The Swimming competition at the 5th Pan American Games was held at the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, during the Games' run in 1967. It consisted of 29 long course (50m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females:[1][2][3]
| Swimming at the 1967 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
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«1963 1971» |
The 1967 Pan Ams marked several firsts for the Games:
- It was the first time touch pads were used marking them to the hundredth-of-a-second (previous Games were to tenths-of-a-second only)
- It was the first time the Individual Medleys were swum;
- The 200 race distances for freestyle and backstroke were swum for the first time;
- The 100 meter Breaststroke was swum for the first time.
- Uruguay won, for the first time, medals in swimming: there were 3, won by the country's women's swimming.
- Puerto Rico also won, for the first time, a medal in swimming at the Pan American Games: a bronze in the women's 4 × 100 m free relay.
During the 1967 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, 11 world records were beaten in swimming. It is the record of all editions of the championship, a record that will probably never be beaten.
Results
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Women
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Freestyle |
Erika Bricker  USA |
1:00.89 | Marion Lay  Canada |
1:01.02 | Lillian Watson USA |
1:01.54 |
| 200 Freestyle |
Pam Kruse USA |
2:11.91 | Marion Lay Canada |
2:14.68 | Angela Coughlan Canada |
2:15.66 |
| 400 Freestyle |
Debbie Meyer USA |
4:32.64 WR |
Pam Kruse USA |
4:42.81 | Angela Coughlan Canada |
4:48.88 |
| 800 Freestyle |
Debbie Meyer USA |
9:22.86 WR |
Susan Pedersen USA |
9:38.37 | Angela Coughlan Canada |
9:48.56 |
| 100 Backstroke |
Elaine Tanner Canada |
1:07.32 WR |
Kaye Hall USA |
1:09.76 | Shirley Cazalet Canada |
1:11.33 |
| 200 Backstroke |
Elaine Tanner Canada |
2:24.55 WR |
Kendis Moore USA |
2:30.38 | Cathy Ferguson USA |
2:32.48 |
| 100 Breaststroke |
Catie Ball USA |
1:14.80 WR |
Ana María Norbis  Uruguay |
1:15.95 | Cynthia Goyette USA |
1:19.39 |
| 200 Breaststroke |
Catie Ball USA |
2:42.18 | Claudia Kolb USA |
2:48.93 | Ana María Norbis Uruguay |
2:52.11 |
| 100 Butterfly |
Ellie Daniel USA |
1:05.24 | Elaine Tanner Canada |
1:05.35 | Marilyn Corson Canada |
1:07.68 |
| 200 Butterfly |
Claudia Kolb USA |
2:25.49 | Lee Davis USA |
2:26.74 | Marilyn Corson Canada |
2:30.54 |
| 200 I.M. |
Claudia Kolb USA |
2:26.06 WR |
Susan Pedersen USA |
2:30.91 | Sandra Dowler Canada |
2:36.18 |
| 400 I.M. |
Claudia Kolb USA |
5:09.68 WR |
Susan Pedersen USA |
5:21.57 | Marilyn Corson Canada |
5:36.75 |
| 4×100 Free Relay |
 United States Wendy Fordyce Pam Carpinelli Linda Gustavson Pam Kruse |
4:04.57 |  Canada Marion Lay Angela Coughlan Elaine Tanner Sandra Smith |
4:09.73 |  Puerto Rico Ana Marcial Kristina Moir Melanie Laporte Anita Lallande |
4:26.56 |
| 4×100 Medley Relay |
United States Kendis Moore Catie Ball Ellie Daniel Wendy Fordyce |
4:30.0 WR |
Canada Elaine Tanner Donna Ross Marilyn Corson Marion Lay |
4:40.88 |  Uruguay Themis Trama Ana Norbis Lylian Castillo Ruth Apt |
4:49.27 |
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 24 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 |  Brazil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Argentina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 |  Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
References
edit- ^ 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 978-8576652809.
- ^ "Brazil medals at 1967 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved May 1, 2013.