Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the II Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | March 23 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
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| «1951 | 1959» | |||||||||
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 23 March.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Tetsuo Okamoto of Brazil.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[9]
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 |
Final
The final was held on March 23.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Jimmy McLane |  United States | 4:51.3 | GR |
 | Wayne Moore | United States | 4:53.4 | |
 | Oscar Kramer |  Argentina | 4:56.1 | |
| 4 | William Yorzyk | United States | 4:56.9 | |
| 5 | Heriberto González |  Mexico | 4:58.9 | |
| 6 | Sílvio Kelly dos Santos |  Brazil | 5:02.1 | |
| 7 | Federico Zwanck | Argentina | 5:02.3 | |
| 8 | Carlos Orozco | Mexico | 5:04.7 |
References
- 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - March 24, 1955, Morning, General, page 12". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
- ↑ Hickoksports
- ↑ Resultados
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
- ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
- ↑ Swimming technical manual
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