Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 31 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals)
Medalists
Alan Somers   United States   George Breen   United States   Gary Heinrich   United States
«1955 1963»

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaries) ^[1][2] and 4 September (finals).^[3] The last Pan American Games champion was James McLane of US.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.^[9]

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 31.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Alan Somers	United States	18:15.9	Q, GR
2	3	George Breen	United States	18:30.1	Q
3	2	Gary Heinrich	United States	18:38.2	Q
4	1	Alfredo Guzmán	Mexico	18:50.4	Q
5	2	Mauricio Ocampo	Mexico	18:52.7	Q
6	3	Raúl Guzmán	Mexico	19:21.9	Q
7	1	Alberto Udquiaga	Peru	19:57.5	Q
8	1	Carlos Fiorito	Argentina	20:11.8	Q
-	3	Aldo Perseke	Brazil	20:20.0

The final was held on September 4.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alan Somers	United States	17:53.2	GR
	George Breen	United States	17:55.0
	Gary Heinrich	United States	18:30.6
4	Alfredo Guzmán	Mexico	18:38.4
5	Mauricio Ocampo	Mexico	18:58.7
6	Raúl Guzmán	Mexico	18:59.0
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