The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 2 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Peter Rocca of US.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on July 2.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rômulo Arantes 57.69 Q 2 Carlos Berrocal 58.05 Q 3 Bob Jackson 58.32 Q 4 Steve Pickell 58.72 Q 5 Conrado Porta 59.50 Q 6 Wade Flemons 59.52 Q 7 Clay Britt 1:00.24 Q 8 José Urueta 1:00.39 Q 9 Sílvio Monteiro 1:00.52 10 Victor Vasallo 1:01.74 11 Jose Luis Yepes 1:01.84 12 Jorge Varela 1:02.42 13 David Lindquist 1:03.53 NR 14 Alvaro Roda 1:03.82 15 Erik Rosskopf 1:05.77 16 Donaldo Clough 1:07.11 17 Miguel Oqueli 1:10.40
Final The final was held on July 2. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bob Jackson 56.66 NR, GR Rômulo Arantes 57.20 SA Steve Pickell 57.89 4 Clay Britt 57.98 5 Carlos Berrocal 57.99 6 Wade Flemons 59.52 7 Conrado Porta 59.86 8 José Urueta 1:00.37
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