Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1955 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesMarch 23 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal Jimmy McLane  United States
Silver medal Wayne Moore  United States
Bronze medal Oscar Kramer  Argentina
«1951
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The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 23 March.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Tetsuo Okamoto of Brazil.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

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

Results

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

Final

The final was held on March 23.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jimmy McLane  United States 4:51.3 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wayne Moore  United States 4:53.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oscar Kramer  Argentina 4:56.1
4 William Yorzyk  United States 4:56.9
5 Heriberto González  Mexico 4:58.9
6 Sílvio Kelly dos Santos  Brazil 5:02.1
7 Federico Zwanck  Argentina 5:02.3
8 Carlos Orozco  Mexico 5:04.7

References

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 24, 1955, Morning, General, page 12". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Female
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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