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

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
 Bob Jackson  United States
 Rômulo Arantes  Brazil
 Steve Pickell  Canada
«1975
1983»

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: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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, gold medalist(s) Bob Jackson  United States 56.66 NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Rômulo Arantes  Brazil 57.20 SA
3rd, 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. 1 2 3 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Hickoksports
  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
  8. ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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