The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1951 Pan American Games took place on the 5th March.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1951 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | - | |||||||||
| Dates | March 5 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
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The race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
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
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Final edit
The final was held on March 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Allen Stack |  United States |
1:08.0 | |
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Pedro Galvão |  Argentina |
1:08.3 | |
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Burwell Jones | United States |
1:09.8 | |
| 4 | Clementi Mejas |  Chile |
- | |
| 5 | Ilo da Fonseca |  Brazil |
- | |
| 6 | Fernando Pavan | Brazil |
- | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
References edit
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 6, 1951, Morning, General, page 12". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ^ 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.
