The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 25 March.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was the United States.[3][4][5][6][7]
| Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 1955 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | - | |||||||||
| Dates | March 25 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
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«1951 1959» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[8]
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 25.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Martin Smith William Yorzyk Wayne Moore Jimmy McLane |
 United States |
9:00.0 | |
 |
- - - - |
 Argentina |
9:09.0 | |
 |
- - - - |
 Canada |
9:12.2 | |
| 4 | - - - - |
 Mexico |
9:12.7 | |
| 5 | - - - - |
 Brazil |
9:19.4 | |
| 6 | - - - - |
 El Salvador |
9:49.0 | |
| 7 | - - - - |
 Cuba |
10:08.9 | |
| 8 | - - - - |
- | - |
References edit
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2". O GLOBO. 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
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
