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Swimming
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competition at the 6th
Pan American Games was held in
Cali,
Colombia during the Games' run in 1971. It consisted of 29
long course
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(50 m) events: 15 for males and 14 for females.
A world record was beaten in this edition of the Games, by the U.S. 4 x 200 m freestyle men's relay.
The victory of Canada in the women's 4x100m 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
Women's events
Medal table
References
Folha Online Medalists– List of international swimming medalists compiled by International Swimming Hall of Fame
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1971 Pan American Games
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