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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Rick Colella of the US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors19 from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1975
1983»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.[8]

Results

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All times shown 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 2.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Greg Winchell   United States 1:05.42 Q
2 Steve Lundquist   United States 1:05.98 Q
3 Graham Smith   Canada 1:06.78 Q
4 Pablo Restrepo   Colombia 1:06.85 Q
5 Greg Wurzbach   Canada 1:07.00 Q
6 Helmut Levy   Colombia 1:07.20 Q
7 Miguel Santiesteban   Mexico 1:07.21 Q
8 Glen Sochasky   Venezuela 1:07.64 Q, NR
9 Luiz Carvalho   Brazil 1:07.83
10 Orlando Catinchi   Puerto Rico 1:08.27 NR
11 Oscar González   Mexico 1:09.63
12 Andres Aguilar   Costa Rica 1:09.95 NR
13 Celso Ogata   Brazil 1:10.03
14 Jorge Aguilera   Puerto Rico 1:12.84
15 Victor Ruberry   Bermuda 1:12.92
16 David Gordon   U.S. Virgin Islands 1:13.86 NR
17 Jordy Masalles   Dominican Republic 1:15.21 NR
18 M.Lizarzalde   Venezuela 1:16.51
19 Roberto Ledesma   Ecuador 1:18.06

Final

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The final was held on July 2.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Steve Lundquist   United States 1:03.82 NR, GR
  Greg Winchell   United States 1:04.76
  Graham Smith   Canada 1:05.66
4 Pablo Restrepo   Colombia 1:06:00 NR
5 Greg Wurzbach   Canada 1:06.64
6 Miguel Santiesteban   Mexico 1:06.72 NR
7 Helmut Levy   Colombia 1:07.54
8 Glen Sochasky   Venezuela 1:08.35

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 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 2013-09-30.
  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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine