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

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 II Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	March 23 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Jimmy McLane   United States   Wayne Moore   United States   Oscar Kramer   Argentina
«1951 1959»

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.[9]

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

Final

The final was held on March 23.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jimmy McLane	United States	4:51.3	GR
	Wayne Moore	United States	4:53.4
	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

1. "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.
2. O GLOBO News Archive
3. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
4. Resultados
5. All Pan medalists - Male
6. All Pan medalists - Female
7. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
8. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
9. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine