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Artistic swimming at the Pan American Games. Artistic swimming at the Pan American Games. No. of events. 2 (women) Synchronized swimming has been a part of the Pan American Games since the Games' second edition in 1955. In 2017, the sport was renamed to artistic swimming, and future games had that as the sport's title. [ 1]
Swimming at the Pan American Games. Swimming at the Pan American Games. No. of events. 34 (men: 17; women: 17) Swimming for both men and women has been a part of the Pan American Games since the Games' first edition in 1951. The United States is the most successful country, winning 376 gold and 799 overall medals.
In 1844 a swimming competition was held in London with the participation of two Native Americans. The British competitor used the traditional breaststroke, while the Native Americans swam a variant of the front crawl, which had been used by people in the Americas for generations, but was not known to the British. The winning medal went to ...
The Swimming Union of the Americas organizes Pan American Championships for the sport of artistic swimming (formerly, synchronized swimming ). These are considered the official continental championships for the Americas (comprising North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean). [1]
Meet Location Ref 50m freestyle : 24.31 h: Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas 17 July 2015: 2015 Pan American Games: Toronto, Canada: 100m freestyle : 53.64 Maggie Mac Neil Canada 23 October 2023: 2023 Pan American Games: Santiago, Chile: 200m freestyle : 1:56.23 Allison Schmitt United States 15 July 2015: 2015 Pan American Games: Toronto, Canada
The Swimming competition at the 3rd Pan American Games was held in Chicago, United States during the Games' run in 1959. It consisted of 16 long course (50 m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females.
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 200 m 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 ...
The Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas (ASUA) originally proposed an 8-day format for the Games, mimicking the Olympic order format with prelims/semifinals/finals. . However, this was changed in June 2010 at the bequest of the local organizers to a 7-day format, changing to a prelims/finals only (with A&B finals