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

Event:Men's 100 metre freestyle
Games:1959
Venue:-
Dates:August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals)
Win Label:Winning score
Gold:Jeffrey Farrell
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Elton Follett
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Bill Woolsey
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1955
Next:1963

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.

Heats

The first round was held on August 31.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 56.5 Q, GR
2 3 56.6 Q
3 4 57.2 Q
4 1 57.4 Q
5 2 57.7 Q
6 4 58.1 Q
7 1 59.1 Q
8 4 59.2 Q

Final

The final was held on September 2.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
56.3 GR
57.2
57.6
4 58.2
5 -
6 -
7 59.6
8 -

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - September 1, 1959, Morning, General, page 16. https://archive.today/20130907111946/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1959/09/01/01-primeira_secao/ge010959016PRM1-1234_g.jpg. dead. 7 September 2013. O GLOBO. 7 September 2013.
  2. http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - September 3, 1959, Morning, General, page 16. https://archive.today/20130907214344/http://duyt0k3aayxim.cloudfront.net/PDFs_XMLs_paginas/o_globo/1959/09/03/01-primeira_secao/ge030959016PRM1-1234_g.jpg. dead. 7 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. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual