| Men's 400 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 1 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals) | |||||||||
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The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires) and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.
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
The first round was held on September 1.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | George Harrison |  United States |
4:34.1 | Q, GR |
| - | 2 | Eugene Lenz | United States |
4:37.2 | Q |
| - | 1 | Alfredo Guzmán |  Mexico |
- | Q |
| - | 2 | Mauricio Ocampo | Mexico |
- | Q |
| - | 4 | Sídnei Gavioli |  Brazil |
4:44.9 | Q |
| - | 3 | George Breen | United States |
4:46.4 | Q |
| - | 4 | Jorge Escalante | Mexico |
- | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | Francisco Carioba | Brazil |
- |
Final
The final was held on September 3.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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George Breen | United States |
4:31.4 | GR |
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George Harrison | United States |
4:31.8 | |
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Eugene Lenz | United States |
4:34.9 | |
| 4 | Mauricio Ocampo | Mexico |
4:42.4 | |
| 5 | Alfredo Guzmán | Mexico |
4:42.7 | |
| 6 | Jorge Escalante | Mexico |
4:49.9 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | Sídnei Gavioli | Brazil |
4:50.2 |
References
- ^ "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ "O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14". 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.
- Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
