title: Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1963 Pan American Games took place on April. The last Pan American Games champion was Alan Somers of US.
  
  This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.
  
  ## Results
  
  All times are in minutes and seconds.
  
  | KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on April.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Roy Saari | United States | 17:26.2 |
  | | Sandy Gilchrist | Canada | 17:58.9 |
  | | Ralph Hutton | Canada | 18:08.6 |
  | 4 | Bill Farley | United States | 18:30.4 |
  | 5 | Alfredo Guzmán | Mexico | 18:31.0 |
  | 6 | Celestino Pérez | Puerto Rico | 18:50.8 |
  | 7 | - | - | - |
  | 8 | - | - | - |
  