Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games

The Swimming competition at the 4th Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil during the Games' run in 1963. It consisted of 16 long course (50m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games
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In these Games, the U.S. earned all gold medals that were in dispute in swimming.

Venezuela won for the first time a medal, a bronze in the women's 4x100m medley relay.

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m freestyle
  details
Steve Clark
    USA
54.7 Steven Jackman
    USA
54.8 Daniel Sherry
    Canada
56.1
400m freestyle
  details
Roy Saari
    USA
4:19.3 Don Schollander
    USA
4:23.3 Sandy Gilchrist
    Canada
4:29.1
1500m freestyle
  details
Roy Saari
    USA
17:26.2 Sandy Gilchrist
    Canada
17:58.9 Ralph Hutton
    Canada
18:08.6
100m backstroke
  details
Ed Bartsch
    USA
1:01.5 Charles Bittick
    USA
1:02.1 Athos de Oliveira
    Brazil
1:03.2
200m breaststroke
  details
Chet Jastremski
    USA
2:35.4 Ken Merten
    USA
2:38.4 John Kelso
    Canada
2:41.4
200m butterfly
  details
Carl Robie
    USA
2:11.3 Fred Schmidt
    USA
2:13.3 Luis Nicolao
    Argentina
2:16.1
4×200m
 free Relay
  details
  United States
  Gary Ilman
  Richard McDonough
  David Lyons
  Ed Townsend
8:16.9   Canada
  Ralph Hutton
  Aldwin Meinhardt
  Ed Casalet
  Sandy Gilchrist
8:33.0   Brazil
  Athos de Oliveira
  Antonio Renzo Filho
  Antonio Celso Guimarães
  Peter Wolfgang Metzner
8:41.4
4×100m
 medley Relay
  details
  United States
  Richard McGeagh
  Bill Craig
  Walter Richardson
  Nicholas Kirby
4:05.6   Argentina
  Carlos Van der Maath
  Alberto Pérez
  Luis Nicolao
  Abel Pepe
4:17.3   Canada
  Ed Casalet
  John Kelso
  Daniel Sherry
  Sandy Gilchrist
4:17.5

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100m freestyle
  details
Terri Stickles
    USA
1:02.8 Mary Stewart
    Canada
1:03.3 Kathleen Ellis
    USA
1:03.5
200m freestyle
  details
Robyn Johnson
    USA
2:17.5 Terri Stickles
    USA
2:18.4 Lynne Pomfret
    Canada
2:28.4
400m freestyle
  details
Sharon Finneran
    USA
4:52.7 Robyn Johnson
    USA
4:56.1 Lynne Pomfret
    Canada
5:20.4
100m backstroke
  details
Nina Harmer
    USA
1:11.5 Cathy Ferguson
    USA
1:13.1 Eileen Weir
    Canada
1:14.5
200m breaststroke
  details
Alice Driscoll
    USA
2:56.2 Roby Whipple
    USA
2:57.7 Marjon Wilmink
    Canada
3:00.0
100m butterfly
  details
Kathleen Ellis
    USA
1:07.6 Mary Stewart
    Canada
1:08.9 Kim Worley
    USA
1:11.6
4×100m
 free Relay
  details
  United States
  Elizabeth MacCleary
  Sharon Stouder
  Judy Norton
  Donna de Varona
4:15.7   Canada
  Lynne Pomfret
  Sharon Pierce
  Eileen Weir
  Mary Stewart
4:31.7   Brazil
  Eliana Souza Motta
  Maria Lourdes Teixeira
  Angela Maria Palioli
  Vera Maria Formiga
4:34.3
4×100m
 medley Relay
  details
  United States
  Ginny Duenkel
  Cynthia Goyette
  Sharon Stouder
  Donna de Varona
4:49.1   Canada
  Mary Stewart
  Madelaine Sevigny
  Sharon Pierce
  Lynne Pomfret
4:52.5   Venezuela
  Bettina Giller
  Luisa Ruiz
  Laura Varela
  Anneliese Rockenback
5:11.8

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States169227
2  Canada07815
3  Brazil0033
4  Argentina0022
5  Venezuela0011
Totals (5 entries)16161648

References

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  1. ^ USA Swimming Database
  2. ^ Results of the 1963 Pan at USA Swimming
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ Folha Online
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  7. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  8. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  9. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.