Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games
International sporting event
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The Swimming competition at the 2nd Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico during the Games' run in 1955. It consisted of 16 long course (50m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Results
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 Freestyle details | Clarke Scholes USA | 57.7 | George Park Canada | 58.7 | Carl Woolley USA | 59.3 |
400 Freestyle details | Jimmy McLane USA | 4:51.3 | Wayne Moore USA | 4:53.4 | Oscar Kramer Argentina | 4:56.1 |
1500 Freestyle details | Jimmy McLane USA | 20:04.0 | Oscar Kramer Argentina | 20:09.9 | Gilberto Arango Colombia | 20:37.2 |
100 Backstroke details | Frank McKinney USA | 1:07.1 | Pedro Galvao Argentina | 1:07.8 | Leonide "Buddy" Baarcke USA | 1:07.9 |
200 Breaststroke details | Héctor Domínguez Argentina | 2:46.9 | Manuel Sanguily Cuba | 2:47.3 | Walter Ocampo Mexico | 2:50.7 |
200 Butterfly details | Eulalio Ríos Mexico | 2:39.8 | Walter Ocampo Mexico | 2:40.3 | William Yorzyk USA | 2:42.5 |
4×200 Free Relay details | United States Martin Smith William Yorzyk Wayne Moore Jimmy McLane | 9:00.0 | Argentina Pedro Galvão Federico Zwanck José Izaguirre Jorge Vogt | 9:09.0 | Canada George Park Allen Gilchrist Gerry McNamee Ted Simpson | 9:12.2 |
4×100 Medley Relay details | United States Frank McKinney Fred Maguire Leonide Baarcke Clark Scholes | 4:29.1 | Argentina Pedro Galvão Héctor Domínguez Orlando Cossani Federico Zwanck | 4:33.4 | Mexico Clemente Mejía Walter Ocampo Eulalio Ríos Otilio Holguin | 4:35.5 |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 Freestyle details | Helen Stewart Canada | 1:07.7 | Wanda Werner USA | 1:07.7 | Virginia Grant Canada | 1:08.3 |
200 Freestyle details | Wanda Werner USA | 2:32.5 | Liliana Gonzalias Argentina | 2:32.9 | Gilda Aranda Mexico | 2:33.6 |
400 Freestyle details | Beth Whittall Canada | 5:32.4 | Carolyn Green USA | 5:34.7 | Carol Tait USA | 5:34.9 |
100 Backstroke details | Leonore Fisher Canada | 1:16.7 | Coralie O'Connor USA | 1:17.8 | Cynthia Gill USA | 1:17.9 |
200 Breaststroke details | Mary Lou Elsenius USA | 3:08.4 | Mary Jane Sears USA | 3:09.0 | Beatriz Rohde Argentina | 3:09.4 |
100 Butterfly details | Beth Whittall Canada | 1:16.2 | Betty Brey USA | 1:16.5 | Shelley Mann USA | 1:17.7 |
4×100 Free Relay details | United States Wanda Werner Carolyn Green Gretchen Kluter Judith Roberts | 4:31.8 | Canada Helen Stewart Gladys Priestley Virginia Grant Beth Whittall | 4:38.1 | Argentina Liliana Gonzalias Ana María Schultz Eileen Holt Cristina Kujath | 4:43.7 |
4×100 Medley Relay details | United States Coralie O'Connor Mary Jane Sears Betty Brey Wanda Werner | 5:11.6 | Canada Helen Stewart Lenora Fisher Virginia Grant Beth Whittall | 5:12.2 | Argentina Liliana Gonzalias Vanna Rocco Eileen Holt Beatríz Rohde | 5:30.5 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Argentina | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
4 | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
5 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
References
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- ^ "Pan American Games swimming medalists - Female". BestSwimming.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ "Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving". gbrathletics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Pan American Games swimming medalists" (PDF). ISHOF.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-25.
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- ^ Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.