Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1963 Pan American Games took place on April.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was George Breen of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 400 metre freestyle at the IV Pan American Games
Venue	-
Medalists
Roy Saari   United States   Don Schollander   United States   Sandy Gilchrist   Canada
«1959 1967»

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.

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 April.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Roy Saari	United States	4:19.3
	Don Schollander	United States	4:23.3
	Sandy Gilchrist	Canada	4:29.1
4	Ralph Hutton	Canada	4:34.0
5	Alfredo Guzmán	Mexico	4:39.1
6	Teodoro Capriles	Venezuela	4:39.3
7	-	-	-
8	-	-	-

References

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