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

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.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Rick Colella of the US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Steve Lundquist   United States   Greg Winchell   United States   Graham Smith   Canada
«1975 1983»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in breaststroke.[8]

Results

All times shown 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.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Greg Winchell	United States	1:05.42	Q
2	Steve Lundquist	United States	1:05.98	Q
3	Graham Smith	Canada	1:06.78	Q
4	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	1:06.85	Q
5	Greg Wurzbach	Canada	1:07.00	Q
6	Helmut Levy	Colombia	1:07.20	Q
7	Miguel Santiesteban	Mexico	1:07.21	Q
8	Glen Sochasky	Venezuela	1:07.64	Q, NR
9	Luiz Carvalho	Brazil	1:07.83
10	Orlando Catinchi	Puerto Rico	1:08.27	NR
11	Oscar González	Mexico	1:09.63
12	Andres Aguilar	Costa Rica	1:09.95	NR
13	Celso Ogata	Brazil	1:10.03
14	Jorge Aguilera	Puerto Rico	1:12.84
15	Victor Ruberry	Bermuda	1:12.92
16	David Gordon	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:13.86	NR
17	Jordy Masalles	Dominican Republic	1:15.21	NR
18	M.Lizarzalde	Venezuela	1:16.51
19	Roberto Ledesma	Ecuador	1:18.06

Final

The final was held on July 2.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Lundquist	United States	1:03.82	NR, GR
	Greg Winchell	United States	1:04.76
	Graham Smith	Canada	1:05.66
4	Pablo Restrepo	Colombia	1:06:00	NR
5	Greg Wurzbach	Canada	1:06.64
6	Miguel Santiesteban	Mexico	1:06.72	NR
7	Helmut Levy	Colombia	1:07.54
8	Glen Sochasky	Venezuela	1:08.35

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
3. Hickosports Results
4. All Pan medalists - Male
5. All Pan medalists - Female
6. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
7. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
8. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine