Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games

Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games
Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games
	«1967 1975»

The Swimming competition at the 6th Pan American Games was held in Cali, Colombia during the Games' run in 1971. It consisted of 29 long course (50 m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

A world record was beaten in this edition of the Games, by the U.S. 4 × 200 m freestyle men's relay.

The victory of Canada in the women's 4 × 100 m medley marked the first time that the U.S. lost the gold in a relay event, at the Pan American Games.

In the 200 m butterfly, two swimmers won the first medals of their countries in swimming at Pan American Games at all times: Jorge Delgado got the gold for Ecuador, and Augusto González, the bronze for Peru.

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Frank Heckl USA	52.80	José Aranha Brazil	53.74	Robert Kasting Canada	53.76
200 m freestyle	Frank Heckl USA	1:56.36	James McConica USA	1:58.18	Ralph Hutton Canada	1:59.89
400 m freestyle	James McConica USA	4:08.97 GR	Steve Genter USA	4:13.05	Ralph Hutton Canada	4:15.75
1500 m freestyle	Pat Miles USA	16:32.03 GR	Tom McBreen USA	16:32.99	Guillermo García Mexico	16:45.56

100 m backstroke	Mel Nash USA	59.84	John Murphy USA	1:00.84	Bill Kennedy Canada	1:01.35
200 m backstroke	Charlie Campbell USA	2:07.09 GR	Tim McKee USA	2:07.87	John Hawes Canada	2:14.72

100 m breaststroke	Mark Chatfield USA	1:06.75 GR	Brian Job USA	1:07.93	José Fiolo Brazil	1:07.94
200 m breaststroke	Rick Colella USA	2:27.12 GR	Felipe Muñoz MEX	2:27.22	Brian Job USA	2:28.11

100 m butterfly	Frank Heckl USA	56.92	Jerry Heidenreich USA	57.30	Byron MacDonald Canada	58.40
200 m butterfly	Jorge Delgado Ecuador	2:06.41 = GR, SA	C. Rob Orr USA	2:08.39	Augusto González Peru	2:09.90

200 m I.M.	Steve Furniss USA	2:10.82	Frank Heckl USA	2:12.11	Felipe Muñoz Mexico	2:16.28
400 m I.M.	Steve Furniss USA	4:42.69 GR	Ricardo Marmolejo Mexico	4:49.04 NR	Rick Colella USA	4:49.30

4 × 100 m Free Relay	USA David Edgar Steve Genter Jerry Heidenreich Frank Heckl	3:32.15 GR	Canada Timothy Bach Ian MacKenzie Brian Phillips Robert Kasting	3:38.15	Brazil Ruy de Oliveira Flávio Machado Paulo Zanetti José Aranha	3:42.48 SA
4 × 200 m Free Relay	USA Jerry Heidenreich Jim McConica Steve Genter Frank Heckl	7:45.82 WR	Canada Robert Kasting Ron Jacks Brian Phillips Ralph Hutton	8:04.76	Brazil Alfredo Machado Ruy de Oliveira José Aranha Flávio Machado	8:08.42 SA
4 × 100 m Medley Relay	USA John Murphy Brian Job Jerry Heidenreich Frank Heckl	3:56.08 GR	Canada John Hawes/Bill Kennedy(?) William Mahony Byron MacDonald Robert Kasting/Timothy Bach(?)	4:00.53	Brazil César Lourenço José Fiolo Flávio Machado José Aranha	4:02.94 SA

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Sandy Neilson USA	1:00.60	Angela Coughlan Canada	1:01.15	Karen James Canada	1:01.88
200 m freestyle	Kim Peyton USA	2:09.62 GR	Angela Coughlan Canada	2:10.56 NR	Olga de Angulo Colombia	2:14.34 SA
400 m freestyle	Ann Simmons USA	4:26.19	Jill Strong USA	4:36.15	Angela Coughlan Canada	4:38.86
800 m freestyle	Cathy Calhoun USA	9:15.19	Cynthia Enze USA	9:32.15	María Teresa Ramírez Mexico	9:44.32

100 m backstroke	Donna Gurr Canada	1:07.18 GR	Susie Atwood USA	1:07.51	Jill Hlay USA	1:08.49
200 m backstroke	Donna Gurr Canada	2:24.73	Susie Atwood USA	2:26.48	Barbara Darby USA	2:30.73

100 m breaststroke	Sylvia Dockerill Canada	1:18.63	Linda Kurtz USA	1:19.30	Lynn Colella USA	1:19.72
200 m breaststroke	Lynn Colella USA	2:50.03	Jane Wright Canada	2:50.96 NR	Leonor Urueta Mexico	2:52.72

100 m butterfly	Deena Deardurff USA	1:06.22	Leslie Cliff Canada	1:07.77	Lucy Burle Brazil	1:08.79 SA
200 m butterfly	Lynn Colella USA	2:23.11	Alice Jones USA	2:28.10	Susan Smith Canada	2:32.60

200 m I.M.	Leslie Cliff Canada	2:30.03	Susie Atwood USA	2:30.29	Cindy Plaisted USA	2:33.23
400 m I.M.	Leslie Cliff Canada	5:13.31	Cindy Plaisted USA	5:13.64	Susie Atwood USA	5:13.75
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4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	USA Sandy Neilson Wendy Fordyce Katheryn McKitrick Lynn Skrifvars	4:04.20 GR	Canada Leslie Cliff Donna Gurr Dianne Gate Angela Coughlan	4:10.52	Brazil Rosemary Ribeiro Cristiane Paquelet Maria Hungerbuler Lucy Burle	4:15.24
4 × 100 m Medley Relay	Canada Donna Gurr Jane Wright Leslie Cliff Angela Coughlan	4:35.50	USA Susan Atwood Lynn Colella Deena Deardurff Sandra Neilson	4:36.73	Mexico María Teresa Ramírez Leonor Urueta Norma Amezcua Marcia Arriaga	4:45.18

Medal table

References

^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
^ Resultados
^ All Pan medalists - Male
^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.

Folha Online
Medalists – List of international swimming medalists compiled by International Swimming Hall of Fame

[1] Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today

[2] Resultados

[3] All Pan medalists - Male

[4] "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-09.

[5] Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.

[6] Brazil medals at 1971 Pan

[7] Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.

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at the 1971 Pan American Games

Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
4 × 200 m	men
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women