The Swimming competition at the 6th Pan American Games was held in Cali, Colombia during the Games' run in 1971. It consisted of 29 long course (50 m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females.Hickoksports ResultadosAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
A world record was beaten in this edition of the Games, by the U.S. 4 × 200 m freestyle men's relay.
The victory of Canada in the women's 4 × 100 m 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 for Peru.
Results Men's events 100 m freestyle Frank Heckl USA 52.80 José Aranha Brazil 53.74 Robert Kasting Canada 53.76 200 m freestyle Frank Heckl USA 1:56.36 James McConica USA 1:58.18 Ralph Hutton Canada 1:59.89 400 m freestyle James McConica USA 4:08.97 GR Steve Genter USA 4:13.05 Ralph Hutton Canada 4:15.75 1500 m freestyle Pat Miles USA 16:32.03 GR Tom McBreen USA 16:32.99 Guillermo García Mexico 16:45.56 100 m backstroke Mel Nash USA 59.84 John Murphy USA 1:00.84 Bill Kennedy Canada 1:01.35 200 m backstroke Charlie Campbell USA 2:07.09 GR Tim McKee USA 2:07.87 John Hawes Canada 2:14.72 100 m breaststroke Mark Chatfield USA 1:06.75 GR Brian Job USA 1:07.93 José Fiolo Brazil 1:07.94 200 m breaststroke Rick Colella USA 2:27.12 GR Felipe Muñoz MEX 2:27.22 Brian Job USA 2:28.11 100 m butterfly Frank Heckl USA 56.92 Jerry Heidenreich USA 57.30 Byron MacDonald Canada 58.40 200 m butterfly Jorge Delgado Ecuador 2:06.41 = GR, SA C. Rob Orr USA 2:08.39 Augusto González Peru 2:09.90 200 m I.M. Steve Furniss USA 2:10.82 Frank Heckl USA 2:12.11 Felipe Muñoz Mexico 2:16.28 400 m I.M. Steve Furniss USA 4:42.69 GR Ricardo Marmolejo Mexico 4:49.04 NR Rick Colella USA 4:49.30 4 × 100 m Free Relay USA David Edgar Steve Genter Jerry Heidenreich Frank Heckl 3:32.15 GR Canada Timothy Bach Ian MacKenzie Brian Phillips Robert Kasting 3:38.15 Brazil Ruy de Oliveira Flávio Machado Paulo Zanetti José Aranha 3:42.48 SA 4 × 200 m Free Relay USA Jerry Heidenreich Jim McConica Steve Genter Frank Heckl 7:45.82 WR Canada Robert Kasting Ron Jacks Brian Phillips Ralph Hutton 8:04.76 Brazil Alfredo Machado Ruy de Oliveira José Aranha Flávio Machado 8:08.42 SA 4 × 100 m Medley Relay USA John Murphy Brian Job Jerry Heidenreich Frank Heckl 3:56.08 GR Canada John Hawes/Bill Kennedy(?) William Mahony Byron MacDonald Robert Kasting/Timothy Bach(?) 4:00.53 Brazil César Lourenço José Fiolo Flávio Machado José Aranha 4:02.94 SA
Women's events 100 m freestyle Sandy Neilson USA 1:00.60 Angela Coughlan Canada 1:01.15 Karen James Canada 1:01.88 200 m freestyle Kim Peyton USA 2:09.62 GR Angela Coughlan Canada 2:10.56 NR Olga de Angulo Colombia 2:14.34 SA 400 m freestyle Ann Simmons USA 4:26.19 Jill Strong USA 4:36.15 Angela Coughlan Canada 4:38.86 800 m freestyle Cathy Calhoun USA 9:15.19 Cynthia Enze USA 9:32.15 María Teresa Ramírez Mexico 9:44.32 100 m backstroke Donna Gurr Canada 1:07.18 GR Susie Atwood USA 1:07.51 Jill Hlay USA 1:08.49 200 m backstroke Donna Gurr Canada 2:24.73 Susie Atwood USA 2:26.48 Barbara Darby USA 2:30.73 100 m breaststroke Sylvia Dockerill Canada 1:18.63 Linda Kurtz USA 1:19.30 Lynn Colella USA 1:19.72 200 m breaststroke Lynn Colella USA 2:50.03 Jane Wright Canada 2:50.96 NR Leonor Urueta Mexico 2:52.72 100 m butterfly Deena Deardurff USA 1:06.22 Leslie Cliff Canada 1:07.77 Lucy Burle Brazil 1:08.79 SA 200 m butterfly Lynn Colella USA 2:23.11 Alice Jones USA 2:28.10 Susan Smith Canada 2:32.60 200 m I.M. Leslie Cliff Canada 2:30.03 Susie Atwood USA 2:30.29 Cindy Plaisted USA 2:33.23 400 m I.M. Leslie Cliff Canada 5:13.31 Cindy Plaisted USA 5:13.64 Susie Atwood USA 5:13.75colspan=7 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay USA Sandy Neilson Wendy Fordyce Katheryn McKitrick Lynn Skrifvars 4:04.20 GR Canada Leslie Cliff Donna Gurr Dianne Gate Angela Coughlan 4:10.52 Brazil Rosemary Ribeiro Cristiane Paquelet Maria Hungerbuler Lucy Burle 4:15.24 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Canada Donna Gurr Jane Wright Leslie Cliff Angela Coughlan 4:35.50 USA Susan Atwood Lynn Colella Deena Deardurff Sandra Neilson 4:36.73 Mexico María Teresa Ramírez Leonor Urueta Norma Amezcua Marcia Arriaga 4:45.18
Medal table
References
Folha Online Medalists – List of international swimming medalists compiled by International Swimming Hall of Fame