title: Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games
text: # Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games
  
  The Swimming competition at the 4th Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil during the Games' run in 1963. It consisted of 16 long course (50m) events: 8 for males and 8 for females.
  
  In these Games, the U.S. earned all gold medals that were in dispute in swimming.
  
  Venezuela won for the first time a medal, a bronze in the women's 4x100m medley relay.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100m freestyle details | Steve Clark USA | 54.7 | Steven Jackman USA | 54.8 | Daniel Sherry Canada | 56.1 |
  | 400m freestyle details | Roy Saari USA | 4:19.3 | Don Schollander USA | 4:23.3 | Sandy Gilchrist Canada | 4:29.1 |
  | 1500m freestyle details | Roy Saari USA | 17:26.2 | Sandy Gilchrist Canada | 17:58.9 | Ralph Hutton Canada | 18:08.6 |
  | 100m backstroke details | Ed Bartsch USA | 1:01.5 | Charles Bittick USA | 1:02.1 | Athos de Oliveira Brazil | 1:03.2 |
  | 200m breaststroke details | Chet Jastremski USA | 2:35.4 | Ken Merten USA | 2:38.4 | John Kelso Canada | 2:41.4 |
  | 200m butterfly details | Carl Robie USA | 2:11.3 | Fred Schmidt USA | 2:13.3 | Luis Nicolao Argentina | 2:16.1 |
  | 4×200m free Relay details | United States Gary Ilman Richard McDonough David Lyons Ed Townsend | 8:16.9 | Canada Ralph Hutton Aldwin Meinhardt Ed Casalet Sandy Gilchrist | 8:33.0 | Brazil Athos de Oliveira Antonio Renzo Filho Antonio Celso Guimarães Peter Wolfgang Metzner | 8:41.4 |
  | 4×100m medley Relay details | United States Richard McGeagh Bill Craig Walter Richardson Nicholas Kirby | 4:05.6 | Argentina Carlos Van der Maath Alberto Pérez Luis Nicolao Abel Pepe | 4:17.3 | Canada Ed Casalet John Kelso Daniel Sherry Sandy Gilchrist | 4:17.5 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 100m freestyle details | Terri Stickles USA | 1:02.8 | Mary Stewart Canada | 1:03.3 | Kathleen Ellis USA | 1:03.5 |
  | 200m freestyle details | Robyn Johnson USA | 2:17.5 | Terri Stickles USA | 2:18.4 | Lynne Pomfret Canada | 2:28.4 |
  | 400m freestyle details | Sharon Finneran USA | 4:52.7 | Robyn Johnson USA | 4:56.1 | Lynne Pomfret Canada | 5:20.4 |
  | 100m backstroke details | Nina Harmer USA | 1:11.5 | Cathy Ferguson USA | 1:13.1 | Eileen Weir Canada | 1:14.5 |
  | 200m breaststroke details | Alice Driscoll USA | 2:56.2 | Roby Whipple USA | 2:57.7 | Marjon Wilmink Canada | 3:00.0 |
  | 100m butterfly details | Kathleen Ellis USA | 1:07.6 | Mary Stewart Canada | 1:08.9 | Kim Worley USA | 1:11.6 |
  | 4×100m free Relay details | United States Elizabeth MacCleary Sharon Stouder Judy Norton Donna de Varona | 4:15.7 | Canada Lynne Pomfret Sharon Pierce Eileen Weir Mary Stewart | 4:31.7 | Brazil Eliana Souza Motta Maria Lourdes Teixeira Angela Maria Palioli Vera Maria Formiga | 4:34.3 |
  | 4×100m medley Relay details | United States Ginny Duenkel Cynthia Goyette Sharon Stouder Donna de Varona | 4:49.1 | Canada Mary Stewart Madelaine Sevigny Sharon Pierce Lynne Pomfret | 4:52.5 | Venezuela Bettina Giller Luisa Ruiz Laura Varela Anneliese Rockenback | 5:11.8 |
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States | 16 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
  | 2 | Canada | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
  | 3 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 4 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 5 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
  