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

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International sporting event
Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal David McCagg  United States
Silver medal Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico
Bronze medal John Newton  United States
«1975 1983»
International sporting event
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 freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Richard Abbott of US.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.

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 8.

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.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) David McCagg  United States 50.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 51.25
3rd place, 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

  1. ^ "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 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 2013-09-29.
  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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m freestyle
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