Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires)[1][2] and 3 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US.[4][5][6][7]

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesSeptember 1 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   United States
«1955
1963»

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

Results

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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

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The first round was held on September 1.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 George Harrison   United States 4:34.1 Q, GR
- 2 Eugene Lenz   United States 4:37.2 Q
- 1 Alfredo Guzmán   Mexico - Q
- 2 Mauricio Ocampo   Mexico - Q
- 4 Sídnei Gavioli   Brazil 4:44.9 Q
- 3 George Breen   United States 4:46.4 Q
- 4 Jorge Escalante   Mexico - Q
- - - - - Q
- - Francisco Carioba   Brazil -

Final

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The final was held on September 3.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  George Breen   United States 4:31.4 GR
  George Harrison   United States 4:31.8
  Eugene Lenz   United States 4:34.9
4 Mauricio Ocampo   Mexico 4:42.4
5 Alfredo Guzmán   Mexico 4:42.7
6 Jorge Escalante   Mexico 4:49.9
7 - - -
8 Sídnei Gavioli   Brazil 4:50.2

References

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  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  5. ^ Resultados
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  7. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine