Water polo at the 1959 Pan American Games

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Water polo at the I959 Pan American Games
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Water polo was contested for men only at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, United States. It was played at the Portage Park pool.[1]

Competing teams[edit]

Five teams contested the event.[2]

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's water polo  United States (USA)
Arthur Koblish[3]
Ronald Crawford
other Illinois Athletic Club players.[1]
 Argentina (ARG)  Brazil (BRA)[4]
Adhemar Grijó Filho
Everardo Filho
Flávio Ratto
Hilton de Almeida
João Gonçalves Filho
Luiz Daniel
Márvio dos Santos
Paulo Cochrane
Rodney Bell
Sylvio dos Santos

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Krastev, Todor. "Men Water Polo II Pan-American Games 1959 Chicago (USA) - 30.08-06.09 Winner United States". www.todor66.com.
  2. ^ "1959 Pan American Games Report" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Arthur Koblish, V-12, Navy Reserve - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". www.pritzkermilitary.org.
  4. ^ "Brazilian medalists at 1959 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2013.