Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 400 metre freestyle
Games:1955
Venue:-
Dates:March 25 (preliminaries and finals)
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Beth Whittall
Goldnoc:CAN
Silver:Carolyn Green
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Carol Tait
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1951
Next:1959

The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 25 March.[1] [2] The last Pan American Games champion was Ana María Schultz of Argentina.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final

The final was held on March 25.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
5:32.4
5:34.7
5:34.9
4 5:36.5
5 5:44.2
6 5:47.8
7 - - -
8 - - -

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2. O GLOBO. 9 September 2013.
  2. http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
  4. http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Resultados
  5. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
  6. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 All Pan medalists - Female
  7. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
  8. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual