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

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	19 from - nations
Medalists
Steve Lundquist   United States   Greg Winchell   United States   Graham Smith   Canada
«1975 1983»

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. The last Pan American Games champion was Rick Colella of the US.

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

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.

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.

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