Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games

Swimming at the I959 Pan American Games
«1955
1963»

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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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 4 × 100 m medley relay, with a time of 4:44.6.

  1. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  2. ^ Resultados
  3. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  4. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  5. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  6. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.