Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the III Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 1 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals) | |||||||||
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| «1955 | 1963» | |||||||||
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires)[1][2] and 3 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Frank McKinney of US.[4][5][6][7][8]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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 September 1.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Frank McKinney |  United States | 1:03.2 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Louis Schaeffer | United States | 1:03.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Charles Bittick | United States | 1:03.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Robert Wheaton |  Canada | 1:05.3 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Enrique Rabell |  Mexico | 1:07.2 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Athos de Oliveira |  Brazil | 1:07.8 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Álvaro Gaxiola | Mexico | 1:07.9 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Pedro Diaz |  Argentina | 1:09.0 | Q |
| - | 3 | João de Almeida | Brazil | 1:09.7 |
Final
The final was held on September 3.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Frank McKinney | United States | 1:03.6 | |
 | Charles Bittick | United States | 1:04.2 | |
 | Louis Schaeffer | United States | 1:05.3 | |
| 4 | Robert Wheaton | Canada | 1:05.5 | |
| 5 | Álvaro Gaxiola | Mexico | 1:07.5 | |
| 6 | Enrique Rabell | Mexico | 1:07.9 | |
| 7 | Athos de Oliveira | Brazil | 1:08.4 | |
| 8 | Pedro Diaz | Argentina | - |
References
- 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
- 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ Hickoksports
- ↑ 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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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