The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September (preliminaries) [1][2] and 6 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada.[4][5][6][7][8]
| Women's 400 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 2 (preliminaries), September 6 (finals) | |||||||||
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«1955 1963» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[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 September 2.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Chris von Saltza |  United States |
4:58.1 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | Sylvia Ruuska | United States |
5:00.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Donna Graham | United States |
5:11.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Maria Luísa Sousa |  Mexico |
5:22.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Blanca Barrón | Mexico |
5:22.4 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Katy Campbell |  Canada |
5:25.1 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Susan Sangster | Canada |
5:25.7 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Maria Teixeira |  Brazil |
5:37.2 | Q |
| - | 2 | Lilian Moreira | Brazil |
5:40.1 | |
| - | 2 | Glória Funaro | Brazil |
5:46.4 |
Final edit
The final was held on September 6.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Chris von Saltza | United States |
4:55.9 | GR |
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Sylvia Ruuska | United States |
5:03.4 | |
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Donna Graham | United States |
5:03.5 | |
| 4 | Katy Campbell | Canada |
5:19.8 | |
| 5 | Blanca Barrón | Mexico |
5:20.0 | |
| 6 | Maria Luísa Sousa | Mexico |
5:21.5 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | Glória Funaro | Brazil |
5:44.0 |
References edit
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 3, 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 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". 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
