Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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]

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Brazil
   Canada
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 2.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Rômulo Arantes Brazil57.69Q
2Carlos Berrocal Puerto Rico58.05Q
3Bob Jackson United States58.32Q
4Steve Pickell Canada58.72Q
5Conrado Porta Argentina59.50Q
6Wade Flemons Canada59.52Q
7Clay Britt United States1:00.24Q
8José Urueta Mexico1:00.39Q
9Sílvio Monteiro Brazil1:00.52
10Victor Vasallo Puerto Rico1:01.74
11Jose Luis Yepes Ecuador1:01.84
12Jorge Varela Mexico1:02.42
13David Lindquist U.S. Virgin Islands1:03.53NR
14Alvaro Roda Uruguay1:03.82
15Erik Rosskopf U.S. Virgin Islands1:05.77
16Donaldo Clough Dominican Republic1:07.11
17Miguel Oqueli El Salvador1:10.40

Final

The final was held on July 2.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Bob Jackson United States56.66NR, GR
Rômulo Arantes Brazil57.20SA
Steve Pickell Canada57.89
4Clay Britt United States57.98
5Carlos Berrocal Puerto Rico57.99
6Wade Flemons Canada59.52
7Conrado Porta Argentina59.86
8José Urueta Mexico1:00.37

References

  1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
  3. Hickosports Results
  4. All Pan medalists - Male
  5. All Pan medalists - Female
  6. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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