# Swimming at the 1967 Pan American Games

The Swimming competition at the 5th Pan American Games was held at the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, during the Games' run in 1967. It consisted of 29 long course (50m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females:
The 1967 Pan Ams marked several firsts for the Games:
* It was the first time touch pads were used marking them to the hundredth-of-a-second (previous Games were to tenths-of-a-second only)
* It was the first time the Individual Medleys were swum;
* The 200 race distances for freestyle and backstroke were swum for the first time;
* The 100 meter Breaststroke was swum for the first time.
* Uruguay won, for the first time, medals in swimming: there were 3, won by the country's women's swimming.
* Puerto Rico also won, for the first time, a medal in swimming at the Pan American Games: a bronze in the women's 4 × 100 m free relay.
During the 1967 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, 11 world records were beaten in swimming. It is the record of all editions of the championship, a record that will probably never be beaten.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 Freestyle details | Don Havens USA | 53.79 | Zac Zorn USA | 53.97 | Sandy Gilchrist Canada | 54.85 |
| 200 Freestyle details | Don Schollander USA | 1:56.01 WR | Ralph Hutton Canada | 1:58.44 | Julio Arango Colombia | 2:01.77 |
| 400 Freestyle details | Greg Charlton USA | 4:10.23 | Ralph Hutton Canada | 4:11.88 | Mike Burton USA | 4:15.74 |
| 1500 Freestyle details | Mike Burton USA | 16:44.40 | Ralph Hutton Canada | 16:51.81 | Andy Strenk USA | 17:03.43 |
| 100 Backstroke details | Charlie Hickcox USA | 1:01.19 | Fred Haywood USA | 1:02.45 | Jim Shaw Canada | 1:02.87 |
| 200 Backstroke details | Ralph Hutton Canada | 2:12.55 | Charlie Hickcox USA | 2:13.05 | Charles Goettsche USA | 2:15.94 |
| 100 Breaststroke details | José Sylvio Fiolo Brazil | 1:07.52 | Russell Webb USA | 1:09.13 | Ken Merten USA | 1:09.32 |
| 200 Breaststroke details | José Sylvio Fiolo Brazil | 2:30.42 | Robert Momsen USA | 2:31.01 | Ken Merten USA | 2:34.17 |
| 100 Butterfly details | Mark Spitz USA | 56.20 WR | Ross Wales USA | 57.04 | Luis Nicolao Argentina | 58.63 |
| 200 Butterfly details | Mark Spitz USA | 2:06.42 WR | Tom Arusoo Canada | 2:10.70 | Mike Burton USA | 2:13.26 |
| 200 I.M. details | Doug Russell USA | 2:13.22 | William Utley USA | 2:13.68 | Sandy Gilchrist Canada | 2:16.61 |
| 400 I.M. details | William Utley USA | 4:48.12 | Ken Webb USA | 4:50.89 | Sandy Gilchrist Canada | 4:55.60 |
| 4×100 Free Relay details | United States Ken Walsh Mike Fitzmaurice Mark Spitz Don Schollander | 3:34.08 | Canada Ralph Hutton Robert Kasting Sandy Gilchrist Ron Jacks | 3:40.82 | Argentina Mario de Lucca Carlos Van der Maath Juan Carranza Luis Nicolao | 3:45.50 |
| 4×200 Free Relay details | United States Don Schollander Charlie Hickcox Greg Charlton Mark Spitz | 8:00.46 | Canada Sandy Gilchrist Ron Jacks Robert Kasting Ralph Hutton | 8:07.16 | Argentina Héctor Scerbo Mario de Lucca Carlos Van der Maath Luis Nicolao | 8:19.48 |
| 4×100 Medley Relay | United States Doug Russell Russell Webb Mark Spitz Ken Walsh | 3:59.31 | Canada William Mahony Sandy Gilchrist Ron Jacks Jim Shaw | 4:04.29 | Brazil Ilson Asturiano João Costa Lima Neto José Sylvio Fiolo Waldyr Ramos | 4:06.64 SA |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 Freestyle details | Erika Bricker USA | 1:00.89 | Marion Lay Canada | 1:01.02 | Lillian Watson USA | 1:01.54 |
| 200 Freestyle details | Pam Kruse USA | 2:11.91 | Marion Lay Canada | 2:14.68 | Angela Coughlan Canada | 2:15.66 |
| 400 Freestyle details | Debbie Meyer USA | 4:32.64 WR | Pam Kruse USA | 4:42.81 | Angela Coughlan Canada | 4:48.88 |
| 800 Freestyle details | Debbie Meyer USA | 9:22.86 WR | Susan Pedersen USA | 9:38.37 | Angela Coughlan Canada | 9:48.56 |
| 100 Backstroke details | Elaine Tanner Canada | 1:07.32 WR | Kaye Hall USA | 1:09.76 | Shirley Cazalet Canada | 1:11.33 |
| 200 Backstroke details | Elaine Tanner Canada | 2:24.55 WR | Kendis Moore USA | 2:30.38 | Cathy Ferguson USA | 2:32.48 |
| 100 Breaststroke details | Catie Ball USA | 1:14.80 WR | Ana María Norbis Uruguay | 1:15.95 | Cynthia Goyette USA | 1:19.39 |
| 200 Breaststroke details | Catie Ball USA | 2:42.18 | Claudia Kolb USA | 2:48.93 | Ana María Norbis Uruguay | 2:52.11 |
| 100 Butterfly details | Ellie Daniel USA | 1:05.24 | Elaine Tanner Canada | 1:05.35 | Marilyn Corson Canada | 1:07.68 |
| 200 Butterfly details | Claudia Kolb USA | 2:25.49 | Lee Davis USA | 2:26.74 | Marilyn Corson Canada | 2:30.54 |
| 200 I.M. details | Claudia Kolb USA | 2:26.06 WR | Susan Pedersen USA | 2:30.91 | Sandra Dowler Canada | 2:36.18 |
| 400 I.M. details | Claudia Kolb USA | 5:09.68 WR | Susan Pedersen USA | 5:21.57 | Marilyn Corson Canada | 5:36.75 |
| 4×100 Free Relay details | United States Wendy Fordyce Pam Carpinelli Linda Gustavson Pam Kruse | 4:04.57 | Canada Marion Lay Angela Coughlan Elaine Tanner Sandra Smith | 4:09.73 | Puerto Rico Ana Marcial Kristina Moir Melanie Laporte Anita Lallande | 4:26.56 |
| 4×100 Medley Relay | United States Kendis Moore Catie Ball Ellie Daniel Wendy Fordyce | 4:30.0 WR | Canada Elaine Tanner Donna Ross Marilyn Corson Marion Lay | 4:40.88 | Uruguay Themis Trama Ana Norbis Lylian Castillo Ruth Apt | 4:49.27 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 24 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 12 | 12 | 27 |
| 3 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 |