The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaries) [1][2] and 4 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US.[4][5][6][7][8]
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals) | |||||||||
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This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[9]
Results edit
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 edit
The first round was held on August 31.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alan Somers |  United States |
18:15.9 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | George Breen | United States |
18:30.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gary Heinrich | United States |
18:38.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Alfredo Guzmán |  Mexico |
18:50.4 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Mauricio Ocampo | Mexico |
18:52.7 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Raúl Guzmán | Mexico |
19:21.9 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Alberto Udquiaga |  Peru |
19:57.5 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Carlos Fiorito |  Argentina |
20:11.8 | Q |
| - | 3 | Aldo Perseke |  Brazil |
20:20.0 |
Final edit
The final was held on September 4.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alan Somers | United States |
17:53.2 | GR |
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George Breen | United States |
17:55.0 | |
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Gary Heinrich | United States |
18:30.6 | |
| 4 | Alfredo Guzmán | Mexico |
18:38.4 | |
| 5 | Mauricio Ocampo | Mexico |
18:58.7 | |
| 6 | Raúl Guzmán | Mexico |
18:59.0 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
References edit
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 1, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 5, 1959, Morning, General, page 1". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
