Swimming
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competitions at the
2023 Pan American Games
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in
Santiago
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, Chile were held between October 21 and 29, 2023 at the Aquatic Center (pool events) in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
,
Chile
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, while the open water events took place at the Laguna Los Morros in
San Bernado.
Events
Similar to the program's format in 2019, swimming featured a total of 36 events (17 each for men and women and 2 mixed), including two 10 km
open-water marathons.
The following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in metres):
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Freestyle
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: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,500;
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Backstroke
Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...
: 100 and 200;
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Breaststroke
Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...
: 100 and 200;
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Butterfly
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: 100 and 200;
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Individual medley
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay.
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: 200 and 400;
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Relays
A relay
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: 4×100 free (including mixed), 4×200 free, 4×100 medley (including mixed)
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Marathon
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: 10 kilometres
Qualification
A total of up to 374 swimmers will qualify in the pool and a total of up to 40 open water swimmers will qualify. As Host Country, Chile automatically will qualify 18 male and 18 female competitors in the pool and two open water swimmers in each event.
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Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
Men's events
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Women's events
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
Mixed events
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
See also
*Swimming at the 2023 Parapan American Games
Paralympic swimming, Swimming competitions at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile were held at the Aquatic Center from 18 to 24 November 2023.
Participating nations
There are 236 swimmers from 20 nations participating in the game ...
*Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics
The swimming competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 27 July to 9 August 2024. Pool events (27 July to 4 August) will occur at the Paris La Défense Arena, with the two-day marathon swimming (8 to 9 August) sta ...
References
External links
Results book – Swimming
Results book – Open Water Swimming
{{Pan American Games Swimming
Events at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games
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