Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
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| Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 1 (preliminaries), September 6 (finals) | |||||||||
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The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaries)[1][2] and 6 September (finals).[3] The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.[4][5][6][7][8]
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[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
The first round was held on September 1.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | - - - - |
 United States |
8:33.4 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | - - - - |
 Mexico |
8:53.7 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | - - - - |
 Canada |
9:02.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | - - - - |
 Peru |
9:12.2 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | - - - - |
 Brazil |
9:15.3 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | - - - - |
 Argentina |
9:27.4 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | - - - - |
 Cuba |
9:32.8 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | - - - - |
 El Salvador |
9:44.3 | Q |
Final
The final was held on September 6.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dick Blick Peter Sintz John Rounsavelle Frank Winters |
United States |
8:22.7 | GR |
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- - - - |
Mexico |
8:56.4 | |
 |
- - - - |
Canada |
9:00.4 | |
| 4 | Moacir dos Santos Francisco Carioba Aldo Perseke Sídnei Gavioli |
Brazil |
9:01.9 | |
| 5 | - - - - |
Peru |
9:11.3 | |
| 6 | - - - - |
Argentina |
9:12.6 | |
| 7 | - - - - |
- | - | |
| 8 | - - - - |
- | - |
References
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News archive - September 7, 1959, Morning, Sports, page 6". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ All Pan medalists - Female
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
