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

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
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Canada
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.[8]

Results

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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

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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

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The final was held on July 7.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Robert Placak   United States 55.54 NR, GR
  Dan Thompson   Canada 55.56
  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

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  1. ^ a b c "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 2013-10-01.
  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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.