Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
| Men's 100 metre breaststroke 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 breaststroke 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 Rick Colella of the US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.[8]
Results[]
All times shown 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 |  United States |
1:05.42 | Q | |
| 2 | Steve Lundquist | United States |
1:05.98 | Q |
| 3 | Graham Smith |  Canada |
1:06.78 | Q |
| 4 | Pablo Restrepo |  Colombia |
1:06.85 | Q |
| 5 | Canada |
1:07.00 | Q | |
| 6 | Helmut Levy | Colombia |
1:07.20 | Q |
| 7 |  Mexico |
1:07.21 | Q | |
| 8 | Glen Sochasky |  Venezuela |
1:07.64 | Q, NR |
| 9 | Luiz Carvalho |  Brazil |
1:07.83 | |
| 10 | Orlando Catinchi |  Puerto Rico |
1:08.27 | NR |
| 11 | Mexico |
1:09.63 | ||
| 12 |  Costa Rica |
1:09.95 | NR | |
| 13 | Brazil |
1:10.03 | ||
| 14 | Puerto Rico |
1:12.84 | ||
| 15 | Victor Ruberry |  Bermuda |
1:12.92 | |
| 16 |  |
1:13.86 | NR | |
| 17 |  Dominican Republic |
1:15.21 | NR | |
| 18 | Venezuela |
1:16.51 | ||
| 19 |  Ecuador |
1:18.06 |
Final[]
The final was held on July 2.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Steve Lundquist | United States |
1:03.82 | NR, GR |
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United States |
1:04.76 | ||
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Graham Smith | Canada |
1:05.66 | |
| 4 | Pablo Restrepo | Colombia |
1:06:00 | NR |
| 5 | Canada |
1:06.64 | ||
| 6 | Mexico |
1:06.72 | NR | |
| 7 | Helmut Levy | Colombia |
1:07.54 | |
| 8 | Glen Sochasky | Venezuela |
1:08.35 |
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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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