Swimming at the Pan American Games

Swimming for both men and women has been a part of the Pan American Games since the Games' first edition in 1951.

Medal table Men and Women 1951-2011

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 320 229 122 671
2 Canada 43 89 120 252
3 Brazil 42 46 63 151
4 Argentina 8 18 19 45
5 Venezuela 7 4 19 30
6 Costa Rica 4 3 2 9
7 Cuba 2 4 8 14
8 Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 2 6
9 Suriname 2 1 2 5
10 Ecuador 2 0 1 3
11 Mexico 1 7 35 43
12 Cayman Islands 1 2 1 4
13 Chile 1 0 2 3
14 Puerto Rico 0 8 6 14
15 Jamaica 0 4 0 4
16 Colombia 0 2 5 7
17 Uruguay 0 2 3 5
18 Panama 0 1 1 2
19 Guatemala 0 0 2 2
19 Peru 0 0 2 2
21 Netherlands Antilles 0 0 1 1
21 Barbados 0 0 1 1
21 Bahamas 0 0 1 1
21 Paraguay 0 0 1 1

Men's events

50 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1987 United States Tom Williams 22.55 United States Michael Neuhofel 22.84 Canada Claude Lamy
Hilton Woods
23.39
1991 United States Todd Pace 22.60 United States Adam Schmitt 22.61 Brazil Gustavo Borges22.82
1995 Brazil Fernando Scherer22.65 United States Bill Pilczuk 22.71 United States Tom Jager 22.75
1999 Brazil Fernando Scherer22.24 Argentina José Meolans 22.46 Cuba Marcos Hernández22.79
2003 Brazil Fernando Scherer22.40 Argentina José Meolans 22.42 United States Gary Hall Jr.22.43
2007 Brazil César Cielo 21.84 Brazil Nicholas Santos 22.18 Trinidad and Tobago George Bovell 22.30
2011 Brazil César Cielo 21.58 Brazil Bruno Fratus 22.05 Cuba Hanser García 22.15
2015

100 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951 United States Dick Cleveland 58.8 United States Ronald Gora 59.5 Cuba Nicasio Silverio1:00.1
1955 United States Clarke Scholes 57.7 United States George Park 58.7 United States Carl Woolley59.3
1959 United States Jeff Farrell 56.3 United States Elton Follett 57.2 United States Bill Woolsey57.6
1963 United States Steve Clark 54.7 United States Steven Jackman 54.8 Canada Daniel Sherry56.1
1967 United States Don Havens 53.79 United States Zac Zorn 53.97 Canada Sandy Gilchrist54.85
1971 United States Frank Heckl 52.80 Brazil José Aranha 53.74 Canada Bob Kasting53.76
1975 United States Richard Abbott 51.96 United States Jack Babashoff 52.26 Canada Bruce Robertson53.44
1979 United States David McCagg 50.77 Puerto Rico Fernando J. Canales 51.25 United States John Newton51.45
1983 United States Rowdy Gaines 50.38 Puerto Rico Fernando J. Canales 50.43 Venezuela Alberto Mestre51.09
1987 United States Todd Dudley 50.24 United States Scott McCadam 50.81 Canada Mark Andrews51.24
1991 Brazil Gustavo Borges 49.48 United States Joel Thomas 50.55 Mexico Rodrigo González 51.25
1995 Brazil Gustavo Borges 49.31 United States Jon Olsen 49.39 Brazil Fernando Scherer 49.79
1999 Brazil Fernando Scherer 49.19 Argentina José Martín Meolans 49.49 Brazil Gustavo Borges 50.10
2003 Argentina José Martín Meolans 49.27 Trinidad and Tobago George Bovell 49.61 Brazil Gustavo Borges 49.90
2007 Brazil César Cielo 48.79 Argentina José Martín Meolans 49.42 United States Gabriel Woodward 49.59
2011 Brazil César Cielo 47.84 Cuba Hanser García 48.34 Cayman Islands Shaune Fraser 48.64
2015

200 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 United States Don Schollander 1:56.01 Canada Ralph Hutton 1:58.44 Colombia Julio Arango2:01.77
1971 United States Frank Heckl 1:56.36 United States James McConica 1:58.18 Canada Ralph Hutton1:59.89
1975 Ecuador Jorge Delgado 1:55.45 United States Rick DeMont 1:55.96 United States Rex Favero1:57.08
1979 United States Rowdy Gaines 1:51.22 United States David Larson1:52.24 Brazil Djan Madruga 1:52.34
1983 United States Bruce Hayes 1:49.89 Venezuela Alberto Mestre1:50.36 United States Rowdy Gaines 1:51.27
1987 United States John Witchel 1:50.90 Uruguay Carlos Scanavino 1:51.21 United States Brian Jones1:52.11
1991 United States Eric Diehl 1:49.67 Brazil Gustavo Borges 1:49.74 Cuba René Sáez 1:52.14
1995 Brazil Gustavo Borges 1:48.49 United States Greg Burgess 1:48.69 United States Josh Davis 1:51.92
1999 Brazil Gustavo Borges 1:49.41 United States Scott Tucker 1:50.99 Brazil Leonardo Costa 1:51.29
2003 Trinidad and Tobago George Bovell 1:48.90 United States Dan Ketchum 1:49.34 Brazil Rodrigo Castro 1:49.55
2007 United States Matthew Owen 1:48.78 Cayman Islands Shaune Fraser 1:48.95 Canada Adam Sioui 1:48.97
2011 Cayman Islands Brett Fraser 1:47.18 Cayman Islands Shaune Fraser 1:48.29 Paraguay Benjamin Hockin 1:48.48
2015

400 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951 Brazil Tetsuo Okamoto 4:52.4 United States Bill Heusner 4:54.5 Mexico Tonatiuh Gutiérrez4:57.2
1955 United States Jimmy McLane 4:51.3 United States Wayne Moore 4:53.4 Argentina Oscar Kramer4:56.1
1959 United States George Breen 4:31.4 United States George Harrison 4:31.8 United States Eugene Lenz4:34.9
1963 United States Roy Saari 4:19.3 United States Don Schollander 4:23.3 Canada Sandy Gilchrist4:29.1
1967 United States Greg Charlton 4:10.23 Canada Ralph Hutton 4:11.88 United States Michael Burton4:15.74
1971 United States James McConica 4:08.97 United States Steven Genter 4:13.05 Canada Ralph Hutton4:15.75
1975 United States Doug Northway 4:00.51 United States Bobby Hackett 4:03.38 Brazil Djan Madruga4:06.83
1979 United States Brian Goodell 3:53.01 Brazil Djan Madruga 3:57.46 Canada Peter Szmidt3:58.34
1983 United States Bruce Hayes 3:53.17 United States Matt Cetlinski3:53.51 Brazil Marcelo Jucá 3:55.66
1987 United States Paul Robinson 3:54.44 Brazil Cristiano Michelena3:55.37 United States Scott Brackett 3:55.64
1991 United States Sean Killion 3:50.38 Puerto Rico José Herrera 3:54.91 United States Eric Diehl 3:58.06
1995 United States Josh Davis 3:55.59 Brazil Luiz Lima 3:56.33 United States Jon Sakovich 3:57.37
1999 Brazil Luiz Lima 3:52.25 United States Austin Ramirez 3:53.64 Canada Rick Say 3:54.66
2003 Venezuela Ricardo Monasterio 3:50.01 United States Fran Crippen 3:52.62 Brazil Bruno Bonfim 3:54.82
2007 United States Matt Patton 3:49.77 United States Tobias Work 3:50.62 Brazil Armando Negreiros 3:51.18
2011 United States Charlie Houchin 3:50.95 United States Matt Patton 3:51.25 Venezuela Cristian Quintero 3:52.51
2015

1500 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951 Brazil Tetsuo Okamoto 19:23.3 Mexico Tonatiuh Gutiérrez19:24.5 Mexico Efrén Fierro 19:57.4
1955 United States Jimmy McLane 20:04.0 Argentina Oscar Kramer20:09.9 Colombia Gilberto Arango 20:37.2
1959 United States Alan Somers 17:53.2 United States George Breen 17:55.0 United States Gary Heinrich18:30.6
1963 United States Roy Saari 17:26.2 Canada Sandy Gilchrist17:58.9 Canada Ralph Hutton 18:08.6
1967 United States Michael Burton16:44.40 Canada Ralph Hutton 16:51.81 United States Andy Strenk 17:03.43
1971 United States Pat Miles 16:32.03 United States Tom McBreen 16:32.99 Mexico Guillermo García16:45.56
1975 United States Bobby Hackett 15:53.10 United States Paul Hartloff 15:57.32 Brazil Djan Madruga16:30.08
1979 United States Brian Goodell 15:24.36 Brazil Djan Madruga 15:41.74 United States Bobby Hackett 15:46.83
1983 United States Jeff Kostoff 15:30.67 Brazil Marcelo Jucá 15:33.01 Uruguay Carlos Scanavino15:36.07
1987 United States Alex Kostich 15:20.90 United States Lars Jorgensen 15:24.09 Canada Chris Chalmers15:30.51
1991 United States Alex Kostich 15:21.36 Puerto Rico José Herrera 15:33.61 Cuba Pedro Carrío 15:39.73
1995 United States Carlton Bruner 15:13.90 Brazil Luiz Lima 15:19.53 United States Ryan Cox 15:37.28
1999 United States Tim Siciliano 15:14.94 Brazil Luiz Lima 15:21.92 Venezuela Ricardo Monasterio 15:28.64
2003 Venezuela Ricardo Monasterio 15:16.98 United States Fran Crippen 15:19.63 United States Chris Thompson 15:19.64
2007 United States Charles Peterson 15:12.33 Venezuela Ricardo Monasterio 15:23.28 Canada Kier Maitland 15:25.28
2011 United States Arthur Frayler 15:19.59 United States Joseph Feely 15:22.19 Argentina Juan Pereyra 15:26.20
2015

100 m backstroke

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951 United States Allen Stack 1:08.0 Argentina Pedro Galvao1:08.3 United States Burwell Jones 1:09.8
1955 United States Frank McKinney 1:07.1 Argentina Pedro Galvao1:07.8 United States Buddy Baarcke 1:07.9
1959 United States Frank McKinney 1:03.6 United States Charles Bittick1:04.2 United States Louis Schaeffer 1:05.3
1963 United States Ed Bartsch 1:01.5 United States Charles Bittick1:02.1 Brazil Athos de Oliveira 1:03.2
1967 United States Charlie Hickcox 1:01.19 United States Fred Haywood1:02.45 Canada Jim Shaw 1:02.87
1971 United States Mel Nash 59.84 United States John Murphy1:00.84 Canada Bill Kennedy 1:01.35
1975 United States Peter Rocca 58.31 United States Bob Jackson58.90 Brazil Rômulo Arantes 59.16
1979 United States Bob Jackson 56.66 Brazil Rômulo Arantes57.20 Canada Steve Pickell 57.89
1983 United States Rick Carey 55.19 United States Dave Bottom56.90 Canada Mike West 57.20
1987 United States Andy Gill 56.56 United States David Berkoff57.35 Peru Alejandro Alvizuri 58.65
1991 United States Andy Gill 55.79 Cuba Rodolfo Falcón 56.12 United States Bobby Brewer 56.39
1995 United States Jeff Rouse 54.74 United States Tripp Schwenk55.60 Cuba Rodolfo Falcón 56.13
1999 Cuba Rodolfo Falcón 54.93 Brazil Alexandre Massura55.17 United States Matt Allen 55.86
2003 United States Peter Marshall 55.52 Trinidad and Tobago George Bovell55.81 United States Jayme Cramer 55.88
2007 United States Randall Bal 53.66 United States Peter Marshall54.64 Brazil Thiago Pereira 54.75
2011 Brazil Thiago Pereira 54.56 United States Eugene Godsoe54.61 Brazil Guilherme Guido 54.81
2015

200 m backstroke

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 Canada Ralph Hutton 2:12.55 United States Charlie Hickcox2:13.05 United States Charles Goettsche 2:15.94
1971 United States Charlie Campbell 2:07.09 United States Tim McKee2:07.87 Canada John Hawes 2:14.72
1975 United States Dan Harrigan 2:06.69 Canada Mike Scarth2:09.20 United States Bob Jackson 2:10.18
1979 United States Peter Rocca 2:00.98 United States Jesse Vassallo2:02.07 Brazil Djan Madruga 2:04.74
1983 United States Rick Carey 1:59.34 Brazil Ricardo Prado2:02.85 Canada Mike West 2:03.11
1987 United States Mike O'Brien 2:02.29 Brazil Ricardo Prado2:03.75 Canada Raymond Brown 2:04.28
1991 Brazil Rogério Romero 2:01.07 United States Dan Veatch 2:01.14 Puerto Rico Manuel Guzmán 2:01.68
1995 United States Brad Bridgewater 2:00.79 Cuba Rodolfo Falcón 2:00.98 Brazil Rogério Romero2:01.13
1999 Brazil Leonardo Costa1:59.33 United States Aaron Peirsol 1:59.77 United States Dan Shevchik 2:00.27
2003 Brazil Rogério Romero 1:59.92 United States Luke Wagner2:00.74 United States Joey Faltraco 2:01.31
2007 Brazil Thiago Pereira 1:58.42 United States Scott Clary1:59.24 Brazil Lucas Salatta 1:59.51
2011 Brazil Thiago Pereira 1:57.19 Colombia Omar Pinzón1:58.31 United States Ryan Murphy 1:58.50
2015

100 m breaststroke

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 Brazil José Fiolo 1:07.52 United States Russell Webb1:09.13 United States Ken Merten 1:09.32
1971 United States Mark Chatfield 1:06.75 United States Brian Job1:07.93 Brazil José Fiolo 1:07.94
1975 United States Rick Colella 1:06.28 United States Lawrence Dowler1:06.61 Brazil José Fiolo 1:08.12
1979 United States Steve Lundquist 1:03.82 United States Greg Winchell1:04.76 Canada Graham Smith 1:05.66
1983 United States Steve Lundquist 1:02.28 United States John Moffet1:02.36 Colombia Pablo Restrepo 1:03.89
1987 United States Rich Korhammer 1:03.85 United States David Lundberg1:04.11 Canada Darcy Wallingford 1:04.55
1991 United States Hans Dersch 1:02.57 Puerto Rico Todd Torres 1:02.83 United States Jeff Commings 1:03.02
1995 United States Seth van Neerden 1:02.48 Canada Jonathan Cleveland 1:03.17 United States Tyler Mayfield1:03.17
1999 United States Ed Moses1:00.99 United States Jarrod Marrs
Canada Morgan Knabe
1:02.11 None
2003 United States Mark Gangloff 1:00.95 United States Jarrod Marrs1:01.71 Brazil Eduardo Fischer 1:01.88
2007 Canada Scott Dickens1:01.20 United States Mark Gangloff 1:01.24 Canada Mathieu Bois 1:01.83
2011 Brazil Felipe França Silva1:00.34 Brazil Felipe Lima 1:00.99 United States Marcus Titus 1:01.12
2015

200 m breaststroke

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951 Argentina Héctor Domínguez 2:43.8 Brazil Willy Otto Jordan2:47.3 United States Bowen Stassforth 2:47.6
1955 Argentina Héctor Domínguez 2:46.9 Cuba Manuel Sanguily2:47.3 Mexico Walter Ocampo 2:50.7
1959 United States Bill Mulliken 2:43.1 United States Kenneth Nakasone2:43.2 Cuba Manuel Sanguily 2:44.3
1963 United States Chet Jastremski 2:35.4 United States Ken Merten2:38.4 Canada John Kelso 2:41.4
1967 Brazil José Fiolo 2:30.42 United States Robert Momsen2:31.01 United States Ken Merten 2:34.17
1971 United States Rick Colella 2:27.12 Mexico Felipe Muñoz2:27.22 United States Brian Job 2:28.11
1975 United States Rick Colella 2:24.00 Canada Dave Heinbuch2:28.96 Mexico Gustavo Lozano 2:29.28
1979 United States Steve Lundquist 2:21.97 United States John Simmons2:22.45 Colombia Pablo Restrepo 2:23.13
1983 United States Steve Lundquist 2:19.31 Colombia Pablo Restrepo2:20.21 Canada Doug Soltis 2:20.89
1987 United States Jeff Kubiak 2:17.62 United States Mike Barrowman2:19.29 Canada Darcy Wallingford 2:22.01
1991 Cuba Mario Gonzáles2:15.50 United States Nelson Diebel2:16.08 United States Tyler Mayfield2:17.49
1995 United States Seth van Neerden2:16.08 United States Eric Namesnik2:17.70 Canada Curtis Myden2:19.00
1999 Canada Morgan Knabe2:14.73 United States Steven West 2:16.26 United States Mark Gangloff2:16.60
2003 United States Kyle Salyards2:13.37 United States Sean Quinn2:15.77 Brazil Marcelo Tomazini2:15.87
2007 Brazil Thiago Pereira2:13.51 Brazil Henrique Barbosa2:13.83 United States Scott Spann2:13.98
2011 United States Sean Mahoney2:11.62 United States Clark Burckle2:12.60 Brazil Thiago Pereira2:13.58
2015

100 m butterfly

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 United States Mark Spitz56.20 United States Ross Wales57.04 Argentina Luis Nicolao58.63
1971 United States Frank Heckl56.92 United States Jerry Heidenreich57.30 Canada Byron MacDonald58.40
1975 United States Mike Curington56.09 United States Greg Jagenburg56.13 Canada Bruce Robertson56.80
1979 United States Robert Placak55.54 Canada Dan Thompson55.56 Canada Clay Evans56.63
1983 United States Matt Gribble54.25 Canada Pablo Morales54.62 Canada Rafael Vidal54.72
1987 Suriname Anthony Nesty53.89 United States Wade King54.33 United States Michael Dillon54.45
1991 Suriname Anthony Nesty53.45 United States Mike Merrell54.60 Brazil Eduardo Piccinini55.00
1995 United States Mark Henderson54.11 Brazil Eduardo Piccinini 54.63 United States Brian Alderman 54.75
1999 Venezuela Francisco Sánchez53.33 Canada Shamek Pietucha53.40 Argentina José Martín Meolans54.03
2003 United States Ben Michaelson53.04 Argentina José Martín Meolans53.28 Brazil Kaio de Almeida53.44
2007 Brazil Kaio de Almeida52.05 Brazil Gabriel Mangabeira52.43 Venezuela Albert Subirats52.78
2011 Venezuela Albert Subirats52.37 United States Eugene Godsoe52.67 United States Chris Brady52.95
2015

200 m butterfly

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1955 Mexico Eulalio Ríos2:39.8 Mexico Walter Ocampo2:40.3 United States William Yorzyk2:42.5
1959 United States Dave Gillanders2:18.0 United States Michael Troy2:18.3 Mexico Eulalio Ríos2:22.5
1963 United States Carl Robie2:11.3 United States Fred Schmidt2:13.3 Argentina Luis Nicolao2:16.1
1967 United States Mark Spitz2:06.42 Canada Tom Arusoo2:10.70 United States Mike Burton2:13.26
1971 Ecuador Jorge Delgado2:06.41 United States Robb Orr2:08.39 Peru Augusto González2:09.90
1975 United States Greg Jagenburg2:03.42 United States Steve Gregg2:04.06 Ecuador Jorge Delgado2:05.11
1979 United States Craig Beardsley2:00.49 Canada George Nagy2:02.15 Canada Bill Sawchuk2:02.93
1983 United States Craig Beardsley1:58.85 Brazil Ricardo Prado1:59.00 Venezuela Rafael Vidal1:59.17
1987 United States Bill Stapleton2:00.70 United States Jayme Taylor2:00.73 Suriname Anthony Nesty2:01.09
1991 United States Mark Dean2:00.11 Suriname Anthony Nesty2:01.76 United States Bart Pippenger2:02.00
1995 Venezuela Nelson Mora2:00.38 United States Tom Malchow2:00.49 Brazil André Teixeira2:01.95
1999 Canada Shamek Pietucha1:59.10 United States Steven Brown1:59.52 United States Devin Howard1:59.82
2003 United States Michael Raab1:57.33 Brazil Kaio de Almeida1:58.10 Brazil Pedro Monteiro1:59.38
2007 Brazil Kaio de Almeida1:55.45 United States Eddie Erazo1:57.07 Mexico Juan Veloz1:58.43
2011 Brazil Leonardo de Deus1:57.92 United States Daniel Madwed1:58.52 Brazil Kaio de Almeida1:58.78
2015

200 m individual medley

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 United States Doug Russell 2:13.22 United States William Utley2:13.68 Canada Sandy Gilchrist2:16.61
1971 United States Steve Furniss 2:10.82 United States Frank Heckl2:12.11 Mexico Felipe Muñoz2:16.28
1975 United States Steve Furniss 2:09.77 United States Mike Curington2:10.17 Canada Bill Sawchuk2:11.63
1979 United States Jesse Vassallo 2:03.29 Canada Graham Smith2:05.86 United States Scott Spann2:11.63
1983 Brazil Ricardo Prado 2:04.51 United States Bill Barrett2:04.90 United States Steve Lundquist2:06.36
1987 United States Bill Stapleton 2:03.58 United States Paul Wallace2:04.92 Brazil Ricardo Prado2:04.94
1991 United States Ron Karnaugh 2:00.92 Puerto Rico Manuel Guzmán2:03.99 United States Ray Looze2:04.29
1995 Canada Curtis Myden 2:01.70 United States Greg Burgess2:03.62 United States Eric Namesnik2:03.70
1999 Canada Curtis Myden 2:02.38 United States Joe Montague2:03.08 Canada Owen von Richter 2:03.80
2003 Trinidad and Tobago George Bovell 1:59.49 Brazil Thiago Pereira2:02.31 United States Eric Donnelly 2:02.52
2007 Brazil Thiago Pereira 1:57.79 United States Robert Margalis2:00.69 Barbados Bradley Ally 2:00.96
2011 Brazil Thiago Pereira 1:58.07 United States Conor Dwyer1:58.64 Brazil Henrique Rodrigues 2:03.41
2015

400 m individual medley

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 United States William Utley 4:48.12 United States Ken Webb4:50.89 Canada Sandy Gilchrist 4:55.60
1971 United States Steve Furniss 4:42.69 Mexico Ricardo Marmolejo4:49.04 United States Rick Colella 4:49.30
1975 United States Steve Furniss 4:40.38 United States Rick Colella 4:40.91 Mexico Ricardo Marmolejo4:43.87
1979 United States Jesse Vassallo 4:21.63 Canada Bill Sawchuk 4:30.21 Canada Alex Baumann4:32.42
1983 Brazil Ricardo Prado 4:21.43 United States Jeff Kostoff4:27.99 United States Mike O'Brien 4:30.45
1987 United States Jerry Frentsos 4:23.92 United States Jeff Prior4:26.31 Canada Mike Meldrum 4:29.63
1991 United States Alex Kostich 4:23.96 United States Jody Braden4:26.25 Canada Jasen Pratt 4:26.31
1995 Canada Curtis Myden 4:18.55 United States Eric Namesnik4:19.00 United States Iain Mull 4:26.32
1999 Canada Curtis Myden 4:15.52 United States Eric Donnelly4:17.86 Canada Owen von Richter 4:19.62
2003 United States Robert Margalis 4:19.09 United States Eric Donnelly4:19.65 Brazil Thiago Pereira 4:19.89
2007 Brazil Thiago Pereira 4:11.14 United States Robert Margalis4:17.52 Canada Keith Beavers 4:19.01
2011 Brazil Thiago Pereira 4:16.68 United States Conor Dwyer4:18.22 United States Robert Margalis 4:24.88
2015

4×100 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967  United States 3:34.08  Canada 3:40.82 Argentina 3:45.50
1971  United States 3:32.15  Canada 3:38.15  Brazil 3:42.48
1975  United States 3:27.67  Canada 3:36.24  Mexico 3:39.17
1979  United States 3:23.71  Canada 3:29.64  Brazil 3:30.86
1983  United States 3:21.41  Brazil 3:27.59  Venezuela 3:29.06
1987  United States 3:19.97  Canada 3:26.09  Brazil 3:27.11
1991  Brazil 3:23.28  Canada 3:25.39  Puerto Rico 3:27.17
1995  United States 3:18.60  Brazil 3:20.33  Venezuela 3:25.43
1999  Brazil 3:17.18  United States 3:19.00  Venezuela 3:22.21
2003  Brazil 3:18.66  Venezuela 3:23.14  Canada 3:23.83
2007  Brazil 3:15.90  United States 3:16.66  Venezuela 3:18.97
2011  Brazil 3:14.65  United States 3:15.62  Venezuela 3:19.92
2015

4×200 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951  United States 9:00.6  Brazil 9:13.0  Argentina 9:19.5
1955  United States 9:00.0  Argentina 9:09.0  Canada 9:12.2
1959  United States 8:22.7  Mexico 8:56.4  Canada 9:00.4
1963  United States 8:16.9  Canada 8:33.0  Brazil 8:41.4
1967  United States 8:00.46  Canada 8:07.16  Argentina 8:19.48
1971  United States 7:45.82  Canada 8:04.76  Brazil 8:08.42
1975  United States 7:50.96  Canada 8:00.91  Brazil 8:02.36
1979  United States 7:31.28  Brazil 7:38.92  Canada 7:29.27
1983  United States 7:23.63  Brazil 7:32.78  Venezuela 7:33.82
1987  United States 7:23.29  Canada 7:29.84  Brazil 7:29.90
1991  United States 7:23.39  Brazil 7:28.83  Puerto Rico 7:29.96
1995  United States 7:21.61  Brazil 7:28.70  Mexico 7:39.56
1999  United States 7:22.29  Brazil 7:22.92  Canada 7:23.02
2003  United States 7:18.93  Brazil 7:25.17  Canada 7:27.18
2007  Brazil 7:12.27  United States 7:15.00  Canada 7:17.73
2011  United States 7:15.07  Brazil 7:21.96  Venezuela 7:23.41
2015

4×100 m medley

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951  United States* 3:16.9  Argentina* 3:20.7  Mexico* 3:22.5
1955  United States 4:29.1  Argentina 4:33.4  Mexico 4:35.5
1959  United States 4:14.9  Canada 4:23.3  Mexico 4:35.5
1963  United States 4:05.6  Argentina 4:17.3  Canada 4:25.0
1967  United States 3:59.31  Canada 4:04.29  Brazil 4:17.5
1971  United States 3:56.08  Canada 4:00.53  Brazil 4:06.64
1975  United States 3:53.81  Canada 3:58.95  Brazil 3:59.05
1979  United States 3:47.40  Canada 3:50.02  Puerto Rico 3:54.63
1983  United States 3:40.42  Canada 3:48.10  Venezuela 3:50.52
1987  United States 3:43.65  Canada 3:49.77  Brazil 3:50.29
1991  United States 3:42.84  Puerto Rico 3:45.78  Cuba 3:45.96
1995  United States 3:41.24  Brazil 3:43.93  Canada 3:45.10
1999  Brazil 3:40.27  United States 3:40.57  Canada 3:41.04
2003  United States 3:37.27  Brazil 3:40.02  Canada 3:40.12
2007  United States 3:34.37  Brazil 3:35.81  Canada 3:38.16
2011  Brazil 3:34.58  United States 3:37.17  Argentina 3:44.51
2015

* The 1951 event was not a 4×100 m but a 3×100 m medley relay

10 km marathon

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
2007 United States Fran Crippen 2:02:24.1 United States Chip Peterson 2:02:29.2 Brazil Allan do Carmo2:03:53.7
2011 Canada Richard Weinberger 1:57:31.0 United States Arthur Frayler 1:57:31.3 Argentina Guillermo Bertola1:57:33.9
2015

Women's events

50 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1987 United States Jenny Thompson 26.09 Costa Rica Silvia Poll 26.32 United States Jeanne Doolan 26.34
1991 Canada Kristin Topham 26.01 United States Heather Hageman 26.26 United States Allison Bock 26.45
1995 United States Angel Martino 25.40 Canada Shannon Shakespeare 26.19 Canada Andrea Moody 26.54
1999 United States Tammie Spatz 25.50 Panama Eileen Coparropa 25.78 Canada Laura Nicholls 26.10
2003 United States Kara Lynn Joyce 25.24 Brazil Flávia Delaroli 25.44 Panama Eileen Coparropa 25.62
2007 Venezuela Arlene Semeco 25.14 Puerto Rico Vanessa García 25.22 Brazil Flávia Delaroli 25.46
2011 United States Lara Jackson 25.09 Brazil Graciele Herrmann 25.23 United States Madison Kennedy 25.24
2015

100 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951 United States Sharon Geary 1:08:4 United States Jackie LaVine 1:09.9 Argentina Ana María Schultz 1:10.7
1955 Canada Helen Stewart 1:07.7 United States Wanda Werner 1:07.7 Canada Virginia Grant 1:08.3
1959 United States Chris von Saltza 1:03.8 United States Molly Botkin 1:05.7 United States Joan Spillane 1:05.8
1963 United States Terri Stickles 1:02.8 Canada Mary Stewart 1:03.3 United States Kathleen Ellis 1:03.5
1967 United States Erika Bricker 1:00.89 Canada Marion Lay 1:01.02 United States Lillian Watson 1:01.54
1971 United States Sandy Neilson 1:00.60 United States Angela Coughlan 1:01.15 Canada Karen James 1:01.88
1975 United States Kim Peyton 58.24 United States Jill Sterkel 58.57 Canada Jill Quirk 58.92
1979 United States Cynthia Woodhead 56.22 United States Jill Sterkel 56.24 Canada Gail Amundrud 57.79
1983 United States Carrie Steinseifer 56.92 Canada Jane Kerr 57.51 Canada Kathy Bald 57.76
1987 Costa Rica Silvia Poll 56.39 United States Sara Linke 57.30 United States Jenny Thompson 57.46
1991 United States Ashley Tappin 56.51 United States Megan Oesting 57.14 Canada Kristin Topham 57.63
1995 United States Angel Martino 55.62 United States Amy Van Dyken 55.92 Canada Marianne Limpert 56.80
1999 Canada Laura Nicholls 56.25 United States Tammie Spatz 56.44 Canada Marianne Limpert 56.69
2003 United States Courtney Shealy 55.61 United States Christina Swindle
Argentina Florencia Szigeti
55.92 None
2007 Venezuela Arlene Semeco 55.17 Brazil Flávia Delaroli 55.78 Puerto Rico Vanessa García 55.84
2011 United States Amanda Kendall 54.75 United States Erika Erndl 55.04 Venezuela Arlene Semeco 55.43
2015

200 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951 Argentina Ana María Schultz 2:32.4 United States Betty Brey 2:33.3 Argentina Eileen Holt 2:36.5
1955 United States Wanda Werner 2:32.5 Argentina Liliana Gonzalias 2:32.9 Mexico Gilda Aranda 2:33.6
1959 United States Chris von Saltza 2:18.5 United States Shirley Stobs 2:22.9 United States Joan Spillane 2:23.0
1963 United States Robyn Johnson 2:17.5 United States Terri Stickles 2:18.4 Canada Lynne Pomfret 2:28.4
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007 United States Ava Ohlgren 2:00.03 Canada Stephanie Horner 2:00.29 Brazil Monique Ferreira 2:01.38
2011 United States Catherine Breed 2:00.08 United States Chelsea Nauta 2:00.62 Venezuela Andreina Pinto 2:00.79
2015

400 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011 United States Gillian Ryan 4:11.58 Venezuela Andreina Pinto 4:11.81 Chile Kristel Köbrich 4:13.31
2015

800 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 United States Debbie Meyer 9:22.86 United States Susan Pedersen 9:38.37 Canada Angela Coughlan 9:48.56
1971 United States Cathy Calhoun 9:15.19 United States Cynthia Enze 9:32.15 Mexico María Teresa Ramírez 9:44.32
1975 United States Wendy Weinberg 9:05.57 United States Mary Montgomery 9:06.70 Canada Janice Stenhouse 9:17.87
1979 United States Kim Linehan 8:39.82 United States Jennifer Hooker 8:50.71 Canada Barbara Shockey 8:54.82
1983 United States Tiffany Cohen 8:35.42 United States Marybeth Linzmeier 8:41.26 Canada Julie Daigneault 8:59.52
1987 United States Tami Bruce 8:34.72 United States Deborah Babashoff 8:42.77 Canada Megan Holliday 8:52.60
1991 United States Jane Skillman 8:43.26 United States Lisa Jacob 8:51.36 Canada Tara-Lynn Seymour 8:52.33
1995 United States Trina Jackson 8:35.42 United States Brooke Bennett 8:47.99 Argentina Alicia Barrancos 8:49.57
1999 United States Kaitlin Sandeno 8:34.65 Jamaica Janelle Atkinson 8:39.51 Canada Lindsay Beavers 8:44.21
2003 United States Morgan Hentzen 8:36.54 United States Rachael Burke 8:37.61 Chile Kristel Köbrich 8:43.90
2007 United States Caroline Burckle 8:35.10 Mexico Patricia Castañeda 8:38.92 Canada Savannah King 8:39.36
2011 Chile Kristel Köbrich 8:34.71 United States Ashley Twichell 8:38.38 Venezuela Andreina Pinto 8:44.55
2015

100 m backstroke

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011 United States Rachel Bootsma 1:00.37 United States Elizabeth Pelton 1:01.12 Mexico Fernanda González 1:02.00
2015

200 m backstroke

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011 United States Elizabeth Pelton 2:08.99 United States Bonnie Brandon 2:12.57 Mexico Fernanda González 2:13.56
2015

100 m breaststroke

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 United States Catie Ball 1:14.80 Uruguay Ana María Norbis 1:15.95 United States Cynthia Goyette 1:19.39
1971 Canada Sylvia Dockerill 1:18.63 United States Linda Kurtz 1:19.30 United States Lynn Colella 1:19.72
1975 United States Lauri Siering 1:15.17 United States Marcia Morey 1:16.25 Canada Marion Stuart 1:16.40
1979 United States Tami Paumier 1:12.20 United States Tracy Caulkins 1:12.52 Canada Anne Gagnon 1:14.38
1983 Canada Anne Ottenbrite 1:10.63 Canada Kathy Bald 1:11.98 United States Kim Rhodenbaugh 1:12.16
1987 Canada Keltie Duggan 1:12.46 United States Lori Heisick 1:12.52 United States Terri Baxter 1:12.99
1991 United States Dorsey Tierney 1:10.30 United States Lydia Morrow 1:11.00 Canada Lisa Flood 1:11.75
1995 Canada Lisa Flood 1:10.36 Canada Guylaine Cloutier 1:10.44 United States Kelli King-Bednar 1:11.44
1999 United States Staciana Stitts 1:09.16 United States Kristen Woodring 1:09.65 Canada Lauren van Oosten 1:10.06
2003 United States Staciana Stitts 1:09.01 United States Corrie Clark 1:10.09 Canada Kathleen Stoody 1:10.56
2007 United States Michelle McKeehan 1:08.49 Canada Annamay Pierse 1:08.72 United States Elizabeth Tinnon 1:09.18
2011 United States Annie Chandler 1:07.90 United States Ashley Wanland 1:08.55 Canada Ashley McGregor 1:08.96
2015

200 m breaststroke

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011 Canada Ashley McGregor 2:28.04 United States Haley Spencer 2:29.30 United States Michelle McKeehan 2:30.51
2015

100 m butterfly

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011 United States Claire Donahue 58.73 Brazil Daynara de Paula 59.30 United States Elaine Breeden 59.81
2015

200 m butterfly

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011 United States Kim Vandenberg 2:10.54 United States Lyndsay De Paul 2:12.34 Mexico Rita Medrano 2:12.43
2015

200 m individual medley

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967 United States Claudia Kolb 2:26.06 United States Susan Pedersen 2:30.91 Canada Sandra Dowler 2:36.18
1971 Canada Leslie Cliff 2:30.03 United States Susie Atwood 2:30.29 United States Cindy Plaisted 2:33.23
1975 United States Kathy Heddy 2:22.22 United States Jennie Franks 2:23.37 Canada Cheryl Gibson 2:24.22
1979 United States Tracy Caulkins 2:16.11 Canada Nancy Garapick 2:19.36 United States Anne Tweedy 2:20.33
1983 United States Tracy Caulkins 2:16.22 Canada Michelle MacPherson 2:18.22 United States Susan Rapp 2:18.76
1987 United States Susan Habermas 2:18.22 United States Catherine Ritch 2:20.06 Canada Karin Helmstaedt 2:21.59
1991 United States Lisa Summers 2:16.86 Canada Joanne Malar 2:19.14 United States Jennifer Toton 2:19.56
1995 Canada Joanne Malar 2:15.66 Canada Marianne Limpert 2:16.13 United States Alison Fealey 2:17.14
1999 Canada Joanne Malar 2:14.18 United States Maggie Bowen 2:15.26 Canada Marianne Limpert 2:15.80
2003 Canada Joanne Malar 2:15.93 United States Maggie Bowen 2:16.78 United States Marianne Limpert 2:17.33
2007 United States Julia Smit 2:13.07 United States Emily Kukors 2:13.88 Canada Stephanie Horner 2:15.42
2011 United States Julia Smit 2:13.73 Jamaica Alia Atkinson 2:14.75 Brazil Joanna Maranhão 2:15.08
2015

400 m individual medley

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011 United States Julia Smit 4:46.15 Brazil Joanna Maranhão 4:46.33 United States Allysa Vavra 4:48.05
2015

4×100 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951  United States 4:37.1  Argentina 4:48.1  Brazil 5:03.6
1955  United States 4:31.8  Canada 4:38.1  Argentina 4:43.7
1959  United States 4:17.5  Canada 4:31.9  Mexico 4:37.0
1963  United States 4:15.7  Canada 4:31.7  Brazil 4:34.3
1967  United States 4:04.57  Canada 4:09.73  Puerto Rico 4:26.56
1971  United States 4:04.20  Canada 4:10.52  Brazil 4:15.24
1975  United States 3:53.31  Canada 3:54.95  Brazil 4:12.20
1979  United States 3:45.82  Canada 3:50.18  Mexico 4:02.05
1983  United States 3:46.46  Canada 3:49.49  Mexico 4:00.43
1987  United States 3:48.68  Canada 3:52.25  Costa Rica 3:55.43
1991  United States 3:48.88  Canada 3:52.29  Brazil 3:52.92
1995  United States 3:44.71  Canada 3:49.26  Brazil 3:52.85
1999  Canada 3:45.07  United States 3:45.72  Brazil 3:50.37
2003  United States 3:41.93  Canada 3:46.65  Brazil 3:47.05
2007  United States 3:41.97  Canada 3:46.23  Venezuela 3:52.87
2011  United States 3:40.66  Brazil 3:44.62  Canada 3:48.37
2015

4×200 m freestyle

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1987  United States8:13.34  Costa Rica8:24.25  Canada8:25.69
1991  United States8:11.47  Canada8:21.62  Mexico8:29.17
1995  United States8:07.30  Canada8:08.25  Argentina8:27.87
1999  Canada8:05.56  United States8:07.18  Brazil8:25.07
2003  United States8:05.47  Brazil8:10.54  Canada8:10.85
2007  United States8:02.03  Canada8:04.56  Brazil8:13.15
2011  United States8:01.18  Brazil8:09.89  Mexico8:12.19
2015

4×100 m medley

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
1951  United States*3:49.3  Argentina*3:59.7  Mexico*4:13.2
1955  United States5:11.6  Canada5:12.2  Argentina5:30.5
1959  United States4:44.6  Canada4:58.7  Mexico5:18.7
1963  United States4:49.1  Canada4:52.5  Venezuela5:11.8
1967  United States4:30.0  Canada4:40.88  Uruguay4:49.27
1971  Canada4:35.50  United States4:36.73  Mexico4:45.18
1975  United States4:22.34  Canada4:24.84  Brazil4:37.67
1979  United States4:13.24  Canada4:20.16  Mexico4:30.59
1983  United States4:12.99  Canada4:13.84  Mexico4:30.72
1987  United States4:12.92  Canada4:17.78  Costa Rica4:23.11
1991  United States4:12.51  Brazil4:23.45  Mexico4:25.94
1995  United States4:08.17  Canada4:19.06  Brazil4:22.08
1999  United States4:06.08  Canada4:08.73  Brazil4:15.00
2003  United States4:05.92  Canada4:13.72  Mexico4:18.04
2007  United States4:04.60  Canada4:07.85  Bahamas4:18.97
2011  United States4:01.00  Canada4:07.04  Brazil4:07.12
2015

* The 1951 event was not a 4×100 m but a 3×100 m medley relay

10 km marathon

YEAR GOLD TIME SILVER TIME BRONZE TIME
2007 United States Chloe Sutton 2:13:47.6 Brazil Poliana Okimoto 2:13:48.4 Canada Tanya Hunks 2:13:50.5
2011 Argentina Cecilia Biagioli 2:04:11.5 Brazil Poliana Okimoto 2:05:51.3 United States Christine Jennings 2:05:52.2
2015

See also

References