Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games
| Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games | |
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«1951 1959» |
| at the 1955 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | women | |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | women | |
| 200 m | men | |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Freestyle |
Clarke Scholes  USA |
57.7 | George Park .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
58.7 | Carl Woolley USA |
59.3 |
| 400 Freestyle |
Jimmy McLane USA |
4:51.3 | Wayne Moore USA |
4:53.4 | Oscar Kramer  Argentina |
4:56.1 |
| 1500 Freestyle |
Jimmy McLane USA |
20:04.0 | Oscar Kramer Argentina |
20:09.9 | Gilberto Martínez  Colombia |
20:37.2 |
| 100 Backstroke |
Frank McKinney USA |
1:07.1 | Pedro Galvao Argentina |
1:07.8 | Leonide "Buddy" Baarcke USA |
1:07.9 |
| 200 Breaststroke |
Héctor Domínguez Argentina |
2:46.9 | Manuel Sanguily  Cuba |
2:47.3 | Walter Ocampo  Mexico |
2:50.7 |
| 200 Butterfly |
Eulalio Ríos Mexico |
2:39.8 | Walter Ocampo Mexico |
2:40.3 | William Yorzyk USA |
2:42.5 |
| 4 × 200 Free Relay |
.svg.png){kind=small} United States Martin Smith William Yorzyk Wayne Moore Jimmy McLane |
9:00.0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Argentina Pedro Galvão Federico Zwanck José Izaguirre Jorge Vogt |
9:09.0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada George Park Allen Gilchrist Gerry McNamee Ted Simpson |
9:12.2 |
| 4 × 100 Medley Relay |
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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mexico Clemente Mejía Walter Ocampo Eulalio Ríos Otilio Holguin |
4:35.5 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Freestyle |
Helen Stewart Canada |
1:07.7 | Wanda Werner USA |
1:07.7 | Virginia Grant Canada |
1:08.3 |
| 200 Freestyle |
Wanda Werner USA |
2:32.5 | Liliana Gonzalias Argentina |
2:32.9 | Gilda Aranda Mexico |
2:33.6 |
| 400 Freestyle |
Beth Whittall Canada |
5:32.4 | Carolyn Green USA |
5:34.7 | Carol Tait USA |
5:34.9 |
| 100 Backstroke |
Leonore Fisher Canada |
1:16.7 | Coralie O'Connor USA |
1:17.8 | Cynthia Gill USA |
1:17.9 |
| 200 Breaststroke |
Mary Lou Elsenius USA |
3:08.4 | Mary Jane Sears USA |
3:09.0 | Beatriz Rohde Argentina |
3:09.4 |
| 100 Butterfly |
Beth Whittall Canada |
1:16.2 | Betty Brey USA |
1:16.5 | Shelley Mann USA |
1:17.7 |
| 4 × 100 Free Relay |
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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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- ^ "Swimming". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ "Pan American Games swimming medalists - Male". BestSwimming.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos (in Portuguese). Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.
- ^ Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.
