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

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the III Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals)
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   United States
«1955
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.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal 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, gold medalist(s) Jeffrey Farrell  United States 56.3 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Elton Follett  United States 57.2
3rd, 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

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