Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke explained

Event:Men's 100 metre backstroke
Games:1959
Venue:-
Dates:September 1 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals)
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Frank McKinney
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Charles Bittick
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Louis Schaeffer
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1955
Next: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.

Heats

The first round was held on September 1.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 1:03.2 Q, GR
2 1 1:03.2 Q
3 2 1:03.7 Q
4 1 1:05.3 Q
5 1 1:07.2 Q
6 2 1:07.8 Q
7 3 1:07.9 Q
8 2 1:09.0 Q
- 3 1:09.7

Final

The final was held on September 3.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1:03.6
1:04.2
1:05.3
4 1:05.5
5 1:07.5
6 1:07.9
7 1:08.4
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16. O GLOBO. 7 September 2013.
  2. http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - September 4, 1959, Morning, General, page 14. https://archive.today/20130908000813/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1959/09/04/01-primeira_secao/ge040959014PRM1-1234_g.jpg. dead. 8 September 2013. O GLOBO. 7 September 2013.
  4. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
  5. http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Resultados
  6. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
  7. Web site: All Pan medalists - Female . 2013-09-15 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142026/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 . dead .
  8. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
  9. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf. 28 July 2011.