Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 31 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   United States
«1955
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaries) [1][2] and 4 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US.[4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[9]

Results

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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

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The first round was held on August 31.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Alan Somers  United States 18:15.9 Q, GR
2 3 George Breen  United States 18:30.1 Q
3 2 Gary Heinrich  United States 18:38.2 Q
4 1 Alfredo Guzmán  Mexico 18:50.4 Q
5 2 Mauricio Ocampo  Mexico 18:52.7 Q
6 3 Raúl Guzmán  Mexico 19:21.9 Q
7 1 Alberto Udquiaga  Peru 19:57.5 Q
8 1 Carlos Fiorito  Argentina 20:11.8 Q
- 3 Aldo Perseke  Brazil 20:20.0

Final

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The final was held on September 4.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alan Somers  United States 17:53.2 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George Breen  United States 17:55.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gary Heinrich  United States 18:30.6
4 Alfredo Guzmán  Mexico 18:38.4
5 Mauricio Ocampo  Mexico 18:58.7
6 Raúl Guzmán  Mexico 18:59.0
7 - - -
8 - - -

References

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  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 1, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 5, 1959, Morning, General, page 1". O GLOBO. 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. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  9. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine