heinrich USA | 18:30.6 |
| 100m backstroke |
Frank McKinney USA | 1:03.6 | Charles Bittick USA | 1:04.2 | Louis Schaeffer USA | 1:05.3 |
| 200m breaststroke |
Bill Mulliken USA | 2:43.1 | Kenneth Nakasone 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States Dick Blick Peter Sintz John Rounsavelle Frank Winters | 8:22.7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mexico Raúl Guzmán Alfredo Guzmán Jorge Escalante Mauricio Ocampo | 8:56.4 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada Cameron Grout Edward Cazalet William Campbell Thomas Verth | 9:00.4 |
| 4×100m Medley Relay |
United States Frank McKinney Kenneth Nakasone Mike Troy Jeff Farrell | 4:14.9 | Canada Cameron Grout Bob Wheaton Steve Rabinovitch Peter Fowler | 4:23.3 | Mexico Eulalio Ríos Alejandro Gaxiola Jorge Escalante Roberto Marmolejo | 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 | Donna Graham USA | 5:03.5 |
| 100m backstroke |
Carin Cone USA | 1:12.2 | Sara Barber .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 1:12.3 | Christine Kluter USA | 1:12.4 |
| 200m breaststroke |
Anne Warner USA | 2:56.8 | Patty Kemper USA | 3:00.1 | Anne Brancroft 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 Helen Hunt Sara Barber Sandra Scott | 4:31.9 | Mexico Blanca Barrón María Luisa Souza Gloria Botella Rebeca García | 4:37.0 |
| 4×100m Medley Relay |
United States Carin Cone Anne Brancroft Becky Collins Chris von Saltza | 4:44.6 WR |
Canada Margaret Iwasaki Janice Shepp Sara Barber Sandra Scott | 4:58.7 | Mexico Blanca Barrón Eulalia Martínez Gloria Botella Rebeca García | 5:18.7 |
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. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.
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