The Swimming competition at the 6th Pan American Games was held in Cali, Colombia during the Games' run in 1971. It consisted of 29 long course (50 m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
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«1967 1975» |
A world record was beaten in this edition of the Games, by the U.S. 4 x 200 m freestyle men's relay.
The victory of Canada in the women's 4x100m medley marked the first time that the U.S. lost the gold in a relay event, at the Pan American Games.
In the 200 m butterfly, two swimmers won the first medals of their countries in swimming at Pan American Games at all times: Jorge Delgado got the gold for Ecuador, and Augusto González, the bronze for Peru.
Results edit
Men's events edit
Women's events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m freestyle |
Sandy Neilson  USA |
1:00.60 | Angela Coughlan  Canada |
1:01.15 | Karen James Canada |
1:01.88 |
| 200m freestyle |
Kim Peyton USA |
2:09.62 GR | Angela Coughlan Canada |
2:10.56 NR | Olga de Ángulo  Colombia |
2:14.34 SA |
| 400m freestyle |
Ann Simmons USA |
4:26.19 | Jill Strong USA |
4:36.15 | Angela Coughlan Canada |
4:38.86 |
| 800m freestyle |
Cathy Calhoun USA |
9:15.19 | Cynthia Enze USA |
9:32.15 | María Teresa Ramírez  Mexico |
9:44.32 |
| 100m backstroke |
Donna Gurr Canada |
1:07.18 GR | Susie Atwood USA |
1:07.51 | Jill Hlay USA |
1:08.49 |
| 200m backstroke |
Donna Gurr Canada |
2:24.73 | Susie Atwood USA |
2:26.48 | Barbara Darby USA |
2:30.73 |
| 100m breaststroke |
Sylvia Dockerill Canada |
1:18.63 | Linda Kurtz USA |
1:19.30 | Lynn Colella USA |
1:19.72 |
| 200m breaststroke |
Lynn Colella USA |
2:50.03 | Jane Wright Canada |
2:50.96 NR | Leonor Urueta Mexico |
2:52.72 |
| 100m butterfly |
Deena Deardurff USA |
1:06.22 | Leslie Cliff Canada |
1:07.77 | Lucy Burle  Brazil |
1:08.79 SA |
| 200 m butterfly |
Lynn Colella USA |
2:23.11 | Alice Jones USA |
2:28.10 | Susan Smith Canada |
2:32.60 |
| 200m I.M. |
Leslie Cliff Canada |
2:30.03 | Susie Atwood USA |
2:30.29 | Cindy Plaisted USA |
2:33.23 |
| 400m I.M. |
Leslie Cliff Canada |
5:13.31 | Cindy Plaisted USA |
5:13.64 | Susie Atwood USA |
5:13.75 |
| 4×100m Freestyle Relay |
USA Sandy Neilson Wendy Fordyce Katheryn McKitrick Lynn Skrifvars |
4:04.20 GR | Canada Leslie Cliff Donna Gurr Dianne Gate Angela Coughlan |
4:10.52 | Brazil Rosemary Ribeiro Cristiane Paquelet Maria Hungerbuler Lucy Burle |
4:15.24 |
| 4×100m Medley Relay |
Canada Donna Gurr Jane Wright Leslie Cliff Angela Coughlan |
4:35.50 | USA Susan Atwood Lynn Colella Deena Deardurff Sandra Neilson |
4:36.73 | Mexico María Teresa Ramírez Leonor Urueta Norma Amezcua Marcia Arriaga |
4:45.18 |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 22 | 18 | 7 | 47 |
| 2 |  Canada | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 |  Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Mexico | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 |  Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
References edit
- ^ 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 2013-05-09.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
- ^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.
- Folha Online
- Medalists – List of international swimming medalists compiled by International Swimming Hall of Fame