Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 8 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
| 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 freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[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 8.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David McCagg |  United States |
51.43 | Q |
| 2 | Fernando Cañales |  Puerto Rico |
52.07 | Q |
| 3 | United States |
52.36 | Q | |
| 4 | Bill Sawchuk |  Canada |
53.15 | Q |
| 5 | Jorge Fernandes |  Brazil |
53.32 | Q |
| 6 |  Mexico |
53.80 | Q, NR | |
| 7 |  Peru |
53.82 | Q | |
| 8 | Peter Szmidt | Canada |
54.21 | Q |
| 9 | Alberto Mestre |  Venezuela |
54.54 | NR |
| 10 | Scott Newkirk |  |
54.63 | NR |
| 11 | Mexico |
54.73 | ||
| 12 |  Argentina |
54.81 | ||
| 13 | Marcus Mattioli | Brazil |
55.08 | |
| 14 | Jean François | Venezuela |
55.24 | |
| 15 | Puerto Rico |
55.25 | ||
| 16 | Andrew Phillips |  Jamaica |
55.49 | |
| 17 | Conrado Porta | Argentina |
55.87 | |
| 18 |  Ecuador |
56.13 | ||
| 19 | Ecuador |
57.04 | ||
| 20 |  Dominican Republic |
57.20 | ||
| 21 | Dominican Republic |
57.20 | ||
| 22 |  El Salvador |
58.21 | NR | |
| 23 | |
58.58 | ||
| 24 | El Salvador |
1:00.03 |
Final[]
The final was held on July 8.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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David McCagg | United States |
50.77 | |
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Fernando Cañales | Puerto Rico |
51.25 | |
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United States |
51.45 | ||
| 4 | Bill Sawchuk | Canada |
52.93 | |
| 5 | Peru |
53.26 | NR | |
| 6 | Jorge Fernandes | Brazil |
53.28 | |
| 7 | Peter Szmidt | Canada |
53.37 | |
| 8 | Mexico |
54.15 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 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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