Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games

The Swimming competition at the 6th Pan American Games was held in Cali, Colombia during the Games' run in 1971. It consisted of 29 long course (50m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Main article: 1971 Pan American Games

A world record was beaten in this edition of the Games, by the U.S. 4x200m freestyle men's relay.

The victory of Canada in the women's 4x100m medley marked the first time that the U.S. lost the gold in a relay event, at the Pan American Games.

In the 200m butterfly, two swimmers won the first medals of their countries in swimming at Pan American Games at all times: Jorge Delgado got the gold for Ecuador, and Augusto González, the bronze for Peru.

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m freestyle	Frank Heckl   USA	52.80	José Aranha   Brazil	53.74	Robert Kasting   Canada	53.76
200m freestyle	Frank Heckl   USA	1:56.36	James McConica   USA	1:58.18	Ralph Hutton   Canada	1:59.89
400m freestyle	James McConica   USA	4:08.97 GR	Steve Genter   USA	4:13.05	Ralph Hutton   Canada	4:15.75
1500m freestyle	Pat Miles   USA	16:32.03 GR	Tom McBreen   USA	16:32.99	Guillermo García   Mexico	16:45.56
100m backstroke	Mel Nash   USA	59.84	John Murphy   USA	1:00.84	Bill Kennedy   Canada	1:01.35
200m backstroke	Charlie Campbell   USA	2:07.09 GR	Tim McKee   USA	2:07.87	John Hawes   Canada	2:14.72
100 m breaststroke	Mark Chatfield   USA	1:06.75 GR	Brian Job   USA	1:07.93	José Fiolo   Brazil	1:07.94
200m breaststroke	Rick Colella   USA	2:27.12 GR	Felipe Muñoz   MEX	2:27.22	Brian Job   USA	2:28.11
100m butterfly	Frank Heckl   USA	56.92	Jerry Heidenreich   USA	57.30	Byron MacDonald   Canada	58.40
200m butterfly	Jorge Delgado   Ecuador	2:06.41 = GR, SA	C. Rob Orr   USA	2:08.39	Augusto González   Peru	2:09.90
200m I.M.	Steve Furniss   USA	2:10.82	Frank Heckl   USA	2:12.11	Felipe Muñoz   Mexico	2:16.28
400m I.M.	Steve Furniss   USA	4:42.69 GR	Ricardo Marmolejo   Mexico	4:49.04 NR	Rick Colella   USA	4:49.30
4×100m   Free Relay	USA   David Edgar   Steve Genter   Jerry Heidenreich   Frank Heckl	3:32.15 GR	Canada   Timothy Bach   Ian MacKenzie   Brian Phillips   Robert Kasting	3:38.15	Brazil   Ruy de Oliveira   Flávio Machado   Paulo Zanetti   José Aranha	3:42.48 SA
4×200m   Free Relay	USA   Jerry Heidenreich   Jim McConica   Steve Genter   Frank Heckl	7:45.82 WR	Canada   Robert Kasting   Ron Jacks   Brian Phillips   Ralph Hutton	8:04.76	Brazil   Alfredo Machado   Ruy de Oliveira   José Aranha   Flávio Machado	8:08.42 SA
4×100m   Medley Relay	USA   John Murphy   Brian Job   Jerry Heidenreich   Frank Heckl	3:56.08 GR	Canada   John Hawes/Bill Kennedy(?)   William Mahony   Byron MacDonald   Robert Kasting/Timothy Bach(?)	4:00.53	Brazil   César Lourenço   José Fiolo   Flávio Machado   José Aranha	4:02.94 SA

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100m freestyle	Sandy Neilson   USA	1:00.60	Angela Coughlan   Canada	1:01.15	Karen James   Canada	1:01.88
200m freestyle	Kim Peyton   USA	2:09.62 GR	Angela Coughlan   Canada	2:10.56 NR	Olga de Ángulo   Colombia	2:14.34 SA
400m freestyle	Ann Simmons   USA	4:26.19	Jill Strong   USA	4:36.15	Angela Coughlan   Canada	4:38.86
800m freestyle	Cathy Calhoun   USA	9:15.19	Cynthia Enze   USA	9:32.15	María Teresa Ramírez   Mexico	9:44.32
100m backstroke	Donna Gurr   Canada	1:07.18 GR	Susie Atwood   USA	1:07.51	Jill Hlay   USA	1:08.49
200m backstroke	Donna Gurr   Canada	2:24.73	Susie Atwood   USA	2:26.48	Barbara Darby   USA	2:30.73
100m breaststroke	Sylvia Dockerill   Canada	1:18.63	Linda Kurtz   USA	1:19.30	Lynn Colella   USA	1:19.72
200m breaststroke	Lynn Colella   USA	2:50.03	Jane Wright   Canada	2:50.96 NR	Leonor Urueta   Mexico	2:52.72
100m butterfly	Deena Deardurff   USA	1:06.22	Leslie Cliff   Canada	1:07.77	Lucy Burle   Brazil	1:08.79 SA
200 m butterfly	Lynn Colella   USA	2:23.11	Alice Jones   USA	2:28.10	Susan Smith   Canada	2:32.60
200m I.M.	Leslie Cliff   Canada	2:30.03	Susie Atwood   USA	2:30.29	Cindy Plaisted   USA	2:33.23
400m I.M.	Leslie Cliff   Canada	5:13.31	Cindy Plaisted   USA	5:13.64	Susie Atwood   USA	5:13.75
4×100m   Freestyle Relay	USA   Sandy Neilson   Wendy Fordyce   Katheryn McKitrick   Lynn Skrifvars	4:04.20 GR	Canada   Leslie Cliff   Donna Gurr   Dianne Gate   Angela Coughlan	4:10.52	Brazil   Rosemary Ribeiro   Cristiane Paquelet   Maria Hungerbuler   Lucy Burle	4:15.24
4×100m   Medley Relay	Canada   Donna Gurr   Jane Wright   Leslie Cliff   Angela Coughlan	4:35.50	USA   Susan Atwood   Lynn Colella   Deena Deardurff   Sandra Neilson	4:36.73	Mexico   María Teresa Ramírez   Leonor Urueta   Norma Amezcua   Marcia Arriaga	4:45.18

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	22	18	7	47
2	Canada	6	8	9	23
3	Ecuador	1	0	0	1
4	Mexico	0	2	5	7
5	Brazil	0	1	6	7
6	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		29	29	29	87

References

1. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
2. Resultados
3. All Pan medalists - Male
4. All Pan medalists - Female
5. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
6. Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
7. Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.

• Folha Online
• Medalists – List of international swimming medalists compiled by International Swimming Hall of Fame