Water polo at the 1959 Pan American Games

Water polo was contested for men only at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, United States. It was played at the Portage Park pool.[1]

Water polo at the I959 Pan American Games
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Competing teams

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Five teams contested the event.[2]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's water polo   United States (USA)
Arthur Koblish[3]
Ronald Crawford
other Illinois Athletic Club players.[1]
  Argentina (ARG)   Brazil (BRA)[4]
Adhemar Grijó Filho
Everardo Filho
Flávio Ratto
Hilton de Almeida
João Gonçalves Filho
Luiz Daniel
Márvio dos Santos
Paulo Cochrane
Rodney Bell
Sylvio dos Santos

References

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  1. ^ a b Krastev, Todor. "Men Water Polo II Pan-American Games 1959 Chicago (USA) - 30.08-06.09 Winner United States". www.todor66.com.
  2. ^ "1959 Pan American Games Report" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Arthur Koblish, V-12, Navy Reserve - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". www.pritzkermilitary.org.
  4. ^ "Brazilian medalists at 1959 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2013.