Synchronized swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games
international sporting event
Synchronized swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games was held from 20 April to 5 May 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil. There were three medal events after the exclusion of the sport in the 1959 Pan American Games.
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