Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals) | |||||||||
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jeffrey Farrell | | 56.3 | GR |
 | Elton Follett | | 57.2 | |
 | Bill Woolsey | | 57.6 | |
| 4 | Manuel dos Santos | | 58.2 | |
| 5 | Cameron Grout | | - | |
| 6 | Thomas Verth | | - | |
| 7 | Francisco Carioba | | 59.6 | |
| 8 | Jorge Escalante | | - |
References
- 1 2 "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
- 1 2 "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.is
- ↑ Resultados
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
- ↑ 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.
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