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

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the VIII Pan American Games
VenuePiscina Olimpica Del Escambron
DatesJuly 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Canada
   Canada
«19751983»

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

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 7.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Robert Placak  United States 55.88 Q
2 Dan Thompson  Canada 55.94 Q
3 Clay Evans  Canada 56.34 Q
4 Jorge Jaramillo  Colombia 57.51 Q
5 David McCagg  United States 57.93 Q
6 Caio Filardi  Brazil 58.12 Q
7 Arnaldo Pérez  Puerto Rico 58.34 Q
8 Leonardo Gamez  Mexico 58.57 Q
9 Filiberto Colon  Puerto Rico 59.12
10 Daniel Garimaldi  Argentina 59.17 NR
11 Rafael Vidal  Venezuela 59.23 NR
12 Claudio Lutotovich  Argentina 1:00.12
13 David Lindquist  U.S. Virgin Islands 1:00.22 NR
14 Roberto Ledesma  Ecuador 1:00.66
15 Miguel Oqueli  El Salvador 1:02.40
16 Ruben Martinez  El Salvador 1:03.71
17 Jordy Masalles  Dominican Republic 1:03.79
18 Bobby Peterson  U.S. Virgin Islands 1:04.06
19 Donaldo Clough  Dominican Republic 1:04.36

Final

The final was held on July 7.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Robert Placak  United States 55.54 NR, GR
2nd Dan Thompson  Canada 55.56
3rd Clay Evans  Canada 56.63
4 David McCagg  United States 56.90
5 Jorge Jaramillo  Colombia 57.79
6 Caio Filardi  Brazil 57.85
7 Leonardo Gamez  Mexico 58.25 NR
8 Arnaldo Pérez  Puerto Rico 58.42

References

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