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

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

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]

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

Results

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

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

The final was held on September 3.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) George Breen  United States 4:31.4 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George Harrison  United States 4:31.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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