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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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
In these Games, the U.S. swept all gold medals in swimming.
A world record was broken by the U.S. in the women's 4 × 100 m medley relay, with a time of 4:44.6.
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m freestyle |
Jeffrey Farrell  USA | 56.3 | Elton Follett USA | 57.2 | William Woolsey USA | 57.6 |
| 400m freestyle |
George Breen USA | 4:31.4 | George Harrison USA | 4:31.8 | Eugene Lenz USA | 4:34.9 |
| 1500m freestyle |
Alan Somers USA | 17:53.2 | George Breen USA | 17:55.0 | Gary Heinrich USA | 18:30.6 |
| 100m backstroke |
Frank McKinney USA | 1:03.6 | Charles Bittick USA | 1:04.2 | Louis Schaeffer USA | 1:05.3 |
| 200m breaststroke |
Bill Mulliken USA | 2:43.1 | Kenneth Nakasone USA | 2:43.2 | Manuel Sanguily  Cuba | 2:44.3 |
| 200m butterfly |
Dave Gillanders USA | 2:18.0 | Michael Troy USA | 2:18.3 | Eulalio Ríos  Mexico | 2:22.5 |
| 4 × 200 m Free Relay |
 United States Dick Blick Peter Sintz John Rounsavelle Frank Winters | 8:22.7 |  Mexico Raúl Guzmán Alfredo Guzmán Jorge Escalante Mauricio Ocampo | 8:56.4 |  Canada Cameron Grout Edward Cazalet William Campbell Thomas Verth | 9:00.4 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay |
United States Frank McKinney Kenneth Nakasone Mike Troy Jeff Farrell | 4:14.9 | Canada Cameron Grout Bob Wheaton Steve Rabinovitch Peter Fowler | 4:23.3 | Mexico Eulalio Ríos Alejandro Gaxiola Jorge Escalante Roberto Marmolejo | 4:25.0 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA | 1:03.8 | Molly Botkin USA | 1:05.7 | Joan Spillane USA | 1:05.8 |
| 200m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA | 2:18.5 | Shirley Stobs USA | 2:22.9 | Joan Spillane USA | 2:23.0 |
| 400m freestyle |
Chris von Saltza USA | 4:55.9 | Sylvia Ruuska USA | 5:03.4 | Donna Graham USA | 5:03.5 |
| 100m backstroke |
Carin Cone USA | 1:12.2 | Sara Barber  Canada | 1:12.3 | Christine Kluter USA | 1:12.4 |
| 200m breaststroke |
Anne Warner USA | 2:56.8 | Patty Kemper USA | 3:00.1 | Anne Brancroft USA | 3:01.3 |
| 100m butterfly |
Becky Collins USA | 1:09.5 | Nancy Ramey USA | 1:10.4 | Molly Botkin USA | 1:12.3 |
| 4 × 100 m Free Relay |
United States Molly Botkin Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Chris von Saltza | 4:17.5 | Canada Margaret Iwasaki Helen Hunt Sara Barber Sandra Scott | 4:31.9 | Mexico Blanca Barrón María Luisa Souza Gloria Botella Rebeca García | 4:37.0 |
| 4 × 100 m Medley Relay |
United States Carin Cone Anne Brancroft Becky Collins Chris von Saltza | 4:44.6 WR |
Canada Margaret Iwasaki Janice Shepp Sara Barber Sandra Scott | 4:58.7 | Mexico Blanca Barrón Eulalia Martínez Gloria Botella Rebeca García | 5:18.7 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 16 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | Canada | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 |  Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
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