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

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Men's 100 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue-
DatesAugust 31 (preliminaries), September 2 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   US flag 49 stars.svg  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]

Contents

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-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 31. [1]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Jeffrey Farrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.5Q, GR
23 Elton Follett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.6Q
34 Cameron Grout Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.2Q
41 Bill Woolsey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.4Q
52 Thomas Verth Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 57.7Q
64 Manuel dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 58.1Q
71 Francisco Carioba Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 59.1Q
84 Jorge Escalante Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 59.2Q

Final

The final was held on September 2. [3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jeffrey Farrell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.3 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Elton Follett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bill Woolsey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 57.6
4 Manuel dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 58.2
5 Cameron Grout Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada -
6 Thomas Verth Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada -
7 Francisco Carioba Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 59.6
8 Jorge Escalante Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico -

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References

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  2. O GLOBO News Archive
  3. 1 2 "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.
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