Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Appearance
Men's 100 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals) | |||||||||
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«1955 1963» |
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August (preliminaires)[1][2] and 2 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Clarke Scholes of US.[4][5][6][7][8]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[9]
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 August 31.[1]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Jeffrey Farrell | ![]() |
56.5 | Q, GR |
2 | 3 | Elton Follett | ![]() |
56.6 | Q |
3 | 4 | Cameron Grout | ![]() |
57.2 | Q |
4 | 1 | Bill Woolsey | ![]() |
57.4 | Q |
5 | 2 | Thomas Verth | ![]() |
57.7 | Q |
6 | 4 | Manuel dos Santos | ![]() |
58.1 | Q |
7 | 1 | Francisco Carioba | ![]() |
59.1 | Q |
8 | 4 | Jorge Escalante | ![]() |
59.2 | Q |
Final
The final was held on September 2.[3]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Jeffrey Farrell | ![]() |
56.3 | GR |
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Elton Follett | ![]() |
57.2 | |
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Bill Woolsey | ![]() |
57.6 | |
4 | Manuel dos Santos | ![]() |
58.2 | |
5 | Cameron Grout | ![]() |
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6 | Thomas Verth | ![]() |
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7 | Francisco Carioba | ![]() |
59.6 | |
8 | Jorge Escalante | ![]() |
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References
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 1, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 3, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine