Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1971 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 11 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   Canada
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The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 11 August.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Don Havens of US.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[9]

Results[edit]

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[edit]

Final[edit]

The final was held on August 11.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Frank Heckl  United States 52.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) José Aranha  Brazil 53.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Kasting  Canada 53.8
4 David Edgar  United States 53.8
5 Gary Goodner  Puerto Rico 55.4
6 Brian Phillips  Canada 55.5
7 Ruy de Oliveira  Brazil 55.6
8 Ricardo González  Colombia 56.2

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - August 12, 1971, Morning, General, page 24". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
  9. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine