Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the III Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 1 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals) | |||||||||
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| «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][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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | George Breen | United States | 4:31.4 | GR |
 | George Harrison | United States | 4:31.8 | |
 | 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 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
- 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ Hickoksports
- ↑ Resultados
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
- ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ↑ Swimming technical manual
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