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

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Bob Jackson  United States
Silver medal Rômulo Arantes  Brazil
Bronze medal Steve Pickell  Canada
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Swimming at the
1979 Pan American Games
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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 Wade Flemons  Canada 59.52 Q
7 Clay Britt  United States 1:00.24 Q
8 José Urueta  Mexico 1:00.39 Q
9 Sílvio Monteiro  Brazil 1:00.52
10 Victor Vasallo  Puerto Rico 1:01.74
11 Jose Luis Yepes  Ecuador 1:01.84
12 Jorge Varela  Mexico 1:02.42
13 David Lindquist  U.S. Virgin Islands 1:03.53 NR
14 Alvaro Roda  Uruguay 1:03.82
15 Erik Rosskopf  U.S. Virgin Islands 1:05.77
16 Donaldo Clough  Dominican Republic 1:07.11
17 Miguel Oqueli  El Salvador 1:10.40

Final

The final was held on July 2.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bob Jackson  United States 56.66 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 57.20 SA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steve Pickell  Canada 57.89
4 Clay Britt  United States 57.98
5 Carlos Berrocal  Puerto Rico 57.99
6 Wade Flemons  Canada 59.52
7 Conrado Porta  Argentina 59.86
8 José Urueta  Mexico 1:00.37

References

  1. ^ a b c "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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
  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.