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

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 7 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Mike Curington of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 100 metre butterfly at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Robert Placak   United States   Dan Thompson   Canada   Clay Evans   Canada
«1975 1983»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.[8]

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 7.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robert Placak	United States	55.88	Q
2	Dan Thompson	Canada	55.94	Q
3	Clay Evans	Canada	56.34	Q
4	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	57.51	Q
5	David McCagg	United States	57.93	Q
6	Caio Filardi	Brazil	58.12	Q
7	Arnaldo Pérez	Puerto Rico	58.34	Q
8	Leonardo Gamez	Mexico	58.57	Q
9	Filiberto Colon	Puerto Rico	59.12
10	Daniel Garimaldi	Argentina	59.17	NR
11	Rafael Vidal	Venezuela	59.23	NR
12	Claudio Lutotovich	Argentina	1:00.12
13	David Lindquist	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:00.22	NR
14	Roberto Ledesma	Ecuador	1:00.66
15	Miguel Oqueli	El Salvador	1:02.40
16	Ruben Martinez	El Salvador	1:03.71
17	Jordy Masalles	Dominican Republic	1:03.79
18	Bobby Peterson	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:04.06
19	Donaldo Clough	Dominican Republic	1:04.36

Final

The final was held on July 7.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Robert Placak	United States	55.54	NR, GR
	Dan Thompson	Canada	55.56
	Clay Evans	Canada	56.63
4	David McCagg	United States	56.90
5	Jorge Jaramillo	Colombia	57.79
6	Caio Filardi	Brazil	57.85
7	Leonardo Gamez	Mexico	58.25	NR
8	Arnaldo Pérez	Puerto Rico	58.42

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.