Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1963 Pan American Games
Venue-
Medalists
Gold medal Roy Saari  United States
Silver medal Sandy Gilchrist  United States
Bronze medal Ralph Hutton  Canada
«1959
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1963 Pan American Games took place on April.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Alan Somers of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[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

Final

The final was held on April.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roy Saari  United States 17:26.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sandy Gilchrist  Canada 17:58.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ralph Hutton  Canada 18:08.6
4 Bill Farley  United States 18:30.4
5 Alfredo Guzmán  Mexico 18:31.0
6 Celestino Pérez  Puerto Rico 18:50.8
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References

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine