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]

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
 
 United States
  Dick Blick
  Peter Sintz
  John Rounsavelle
  Frank Winters
8:22.7  Mexico
  Raúl Guzmán
  Alfredo Guzmán
  Jorge Escalante
  Mauricio Ocampo
8:56.4  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
  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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States16111037
2 Canada0415
3 Mexico0145
4 Cuba0011
Totals (4 nations)16161648

References

  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. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.


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