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Water polo at the I959 Pan American Games
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Water polo was contested for men only at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago, United States. It was played at the Portage Park pool. [1]

Competing teams

Five teams contested the event. [2]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's water polo   United States (USA)
Arthur Koblish [3]
Ronald Crawford
other Illinois Athletic Club players. [1]
  Argentina (ARG)   Brazil (BRA) [4]
Adhemar Grijó Filho
Everardo Filho
Flávio Ratto
Hilton de Almeida
João Gonçalves Filho
Luiz Daniel
Márvio dos Santos
Paulo Cochrane
Rodney Bell
Sylvio dos Santos

References

  1. ^ a b Krastev, Todor. "Men Water Polo II Pan-American Games 1959 Chicago (USA) - 30.08-06.09 Winner United States". www.todor66.com.
  2. ^ "1959 Pan American Games Report" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Arthur Koblish, V-12, Navy Reserve - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago". www.pritzkermilitary.org.
  4. ^ "Brazilian medalists at 1959 Pan". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2013.