Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 1955 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesMarch 25 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Argentina
Bronze medal   Canada
«1951
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The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 25 March.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was the United States.[3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[8]

Results[edit]

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[edit]

Final[edit]

The final was held on March 25.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martin Smith
William Yorzyk
Wayne Moore
Jimmy McLane
 United States 9:00.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) -
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 Argentina 9:09.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) -
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 Canada 9:12.2
4 -
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 Mexico 9:12.7
5 -
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 Brazil 9:19.4
6 -
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 El Salvador 9:49.0
7 -
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 Cuba 10:08.9
8 -
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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Female
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.