The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires)[1][2] and 3 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Frank McKinney of US.[4][5][6][7][8]
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 1 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals) | |||||||||
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«1955 1963» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[9]
Results edit
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 edit
The first round was held on September 1.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Frank McKinney |  United States |
1:03.2 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Louis Schaeffer | United States |
1:03.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Charles Bittick | United States |
1:03.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Robert Wheaton |  Canada |
1:05.3 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Enrique Rabell |  Mexico |
1:07.2 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Athos de Oliveira |  Brazil |
1:07.8 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Álvaro Gaxiola | Mexico |
1:07.9 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Pedro Diaz |  Argentina |
1:09.0 | Q |
| - | 3 | João de Almeida | Brazil |
1:09.7 |
Final edit
The final was held on September 3.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Frank McKinney | United States |
1:03.6 | |
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Charles Bittick | United States |
1:04.2 | |
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Louis Schaeffer | United States |
1:05.3 | |
| 4 | Robert Wheaton | Canada |
1:05.5 | |
| 5 | Álvaro Gaxiola | Mexico |
1:07.5 | |
| 6 | Enrique Rabell | Mexico |
1:07.9 | |
| 7 | Athos de Oliveira | Brazil |
1:08.4 | |
| 8 | Pedro Diaz | Argentina |
- |
References edit
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
