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]
| 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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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
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Final edit
The final was held on March 23.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Jimmy McLane |  United States |
4:51.3 | GR |
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Wayne Moore | United States |
4:53.4 | |
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Oscar Kramer |  Argentina |
4:56.1 | |
| 4 | William Yorzyk | United States |
4:56.9 | |
| 5 | Heriberto González |  Mexico |
4:58.9 | |
| 6 | Sílvio Kelly dos Santos |  Brazil |
5:02.1 | |
| 7 | Federico Zwanck | Argentina |
5:02.3 | |
| 8 | Carlos Orozco | Mexico |
5:04.7 |
References edit
- ^ 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
