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]
| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals) | |||||||||
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[9]
Results edit
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 edit
The first round was held on August 31.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jeffrey Farrell |  United States |
56.5 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 3 | Elton Follett | United States |
56.6 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Cameron Grout |  Canada |
57.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Bill Woolsey | United States |
57.4 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Thomas Verth | Canada |
57.7 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Manuel dos Santos |  Brazil |
58.1 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Francisco Carioba | Brazil |
59.1 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Jorge Escalante |  Mexico |
59.2 | Q |
Final edit
The final was held on September 2.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jeffrey Farrell | United States |
56.3 | GR |
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Elton Follett | United States |
57.2 | |
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Bill Woolsey | United States |
57.6 | |
| 4 | Manuel dos Santos | Brazil |
58.2 | |
| 5 | Cameron Grout | Canada |
- | |
| 6 | Thomas Verth | Canada |
- | |
| 7 | Francisco Carioba | Brazil |
59.6 | |
| 8 | Jorge Escalante | Mexico |
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References edit
- ^ a b "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
- ^ a b "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.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ 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
