The Swimming competition at the 3rd Pan American Games was held in Chicago, United States during the Games' run in 1959. It consisted of 16 long course (50 m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females.Hickoksports ResultadosAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
In these Games, the U.S. swept all gold medals in swimming.
A world record was broken by the U.S. in the women's medley relay, with a time of 4:44.6.
Results Men 100 m freestyle Jeffrey Farrell USA 56.3 Elton Follett USA 57.2 William Woolsey USA 57.6 400 m freestyle George Breen USA 4:31.4 George Harrison USA 4:31.8 Eugene Lenz USA 4:34.9 1500 m freestyle Alan Somers USA 17:53.2 George Breen USA 17:55.0 Gary Heinrich USA 18:30.6 100 m backstroke Frank McKinney USA 1:03.6 Charles Bittick USA 1:04.2 Louis Schaeffer USA 1:05.3 200 m breaststroke Bill Mulliken USA 2:43.1 Kenneth Nakasone USA 2:43.2 Manuel Sanguily Cuba 2:44.3 200 m butterfly Dave Gillanders USA 2:18.0 Michael Troy USA 2:18.3 Eulalio Ríos Mexico 2:22.5 Free Relay Dick Blick Peter Sintz John Rounsavelle Frank Winters 8:22.7 Raúl Guzmán Alfredo Guzmán Jorge Escalante Mauricio Ocampo 8:56.4 Cameron Grout Edward Cazalet William Campbell Thomas Verth 9:00.4 Medley Relay Frank McKinney Kenneth Nakasone Mike Troy Jeff Farrell 4:14.9 Cameron Grout Bob Wheaton Steve Rabinovitch Peter Fowler 4:23.3 Eulalio Ríos Alejandro Gaxiola Jorge Escalante Roberto Marmolejo 4:25.0
Women 100 m freestyle Chris von Saltza USA 1:03.8 Molly Botkin USA 1:05.7 Joan Spillane USA 1:05.8 200 m freestyle Chris von Saltza USA 2:18.5 Shirley Stobs USA 2:22.9 Joan Spillane USA 2:23.0 400 m freestyle Chris von Saltza USA 4:55.9 Sylvia Ruuska USA 5:03.4 Donna Graham USA 5:03.5 100 m backstroke Carin Cone USA 1:12.2 Sara Barber Canada 1:12.3 Christine Kluter USA 1:12.4 200 m breaststroke Anne Warner USA 2:56.8 Patty Kemper USA 3:00.1 Anne Brancroft USA 3:01.3 100 m butterfly Becky Collins USA 1:09.5 Nancy Ramey USA 1:10.4 Molly Botkin USA 1:12.3 Free Relay Molly Botkin Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Chris von Saltza 4:17.5 Margaret Iwasaki Helen Hunt Sara Barber Sandra Scott 4:31.9 Blanca Barrón María Luisa Souza Gloria Botella Rebeca García 4:37.0 Medley Relay Carin Cone Anne Brancroft Becky Collins Chris von Saltza 4:44.6 WR Margaret Iwasaki Janice Shepp Sara Barber Sandra Scott 4:58.7 Blanca Barrón Eulalia Martínez Gloria Botella Rebeca García 5:18.7
Medal table
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