The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Mike Curington of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
| Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 7 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1975 1983» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.[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
The first round was held on July 7.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Placak |  United States |
55.88 | Q |
| 2 | Dan Thompson |  Canada |
55.94 | Q |
| 3 | Clay Evans | Canada |
56.34 | Q |
| 4 | Jorge Jaramillo |  Colombia |
57.51 | Q |
| 5 | David McCagg | United States |
57.93 | Q |
| 6 | Caio Filardi |  Brazil |
58.12 | Q |
| 7 | Arnaldo Pérez |  Puerto Rico |
58.34 | Q |
| 8 | Leonardo Gamez |  Mexico |
58.57 | Q |
| 9 | Filiberto Colon | Puerto Rico |
59.12 | |
| 10 | Daniel Garimaldi |  Argentina |
59.17 | NR |
| 11 | Rafael Vidal |  Venezuela |
59.23 | NR |
| 12 | Claudio Lutotovich | Argentina |
1:00.12 | |
| 13 | David Lindquist |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
1:00.22 | NR |
| 14 | Roberto Ledesma |  Ecuador |
1:00.66 | |
| 15 | Miguel Oqueli |  El Salvador |
1:02.40 | |
| 16 | Ruben Martinez | El Salvador |
1:03.71 | |
| 17 | Jordy Masalles |  Dominican Republic |
1:03.79 | |
| 18 | Bobby Peterson | U.S. Virgin Islands |
1:04.06 | |
| 19 | Donaldo Clough | Dominican Republic |
1:04.36 |
Final edit
The final was held on July 7.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Robert Placak | United States |
55.54 | NR, GR |
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Dan Thompson | Canada |
55.56 | |
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Clay Evans | Canada |
56.63 | |
| 4 | David McCagg | United States |
56.90 | |
| 5 | Jorge Jaramillo | Colombia |
57.79 | |
| 6 | Caio Filardi | Brazil |
57.85 | |
| 7 | Leonardo Gamez | Mexico |
58.25 | NR |
| 8 | Arnaldo Pérez | Puerto Rico |
58.42 |
References edit
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.