Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle
International sporting event
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1955 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Dates | March 23 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
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«1951 1959» |
The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 23 March.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Tetsuo Okamoto of Brazil.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[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
Final
The final was held on March 23.[1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Jimmy McLane | ![]() | 4:51.3 | GR |
![]() | Wayne Moore | ![]() | 4:53.4 | |
![]() | Oscar Kramer | ![]() | 4:56.1 | |
4 | William Yorzyk | ![]() | 4:56.9 | |
5 | Heriberto González | ![]() | 4:58.9 | |
6 | Sílvio Kelly dos Santos | ![]() | 5:02.1 | |
7 | Federico Zwanck | ![]() | 5:02.3 | |
8 | Carlos Orozco | ![]() | 5:04.7 |
References
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 24, 1955, Morning, General, page 12". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ 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.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine