Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle
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]
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| Dates | September 2 (preliminaries), September 6 (finals) | |||||||||
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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 | Donna Graham | United States | 5:11.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Maria Luísa Sousa |  Mexico | 5:22.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Blanca Barrón | Mexico | 5:22.4 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Katy Campbell | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 5:25.1 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Susan Sangster | Canada | 5:25.7 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Maria Teixeira |  Brazil | 5:37.2 | Q |
| - | 2 | Lilian Moreira | Brazil | 5:40.1 | |
| - | 2 | Glória Funaro | Brazil | 5:46.4 |
Final
The final was held on September 6.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Chris von Saltza | United States | 4:55.9 | GR |
 | Sylvia Ruuska | United States | 5:03.4 | |
 | Donna Graham | United States | 5:03.5 | |
| 4 | Katy Campbell | Canada | 5:19.8 | |
| 5 | Blanca Barrón | Mexico | 5:20.0 | |
| 6 | Maria Luísa Sousa | Mexico | 5:21.5 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | Glória Funaro | Brazil | 5:44.0 |
References
- "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.
- O GLOBO News Archive
- "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.
- 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.
- Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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