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

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal Jeffrey Farrell  United States
Silver medal Elton Follett  United States
Bronze medal Bill Woolsey  United States
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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.

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 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

The final was held on September 2.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jeffrey Farrell  United States 56.3 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elton Follett  United States 57.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 -

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  5. ^ Resultados
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  7. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  8. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  9. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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