Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 2 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Peter Rocca of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
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 July 2.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rômulo Arantes |  Brazil |
57.69 | Q |
| 2 | Carlos Berrocal |  Puerto Rico |
58.05 | Q |
| 3 | Bob Jackson |  United States |
58.32 | Q |
| 4 | Steve Pickell |  Canada |
58.72 | Q |
| 5 | Conrado Porta |  Argentina |
59.50 | Q |
| 6 | Canada |
59.52 | Q | |
| 7 | United States |
1:00.24 | Q | |
| 8 | José Urueta |  Mexico |
1:00.39 | Q |
| 9 | Brazil |
1:00.52 | ||
| 10 | Victor Vasallo | Puerto Rico |
1:01.74 | |
| 11 |  Ecuador |
1:01.84 | ||
| 12 | Mexico |
1:02.42 | ||
| 13 |  |
1:03.53 | NR | |
| 14 |  Uruguay |
1:03.82 | ||
| 15 | Erik Rosskopf | |
1:05.77 | |
| 16 |  Dominican Republic |
1:07.11 | ||
| 17 |  El Salvador |
1:10.40 |
Final[]
The final was held on July 2.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bob Jackson | United States |
56.66 | NR, GR |
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Rômulo Arantes | Brazil |
57.20 | SA |
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Steve Pickell | Canada |
57.89 | |
| 4 | United States |
57.98 | ||
| 5 | Carlos Berrocal | Puerto Rico |
57.99 | |
| 6 | Canada |
59.52 | ||
| 7 | Conrado Porta | Argentina |
59.86 | |
| 8 | José Urueta | Mexico |
1:00.37 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ All Pan medalists - Female
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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