The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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 Rick Colella of the 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, both lengths being in breaststroke.Swimming technical manual
Results All times shown 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 Greg Winchell 1:05.42 Q 2 Steve Lundquist 1:05.98 Q 3 Graham Smith 1:06.78 Q 4 Pablo Restrepo 1:06.85 Q 5 Greg Wurzbach 1:07.00 Q 6 Helmut Levy 1:07.20 Q 7 Miguel Santiesteban 1:07.21 Q 8 Glen Sochasky 1:07.64 Q, NR 9 Luiz Carvalho 1:07.83 10 Orlando Catinchi 1:08.27 NR 11 Oscar González 1:09.63 12 Andres Aguilar 1:09.95 NR 13 Celso Ogata 1:10.03 14 Jorge Aguilera 1:12.84 15 Victor Ruberry 1:12.92 16 David Gordon 1:13.86 NR 17 Jordy Masalles 1:15.21 NR 18 M.Lizarzalde 1:16.51 19 Roberto Ledesma 1:18.06
Final The final was held on July 2. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Steve Lundquist 1:03.82 NR, GR Greg Winchell 1:04.76 Graham Smith 1:05.66 4 Pablo Restrepo 1:06:00 NR 5 Greg Wurzbach 1:06.64 6 Miguel Santiesteban 1:06.72 NR 7 Helmut Levy 1:07.54 8 Glen Sochasky 1:08.35
References