Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 400 metre freestyle


The women's 400 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September and 6 September. The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada.
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool, with all eight being in the freestyle stroke.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on September 2.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Chris von Saltza4:58.1Q, GR
22Sylvia Ruuska5:00.1Q
31Donna Graham5:11.5Q
41Maria Luísa Sousa5:22.0Q
52Blanca Barrón5:22.4Q
61Katy Campbell5:25.1Q
71Susan Sangster5:25.7Q
81Maria Teixeira5:37.2Q
-2Lilian Moreira5:40.1
-2Glória Funaro5:46.4

Final

The final was held on September 6.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Chris von Saltza4:55.9GR
Sylvia Ruuska5:03.4
Donna Graham5:03.5
4Katy Campbell5:19.8
5Blanca Barrón5:20.0
6Maria Luísa Sousa5:21.5
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8Glória Funaro5:44.0