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

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

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]

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]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David McCagg  United States 51.43 Q
2 Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 52.07 Q
3 John Newton  United States 52.36 Q
4 Bill Sawchuk  Canada 53.15 Q
5 Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 53.32 Q
6 Richard Sasser  Mexico 53.80 Q, NR
7 Ernesto Domenack  Peru 53.82 Q
8 Peter Szmidt  Canada 54.21 Q
9 Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 54.54 NR
10 Scott Newkirk  U.S. Virgin Islands 54.63 NR
11 Oscar González  Mexico 54.73
12 Alejandro Blanco  Argentina 54.81
13 Marcus Mattioli  Brazil 55.08
14 Jean François  Venezuela 55.24
15 Jorge Martinez  Puerto Rico 55.25
16 Andrew Phillips  Jamaica 55.49
17 Conrado Porta  Argentina 55.87
18 Alfredo Mackliff  Ecuador 56.13
19 Gabriel Fierro  Ecuador 57.04
20 Juan Tavarez  Dominican Republic 57.20
21 Donaldo Clough  Dominican Republic 57.20
22 Ruben Martinez  El Salvador 58.21 NR
23 Bobby Peterson  U.S. Virgin Islands 58.58
24 Miguel Oqueli  El Salvador 1:00.03

Final

The final was held on July 8.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) David McCagg  United States 50.77
2nd, silver medalist(s) Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 51.25
3rd, bronze medalist(s) John Newton  United States 51.45
4 Bill Sawchuk  Canada 52.93
5 Ernesto Domenack  Peru 53.26 NR
6 Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 53.28
7 Peter Szmidt  Canada 53.37
8 Richard Sasser  Mexico 54.15

References

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