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

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 Richard Abbott of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Puerto Rico
   United States
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[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 8.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1David McCagg United States51.43Q
2Fernando Cañales Puerto Rico52.07Q
3John Newton United States52.36Q
4Bill Sawchuk Canada53.15Q
5Jorge Fernandes Brazil53.32Q
6Richard Sasser Mexico53.80Q, NR
7Ernesto Domenack Peru53.82Q
8Peter Szmidt Canada54.21Q
9Alberto Mestre Venezuela54.54NR
10Scott Newkirk U.S. Virgin Islands54.63NR
11Oscar González Mexico54.73
12Alejandro Blanco Argentina54.81
13Marcus Mattioli Brazil55.08
14Jean François Venezuela55.24
15Jorge Martinez Puerto Rico55.25
16Andrew Phillips Jamaica55.49
17Conrado Porta Argentina55.87
18Alfredo Mackliff Ecuador56.13
19Gabriel Fierro Ecuador57.04
20Juan Tavarez Dominican Republic57.20
21Donaldo Clough Dominican Republic57.20
22Ruben Martinez El Salvador58.21NR
23Bobby Peterson U.S. Virgin Islands58.58
24Miguel Oqueli El Salvador1:00.03

Final

The final was held on July 8.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
David McCagg United States50.77
Fernando Cañales Puerto Rico51.25
John Newton United States51.45
4Bill Sawchuk Canada52.93
5Ernesto Domenack Peru53.26NR
6Jorge Fernandes Brazil53.28
7Peter Szmidt Canada53.37
8Richard Sasser Mexico54.15

References

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