| Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 2 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
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. The last Pan American Games champion was Rick Colella of the US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.
Results
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
The first round was held on July 2.
| 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
The final was held on July 2.
| 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
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 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 2013-09-30.
- ^ 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 Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine