Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games

Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games
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The Swimming competition at the 6th Pan American Games was held in Cali, Colombia during the Games' run in 1971. It consisted of 29 long course (50 m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

A world record was beaten in this edition of the Games, by the U.S. 4 x 200 m freestyle men's relay.

The victory of Canada in the women's 4x100m medley marked the first time that the U.S. lost the gold in a relay event, at the Pan American Games.

In the 200 m butterfly, two swimmers won the first medals of their countries in swimming at Pan American Games at all times: Jorge Delgado got the gold for Ecuador, and Augusto González, the bronze for Peru.

  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 2013-05-09.
  5. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  6. ^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
  7. ^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.