# Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games

The Swimming competition at the 2nd Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico during the Games' run in 1955. It consisted of 16 long course (50m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 Freestyle details | Clarke Scholes USA | 57.7 | George Park Canada | 58.7 | Carl Woolley USA | 59.3 |
| 400 Freestyle details | Jimmy McLane USA | 4:51.3 | Wayne Moore USA | 4:53.4 | Oscar Kramer Argentina | 4:56.1 |
| 1500 Freestyle details | Jimmy McLane USA | 20:04.0 | Oscar Kramer Argentina | 20:09.9 | Gilberto Martínez Colombia | 20:37.2 |
| 100 Backstroke details | Frank McKinney USA | 1:07.1 | Pedro Galvao Argentina | 1:07.8 | Leonide "Buddy" Baarcke USA | 1:07.9 |
| 200 Breaststroke details | Héctor Domínguez Argentina | 2:46.9 | Manuel Sanguily Cuba | 2:47.3 | Walter Ocampo Mexico | 2:50.7 |
| 200 Butterfly details | Eulalio Ríos Mexico | 2:39.8 | Walter Ocampo Mexico | 2:40.3 | William Yorzyk USA | 2:42.5 |
| 4×200 Free Relay details | United States Martin Smith William Yorzyk Wayne Moore Jimmy McLane | 9:00.0 | Argentina Pedro Galvão Federico Zwanck José Izaguirre Jorge Vogt | 9:09.0 | Canada George Park Allen Gilchrist Gerry McNamee Ted Simpson | 9:12.2 |
| 4×100 Medley Relay details | United States Frank McKinney Fred Maguire Leonide Baarcke Clark Scholes | 4:29.1 | Argentina Pedro Galvão Héctor Domínguez Orlando Cossani Federico Zwanck | 4:33.4 | Mexico Clemente Mejía Walter Ocampo Eulalio Ríos Otilio Holguin | 4:35.5 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 Freestyle details | Helen Stewart Canada | 1:07.7 | Wanda Werner USA | 1:07.7 | Virginia Grant Canada | 1:08.3 |
| 200 Freestyle details | Wanda Werner USA | 2:32.5 | Liliana Gonzalias Argentina | 2:32.9 | Gilda Aranda Mexico | 2:33.6 |
| 400 Freestyle details | Beth Whittall Canada | 5:32.4 | Carolyn Green USA | 5:34.7 | Carol Tait USA | 5:34.9 |
| 100 Backstroke details | Leonore Fisher Canada | 1:16.7 | Coralie O'Connor USA | 1:17.8 | Cynthia Gill USA | 1:17.9 |
| 200 Breaststroke details | Mary Lou Elsenius USA | 3:08.4 | Mary Jane Sears USA | 3:09.0 | Beatriz Rohde Argentina | 3:09.4 |
| 100 Butterfly details | Beth Whittall Canada | 1:16.2 | Betty Brey USA | 1:16.5 | Shelley Mann USA | 1:17.7 |
| 4×100 Free Relay details | United States Wanda Werner Carolyn Green Gretchen Kluter Judith Roberts | 4:31.8 | Canada Helen Stewart Gladys Priestley Virginia Grant Beth Whittall | 4:38.1 | Argentina Liliana Gonzalias Ana María Schultz Eileen Holt Cristina Kujath | 4:43.7 |
| 4×100 Medley Relay details | United States Coralie O'Connor Mary Jane Sears Betty Brey Wanda Werner | 5:11.6 | Canada Helen Stewart Lenora Fisher Virginia Grant Beth Whittall | 5:12.2 | Argentina Liliana Gonzalias Vanna Rocco Eileen Holt Beatríz Rohde | 5:30.5 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Argentina | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |