Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September and 6 September. The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
The first round was held on September 1.| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | - - - - | 8:33.4 | Q, GR | |
| 2 | 1 | - - - - | 8:53.7 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | - - - - | 9:02.1 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | - - - - | 9:12.2 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | - - - - | 9:15.3 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | - - - - | 9:27.4 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | - - - - | 9:32.8 | Q | |
| 8 | 1 | - - - - | 9:44.3 | Q |
Final
The final was held on September 6.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Dick Blick Peter Sintz John Rounsavelle Frank Winters | 8:22.7 | GR | ||
| - - - - | 8:56.4 | |||
| - - - - | 9:00.4 | |||
| 4 | Moacir dos Santos Francisco Carioba Aldo Perseke Sídnei Gavioli | 9:01.9 | ||
| 5 | - - - - | 9:11.3 | ||
| 6 | - - - - | 9:12.6 | ||
| 7 | - - - - | - | - | |
| 8 | - - - - | - | - |