Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Bob Jackson   United States   Rômulo Arantes   Brazil   Steve Pickell   Canada
«1975 1983»

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.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

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 July 2.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rômulo Arantes	Brazil	57.69	Q
2	Carlos Berrocal	Puerto Rico	58.05	Q
3	Bob Jackson	United States	58.32	Q
4	Steve Pickell	Canada	58.72	Q
5	Conrado Porta	Argentina	59.50	Q
6	Wade Flemons	Canada	59.52	Q
7	Clay Britt	United States	1:00.24	Q
8	José Urueta	Mexico	1:00.39	Q
9	Sílvio Monteiro	Brazil	1:00.52
10	Victor Vasallo	Puerto Rico	1:01.74
11	Jose Luis Yepes	Ecuador	1:01.84
12	Jorge Varela	Mexico	1:02.42
13	David Lindquist	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:03.53	NR
14	Alvaro Roda	Uruguay	1:03.82
15	Erik Rosskopf	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:05.77
16	Donaldo Clough	Dominican Republic	1:07.11
17	Miguel Oqueli	El Salvador	1:10.40

Final

The final was held on July 2.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bob Jackson	United States	56.66	NR, GR
	Rômulo Arantes	Brazil	57.20	SA
	Steve Pickell	Canada	57.89
4	Clay Britt	United States	57.98
5	Carlos Berrocal	Puerto Rico	57.99
6	Wade Flemons	Canada	59.52
7	Conrado Porta	Argentina	59.86
8	José Urueta	Mexico	1:00.37